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I'd definitely read Pragmatic before Complete

They're both good. I'd definitely read Pragmatic before Complete, and I wouldn't feel bad for not finishing Complete.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

I'd recommend Heinlein's Time Enough For Love, for the attitude.

Rereading Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets by Van der Linden. The guy's a riot. It's dated but still relevant.

Rereading C Interfaces and Implementations, Hanson. Hoping this will serve as my C version of Large Scale C++ Design by Lakos. Honestly though, the literate programming style of presentation is off-putting.

I've always liked this as an exploration of how society would respond to a collapse

Reading 21st Century C, Ben Klemens. The first half is the development environment, which is great

Effective Python, Brett Slatkin. Sort of an "N ways to improve your Python."

Effective Computation in Physics. Probably the most practical full-environment treatment of Python I've seen.

Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do