The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development
by Chad Fowler
This book gives software developers numerous helpful and practical tips for professional success and career development.
The author describes which technical skills you should have as a programmer, how you should develop yourself technically, but also how you should not leave your career path to chance, and instead take your personal development into your own hands, pursue your own goals and remain motivated to realize them.
In particular, he describes how you should market yourself as a programmer and gives numerous short recommendations for action.
Suitable as an audiobook? Yes, but the book is currently not available as such.
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