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  • The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition

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  • Written by: David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
  • Narrated by: Anna Katarina
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (102 ratings)

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Written by: David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Narrated by: Anna Katarina
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The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech audiobooks you’ll listen, re-listen, and listen to again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time.

Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development, independent of any particular language, framework, or methodology, and the Pragmatic philosophy has spawned hundreds of books, screencasts, and audio books, as well as thousands of careers and success stories.

Now, 20 years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. All the old favorite topics are there, updated for this new world. And there's a bunch of new content, reflecting what we've learned in the intervening years.

Whether you’re a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you’ll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You’ll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You’ll become a pragmatic programmer.

This audiobook is organized as a series of sections, each containing a series of topics. It is read by Anna Katarina; Dave and Andy (and a few other folks) jump in every now and then to give their take on things.

©2019 Pearson Education, Inc (P)2020 David Thomas and Andrew Hunt

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For anyone interested in software development

As long as you have a basic understanding of programming and software development, this is a worthwhile listen. I found many strategies that can be applied to other areas of my life as well.

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This is a really good book made even better in audio. The way it is read by the different voice an the audio cues for specific type of content makes this technical book ready to listen to.

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Update your wetware

This book is important because it will update how you think. It’s primarily about creating software but extends through the entire lifecycle.
I’m already noticing the improvement in my thinking and coding.

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Loved the content and presentation

I quite enjoyed hearing the opinions of the authors. Their participation in presentation of the book makes it feel more like a well choreographed podcast than a reading of a book. It makes for very easy listening. While their opinion doesn't always match with my own, it is presented in such a way as to allow me to still see the value in it.

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Fantastic book .

This book is excellent . I had no impression at all listening to a technical book. Great job. I felt this book taught more about how to become better at whatever craft you do. Indeed the authors' insights are aapplicable not only in the computer field but all also in my view in many aspects of life. Thank you for sharing them with me!

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A fantastic book!

I really enjoyed the writer's approach to explaining the concepts, also the topics are very comprehensive and well-thought. I highly recommend the book to programmers at all levels of experience.

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Great technical book, needs accompanying diagrams

This is a great technical book! However it needs a pdf of the accompanying diagrams at least. Often times in the audio track will say, "in the print edition there is a diagram of..." - it's really hard to visualize the description of a diagram as a diagram.

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Great book to guide software engineer at all levels

A must read book to all software engineers. It covers all aspects of developing software and how to behave

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Meh

this book presents what is mostly common knowledge for anyone who's been working in the tech industry for a while. it's more about bringing you from noob to intermediate. it's not as helpful to bring you from intermediate to advanced.

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Neither informative nor entertaining

I struggle to imagine who might find this book valuable. It is literally just a long list of baseless platitudes and cliches, all of which you've probably heard before, with no real explanation of the why, how, or costs/benefits of each recommendation.

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