#My reading list how to
#My reading list software

De-Coding The Technical Interview Process by Emma Bostian.I'd recommend this book for people starting out in software, or with a few years' experience. The Standout Developerby Randall Kanna: a complete guide for developers on job hunting, acing the interview and landing the job.

#My reading list software

14 Habits of Highly Productive Developersby Zeno Rocha: a short and sweet book, with good inspiration from prolific software engineers.Lots of fresh ideas, and food for thought. The Coding Career Handbook by Shawn Swyx Wang: guides, principles, strategies and tactics from code newbie to senior developer.The best resource so far on what it's like to get - and perform - at the above senior engineering levels.

Staff Engineer by Will Larson: Leadership Beyond the Management Track.

A book I recommended after reading it, writing: “If you're a senior engineer wondering what the next level is, a staff-level engineer or a manager of staff engineers, this book is for you.' Read an excerpt of the book.

The Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly.

I like the opinionated and concise advice Dan presents, across a variety of topics.

#My reading list how to

An excellent book to navigate how to grow at tech companies.

Building a Career in Software by Daniel Heller: a recent book from my former colleague at Uber, Dan Heller.The books to read if you're looking to level up, as an engineer, or switch jobs. On Writing Well by William Zinsser - writing is an undervalued skill for software engineers and this book helps grow with simple and pragmatic suggestions.This book is a practical guide on how to be conscious in focusing on getting up to speed, faster. It takes a lot of work to change that perception later. When joining a new company, your perception is shaped massively in your first 3 months. Impressions so far: the second part is interesting in getting a proper look into Google software engineering practices.īooks that I recommend to anyone, engineer or manager. Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck & Hyrum Wright (free).These are books I have either read and am writing up a review, or ones I'm reading. See my ethics statement on the lack of such links. Note that none of the below links are affiliate links or sponsored. See also my list of 100 tech book recommendations for software engineers, EMs and PMs. This is a collection of software engineering and engineering management books that I have read and would recommend to others.