If you're an intern at my company this summer and you told me you want to become a programmer, here's the books on your recommended reading list:
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First off — I really like the programming curriculum at UNSW (yes in Australia) you learn imperative / C in the first two years, then hard switch to functional / Haskell. I know.. C.. but we are doing embedded stuff, so it's impossible to avoid.
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Accordingly, it would be wrong or impossible not to start with K&Rhttps://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 …
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Followed by Learn you a Haskell http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters
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But moving forward from these, it's the Algorithm Design Manualhttps://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/dp/1849967202 …
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And Programming Pearlshttps://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880 …
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May I suggest Brooks' classic Mythical Man Month, amongst other things introduces how project divides across a team and e.g. a tools specialist (probably an integration engineer would be the updated equiv) supports a team to work efficiently.
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Wouldn't quite be my pick for a first-year college student who just started coding, but I don't mind it in the thread for folks generally seeking book recs, after all tweets are free..
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