15 must-read nonfiction books like The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer by Chris Riccomini

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The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer

By: Chris Riccomini

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers — stuff critical to your workplace succe…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer by Chris Riccomini , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

By: Douglas Stone , Sheila Heen

4.06

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, ad… read more

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  • business
  • nonfiction
  • management
  • self help
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2. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

By: Steve Krug

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • computer science
  • business
  • technology
Cover of The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life by J.L. Collins, Mr. Money Mustache

3. The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

By: J.L. Collins , Mr. Money Mustache

4.00

Format: 240 pages,

"In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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4. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

By: Michael Lopp

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Managing Humansis a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands in Repose. Dra… read more

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  • management
  • nonfiction
  • programming
  • software
  • business
  • technology

5. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

By: Donella H. Meadows , None

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meadows' Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on… read more

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6. Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People

By: None

5.00

Format: None pages,

An algorithm is nothing more than a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem. The algorithms yo… read more

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7. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt

3.28

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more

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8. Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

By: Dave Thomas

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

You want to explore functional programming, but are put off by the academic feel (tell me about mon… read more

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9. Pro Git

By: Scott Chacon

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Git is the version control system developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It took… read more

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10. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

By: Robert C. Martin

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Even bad code can function. But if code isn t clean, it can bring a development organization to its… read more

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11. Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

By: Ali Abdaal

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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12. Clean Architecture

By: Robert C. Martin

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Building upon the success of best-sellers The Clean Coder and Clean Code, legendary software crafts… read more

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  • programming
  • computer science
  • coding
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • technology
"The only way to go fast, is to go well."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"All race conditions, deadlock conditions, and concurrent update problems are due to mutable variables."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"I'm a programmer. I like programming. And the best way I've found to have a positive impact on code is to write it."

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

"Any organisation that designs a system will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organisation's communication structure"

-Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture

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13. The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

By: Tanya Reilly

4.40

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But tr… read more

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  • programming
  • business
  • computer science
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • management
  • technology
"What will Future You wish that Present You had done?"

-Tanya Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

"Yes, you can be an introvert. No, you can't be a jerk."

-Tanya Reilly, The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

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14. A Philosophy of Software Design

By: John Ousterhout

4.21

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

This book addresses the topic of software how to decompose complex software systems into modules (… read more

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  • programming
  • computer science
  • coding
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • technology
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15. Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

By: Noah Kagan

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The founder and CEO of AppSumo.com, Noah Kagan, knows how to launch a seven-figure business in a si… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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16. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

By: Julie Zhuo

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the ch… read more

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  • technology
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • self help
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17. Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track

By: Will Larson

4.07

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

At most technology companies, you’ll reach Senior Software Engineer, the career level for software … read more

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  • programming
  • business
  • computer science
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • management
  • technology
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18. Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

By: Kent Beck

3.95

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into ma… read more

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  • programming
  • computer science
  • coding
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • technology
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19. The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

By: Andriy Burkov

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Concise and to the point — the book can be read during a week. During that week, you will learn alm… read more

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  • programming
  • computer science
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • technology
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20. Engineering Management for the Rest of Us

By: Sarah Drasner

4.20

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A lot of Engineering Managers and leaders studied for years and years to become the best Engineer t… read more

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  • programming
  • business
  • computer science
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • management
  • technology
Cover of The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer by Chris Riccomini

21. The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer

By: Chris Riccomini

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers — stuff critical to your workplace succe… read more

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  • programming
  • self help
  • business
  • computer science
  • coding
  • nonfiction
  • technical
  • software
  • management
  • technology

6 Top self help books like The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer by Chris Riccomini

Transform Your Habits

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Douglas Stone , Sheila Heen

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

J.L. Collins , Mr. Money Mustache

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

Ali Abdaal

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

Noah Kagan

4.20

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16 Best nonfiction books like A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout

Transform Your Habits

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

Eric Evans

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Kent Beck , Erich Gamma , Martin Fowler , Don Roberts

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Clean Architecture

Robert C. Martin

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

David Farley

4.18

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