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This is such a great article! I cannot agree more with learning the fundamentals and things that don't change. Those are the books you want to invest in, the ones you can read over and over after the years! Thank you, Milan.

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Thank you Rafa!

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Amazing Article and Amazing list.

When you write articles and books about software fundamentals without clickbait titles nobody reads them.

When you write a concise article about how to solve a particular issue on the trendy framework, many readers come by.

Sad but true

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Thank you! Exactly Maximiliano, I think the same.

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Really great article, I will definitely give some of these books a read.

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I would add "Becoming a Better Programmer" by Pete Goodliffe.

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Best Advice

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Ohhh!!! This is a great article!!! With the super fast speed of tech, learning the basics is super important! Thanks for sharing :D

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Thank you!

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Obrigado pelo conteúdo.

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mythical man-month is a must read for any software engineer. It covers all non-technical topics we need to know!

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True!

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What a great list. I have at least a dozen or so of those titles. Several have been must reads for all new team members such as Head First Design Patterns and Code Complete. Don’t know if he is still popular but always found Celko to be a goto resource for SQL.

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you can build something by reading selectively. All the books I have read have a lot of entropy. There is very less useful information. Better to extract all that useful information and then build on basis of that knowledge.

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Have you had a chance to read The Manager's Path By Camille Fournier? I found it very insightful.

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Yes! It is in my leadership books recommendations: https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/15-best-leadership-books

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i study C++ fundamentals and i agree with you About focus on learning fundamentals any building we build must have strong building foundation , so i'm close to finish fundamentals but i will practice more and more to get good knowledge base

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I was unable to access your free book on design patterns; it seems the link isn't working. Thank you for sharing the books. I agree with Bhaskar that one should be selective when reading books; otherwise, it can be very time-consuming.

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