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Experienced people out here please list must read books for working software engineer professional. I have 3yoe experience,  but now I want to learn/strengthen my understanding, programming knowled...

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Experienced people out here please list must read books for working software engineer professional. I have 3yoe experience,  but now I want to learn/strengthen my understanding, programming knowledge that will help me to do great in this field.
Please list must read/ good books. Feel free to share your experience of reading that book.

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Few people asked me for my recommendations on Tech resources -

I'll divide across following sections -

1. CS Fundamentals - Its a recommended flow that you should know beyond knowing how to code. 
Follow this - https://teachyourselfcs.com/

2. DSA -
a) https://neetcode.io - Its blind 150 is awesome. Its paid courses are also decent
b) CLRS book (How can we leave that?)

3. System Design resources -
a) System Design interview Vol 1 and 2 - Alex Xu OR you can take annual subscription of their website - https://bytebytego.com
b) The OG book - DDIA - this is a must read and has very high ROI

4. Backend Engineering - 
- Learning Backend development like a curriculum - https://boot.dev
- Coding challenges 
a) For beginners to experienced - https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/intro
b) For experienced folks - (codecrafters.io) https://app.codecrafters.io/r/adorable-eagle-556273 (Referral)

5. Software Engineering -
What Software Engineering truly is? - Software Engineering at Google Book(Oreilly)

6. DevOps / AWS -
a) AWS course - https://learn.cantrill.io/ - To learn more in depth than just passing certifications
b) Other DevOps resources - kodekloud.com (all devops tools, especially kubernetes ones are good)
c) What SRE truly is? - Site Reliability Engineering book (Oreilly)

7. Promotions / Impact / Growing in the role -
a) JoinTaro - Website where you get answers to your questions about promotions, impact etc. https://www.jointaro.com/r/sarvajs408/ - Check the founders posts on linkedin on what to look for
b) Software Engineering Handbook by Gergely

7. Misc / Good to read -
a) Head first series by Oreilly publication (Design Patterns, OOAD)
b) Chaos Engineering (Oreilly)

If you guys think we can add more things, where you know the resources are absolute best to be recommended for the return on investment(time, money) they give, please do drop in your recommendations in the comments

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I'm a relatively new software engineer and was looking for books that could help me grow.
I have read my share of finance related and self help books (like the psychology of money and atomic habits) and recently finished The hard thing about hard things.

I'm looking for books on design principles or even biographies that could help me learn more about the field and good practices

Looking for book recommendations

Hi everyone,
            I am a Masters student from Tier1 College(Please do not think I'm bragging about the clg I'm in but to give better idea about myself) will be completing by May 2024 previously graduated from a Tier 3 college in 2021 and before doing masters I had worked in DRDO for about couple of months as JRF (So I'm a fresher).
Please go through my resume and suggest me about getting a Job in SDE.
I understand there will be very less SDE jobs in future and I tried preparing for AI/ML roles but I really do not enjoy AI but still having some knowledge in AI domain (but not enough to work in AI roles) and I have very less hands on experience in doing AI projects but I have good experience in software development and want to leave the AI boat and whatever happens work more on Software development (as I feel it is not possible to travel in both the boats). 
I really applied quite a lot in linkedin, wellfound and other job boards but did not get any response from them. Kindly please suggest me what's wrong with my resume or what should I focus on in order to get a Job.
I was expecting 12LPA but now seems getting a job is a blessing.

-> Please let me know in the comments or DM me If there are Job openings 
-> I'm a fresher and have worked in MERN stack , have good knowledge in Javascript , comfortable in Express.js but open to any tech stack.
-> Also worked on Java, C++  (Open for roles regarding C++ a well)
-> Have strong understanding in Computer science fundamentals (OS,CN,DBMS etc)
Find my resume attached.
Please write your views , suggestions which are highly appreciated

Thank you

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This is something that helped me a lot during my Engineering days and some of it I even used during my job. It is great to work through these problems out of curiosity as it builds great intuition around computing and algorithms.

This course provides an introduction to mathematical modeling of computational problems.

MIT 6.006 Introduction to Algorithms, Fall 2011

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2 year old post on Reddit. Its very long, but is pure gold! Covers each and every damn thing about Software Engineering! Must read for everyone!

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The only rant you’ll ever need as a Software Engineer!

"a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" or "neem hakeem khatra jaan"

I realised this recently when I went through my old bookmarked videos and realised I learnt it wrong. 

Now i know better from my experience, but it's quite shocking, that a beginner might be still watching these videos and learning it wrong.

Most content about system design and distributed systems is far from the truth, it includes all your famous YouTubers including Gaurav Sen etc 

e.g wait till you realise that ACID guarantee doesn't mean anything and C-consistency is a made up concept.

we want an easy way out by just going through videos, and even the YouTuber can't make it complex, otherwise no one will watch their videos.

The real knowledge is still in those famous books, read those, otherwise you sound like a phony who just knows buzzwords, which is very easy to catch in an interview.

Most of the content taught by tech youtubers is simply wrong/incomplete

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I am PM with around 5 yrs of experience. I’m struggling to take my skill to next level. always receive feedback from management that output isn’t good, mostly that UX isn’t good. what can I do to improve my work?

1. Read books ? 
2. Study successful products from outside ?
3. Listen to podcasts 
4. Work with great product people? but hardly these exist 
5. leave this field altogether?
6. Just have patience and keep learning everyday?

Can experienced people share what has worked out well for them? or point me to some directions?

How to up your game as a Product Manager?

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What is the list of books one must read to learn or change the thinking perspective in finance, tech, or any domain that's worth reading.

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Hi all!

I'm a pm with marketing background, what should i do to become technically literate?

I'm getting hang of backend and frontend, but need help in understanding complex design choices/frameworks that engineers have made in the past.

Suggest some books/blogs that I can read

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I had picked up DDIA and was wondering if reading the entire book is actually worth it. Is it better to just go through some GitHub repos or blogs that summarise the book well?

Also what are some books that have actually helped you through your software engineering career and you would highly recommend?

What are some books or resources that you would highly recommend? (Software Engineering)

Currently I am in my second year from a Tier 3 college. On campus placements at my college for the 2024 batch is really worse. Few companies are hiring for sales roles etc. and most of them are putting tough eligibility criteria and hiring only few.

To be very honest, I have no hopes from on campus placements. I am going for the off campus route.
What should I do to get a decent intern in third year/fourth year and a decent job by the time of graduation?

Talking about my progress, I am doing DSA, taking part in contests in Codechef, Codeforces, and Leetcode. 
Besides that I have started learning Machine Learning. Have done only the Math part and basics though still now. Been to 2 offline hackathons.

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Hey I'm a backend developer, almost 1 year into my career.
Could anyone recommend any must read books for building strong fundamental knowledge?

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