11 Essentials For New Software Engineers (From A Principal Engineer)

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BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
So Good They Can't Ignore You - geni.us/SoGood This book transformed my life when I read it for the first time nearly 10 years ago. It's still guides the way I think about self-development today.
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications geni.us/DataIn...
Currently the best reference for contemporary for system design.
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