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I need some good book recommendations. My lovely employers give me so much dang money to buy books with that I can't keep up. Technical books are in, as well as professional development books (like "How to not get fired because you're a moron: 3 easy steps"). Stuff like that. So go ahead and start recommending. I have about $300 bucks worth to buy ... in the next week or so.
 
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Hey! Why are you making that face!

Spending free money ain't so difficult.
I mean its holidays just go spend!!!

Now if you have to read them and write
a thesis, that a different thing!

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I would recommend:

Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
UML for Java Programmers by Robert Martin
Agile Software Development by Robert Martin
Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets by Michael Bosworth
 
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Art of Computer Programming: 1 2 3
and 4 if it's published

Definitely
 
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If you are intersted into Management stuff you may try :
"Straight from the Gut" by Jack Welsch
 
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something tells me this will get deleted.

[Damn straight--we can't that sort of garbage in here -MH]
[ November 24, 2004: Message edited by: Max Habibi ]
 
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Originally posted by K Varun:
If you are intersted into Management stuff you may try :
"Straight from the Gut" by Jack Welsch



FYI this book is more suitable if you are sitting or closer to the top ranks in companies. Not really relavant for pure techie types who want to do stuff by themselves and be coders than leaders.
 
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Originally posted by John Dunn:
something tells me this will get deleted...



Au contraire!
 
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Btw Ernest, you wouldn't mind resurrecting my other deleted post from today, that also dealt with a book title - (one from like 10am)???

It was not meant to be replied to, it was simply an FYI.
 
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:


Au contraire!



Hey, where's the English translation for that?

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How is the book 'Da Vinci Code'?Has anybody read that book?Some people are trying to make a movie on that,right?
 
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The C++ Programming Language, 3rd special edition

Never too late to expand your horizons
 
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
The C++ Programming Language, 3rd special edition

Never too late to expand your horizons



And here I was planning on picking up a few good books on Cobol!
 
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Originally posted by Kishore Dandu:


FYI this book is more suitable if you are sitting or closer to the top ranks in companies. Not really relavant for pure techie types who want to do stuff by themselves and be coders than leaders.



See that's why i used the word "Interested"
Reading an autobiography of some sportman doen't necessarily implies that you want to one like him right?

If you think that a developer can't be benefitted from this book then I would recommend you to read it / and in case you already have read then I guess probably you must be looking for some API in it
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