Best Books to Read Develop Your Career?

Question

I recently read the pragmatic programmer, and want to read more books with a theme of developing my career as a software engineer.

breckenedge · Accepted Answer

Honestly, PragProg gets you pretty far from a mentality perspective. Practical Object Oriented Design is a nice skills book. You might also try The Mythical Man Month.

cpach · Answer

What particular area of your competence do you wish to improve? For inspiration I can warmly recommend this article by Julia Evans: https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/30/some-possible-career-goals/Reading that might be useful in order to narrow your search.

b20000 · Answer

read books on marketing, sales and negotiation

surprisetalk · Answer

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Blackstrat · Answer

If you want to advance your career, learn the business first. Read books related to the business domain in which you work. That&rsquo;s far more important than another book on programming. Join toastmasters and refine your public speaking. And if you don&rsquo;t write well, learn. Then worry about the next technical book.