[Book Review] Coders at Work

“Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming” is a window to renowned software-industry professionals. You get a glimpse into their minds and understand how they got there.

Some of them found full-time software development much harder than they thought. Others find that software is getting harder and are nostalgic for the good old days.

If nothing else, you will develop a better understanding of the bounds of expert knowledge and realize more some of the skills/attributes that are impossible to exist in any one person.

A book that could be suitable to readers of Coders at Work is “The Architecture of Open Source Applications.” Where you get a sneak peek into many industry-standard software projects and how and why they were built.