The Pragmatic Programmer

Peopleware by Demarco and Lister is one of my all-time favorites. The Pragmatic Programmer is also great.

I read these two books in the first few months at my job with a book club that included the other new hires and a good mix of more experienced developers. * The Pragmatic Programmer [1] * Apprenticeship Patterns [2] I would highly recommend both. [1] http://swanson.github.com/writeup/2010/10/25/pragmatic-progr... (http://swanson.github.com/writeup/2010/10/25/pragmatic-programmer.html) [2] http://swanson.github.com/writeup/2010/10/26/apprenticeship-... (http://swanson.github.com/writeup/2010/10/26/apprenticeship-patterns.html)