Chapter 19

Ten Great Books to Read

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Finding books with information about interview questions and negotiation

Bullet Learning what programming skills and concepts you need to know

Bullet Taking a 30,000-foot view of your programming career

There are plenty of great books for information not just about preparing for your in-person interview, but also about how to solve a wide variety of programming puzzles. We have ten books we think you should consider reading alongside this one.

It was hard for us to select only ten books to recommend to you, but we think they will give you the tools and information you need to succeed. We write about some of these sources in more detail in earlier chapters in the book, but if you haven’t read those chapters yet, here’s your chance to learn about them.

Cracking the Coding Interview

Gayle Laakmann McDowell, owner of CareerCup in the San Francisco Bay Area, has published six editions of her best-selling book, Cracking the Coding Interview. This book contains 189 programming questions, including many algorithm-style problems, and their solutions.

The book also has a lot of good advice about how to prepare for and ace a programming interview, which ...

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