[Chicago] Recommended Reading

[Jason Wirth]

"I'm looking for a more technical book to expand my toolset and skillset."

What do you mean by "technical"? To me technical brings to mind two areas,
the mathematical side and the electrical engineering side of software. Both
are worthy disciplines. You could simultaneously dip your toes into both
waters by exploring Cython, it's a little closer to the metal.
Mathematically "Concrete Mathematics" is a popular book.

As Japhy pointed out, there's a human side of software too. Two sides, in
my opinion. One is working with other people to build things. The other is
psychological, we write software to be **used** by people. So understanding
how people think, and what they like critically important. "A Year Without
Pants" would be a good read.



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Jason Wirth
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Japhy Bartlett <japhy at pearachute.com>
wrote:

> Once you've gone through Design Patterns (or Code Complete), you're
> probably going to dig more into whatever particular niche you'd like to
> work with, imo.  At a certain point, it's more about learning the nuances
> of the tools and libraries.
>
> If you're planning on making a career out of this, "The Mythical Man
> Month" is a classic book about building things with teams, and "The Peter
> Principle" is a still relevant satire about how organizations become
> dysfunctional.
>
> - Japhy
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Philip House <
> philiphouse2015 at u.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I had some questions about recommended reading for next steps as a
>> developer, specifically in Python.  For some context, I'm a computer
>> science student preparing to graduate and I'm looking to learn more and
>> grow my understanding of Python and how it can be used.  I've used Python
>> for web applications, some basic scripting, and a few other small
>> applications.
>>
>> I've read Code Complete, and I'm currently in the process of reading the
>> Pragmatic Programmer, however I'm looking for a more technical book to
>> expand my toolset and skillset.  Are there any good Python books that you
>> would recommend as an aspiring software developer?  Or any books that you
>> read when you were first getting started that helped a lot? I'm pretty open
>> to reading anything that will help!
>>
>> Thank you! Let me know if there's any other things that would be helpful
>> to know in making book recommendations as well :)
>>
>> Phil
>>
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