Ask HN: Which book or course gave you an unfair advantage?
Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 105 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
codemac · Jun 26, 2021SICP, On Lisp, and Let over Lambda
shanusmagnus · Jun 25, 2021We were all lucky to get her and SICP.
craigching · Jun 25, 2021The book: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
itbeho · Jun 26, 2021How to Win Friends and Influence People by Carnegie.
aalhour · Jun 27, 2021Thinking Fast and Slow
godmode2019 · Jun 26, 2021* Thinking fast and slow - how to think and make decision and how to consider bias.
wenc · Jun 25, 2021Designing Data Intensive Applications (M Kleppmann)
DanHulton · Jun 25, 2021Code Complete (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Complete).
aalhour · Jun 27, 2021The Selfish Gene
TheFreim · Jun 26, 2021Fooled By Randomness was a really great book, I second your suggestion.
wenc · Jun 25, 2021Fooled By Randomness (NN Taleb)
CPLX · Jun 26, 2021Agree. Despite being ubiquitous and universally recommended, I think this book is still somehow underrated.
codemac · Jun 26, 2021This book taught me so much about how to manage my life, and taught me how to review my own systems.
wenc · Jun 25, 2021Hard Things about Hard Things (B Horowitz)
guiambros · Jun 27, 2021another excellent book
fezzez · Jun 25, 2021Deep work by Cal Newport.