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personal-development,
consulting,
I got this book from a JUG friend from across the globe and I was pleasantly surprised after I finished reading it.
The author, Aaron Ericsson, introduces you to the world of technology consulting in an honest manner, by first dispelling some myths about consulting and then pouring his precious experience as a successful IT consultant.
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software-development,
project-management,
This book is praised to be one of the greatest classics written about the processes involved in the projects in IT, focusing on the on human elements of software engineering.
The book is written by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (best known as the "father of the IBM System 360"), about 20 years ago, and it is considered to be one of the most influentials book on the processes involved in an IT project.
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learning,
personal-development,
productivity,
The author Andrew Hunt in this book from the Pragmatic Bookshelf goes to the foundations or our knowledge: our brains and focuses on how to refactor it.
In this book you'll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain's architecture. You'll learn new tricks and tips to learn more, faster, and retain more of what you learn.
And as IT professionals, we know that learning is a necessity if you want to keep up with all the new frameworks and paradigms shifts that we are witnessing every day.
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