The Pragmatic Programmer

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What others in the trenches say about The Pragmatic Programmer...

The cool thing about this book is that its great for keeping the programming process fresh. The book helps you to continue to grow and clearly comes from people who have been there.

I found this book to be a great mix of solid advice and wonderful analogies!

I would buy a copy, read it twice, then tell all my colleagues to run out and grab a copy. This is a book I would never loan because I would worry about it being lost.

The wisdom and practical experience of the authors is obvious. The topics presented are relevant and useful.... By far its greatest strength for me has been the outstanding analogiestracer bullets, broken windows, and the fabulous helicopter-based explanation of the need for orthogonality, especially in a crisis situation. I have little doubt that this book will eventually become an excellent source of useful information for journeymen programmers and expert mentors alike.

This is the sort of book I will buy a dozen copies of when it comes out so I can give it to my clients.

Most modern books on software development fail to cover the basics of what makes a great software developer, instead spending their time on syntax or technology where in reality the greatest leverage possible for any software team is in having talented developers who really know their craft well. An excellent book.

Since reading this book, I have implemented many of the practical sugg

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