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Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher.
He co-authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer",
was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded
the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically
acclaimed books for software developers.

Andy started writing software professionally in early 80's across
diverse industries such as telecommunications, banking, financial
services, utilities, medical imaging, graphic arts, and of course,
the now-ubiquitous web.

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I am reading (enjoying) your "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware" and was curious whether you were somehow motivated or familiar with the philosophies of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee as many concepts of the book is similar with his teachings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzQWYHHqvIw (gist of Lee's way of thinking) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze_hfMw8JFg (Full interview link)

Andy Hunt Hi -- no, I'm not familiar with Bruce Lee's philosophy, so that wasn't a motivation. But many people have discovered these concepts. Perhaps that's a …moreHi -- no, I'm not familiar with Bruce Lee's philosophy, so that wasn't a motivation. But many people have discovered these concepts. Perhaps that's a sign we're on the right track ;)(less)

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I'm an enthusiastic beginner at best - in my opinion - yet I'm tasked with the entire management of a rather big project, all on my own. In my world, Visual Studio and the entire c# world is using a lot of automation, and it's taking the programmer far away from the underlying system. Where should I begin digging through all this "convenience" towards mastering the machine as a professional programmer?

Andy Hunt Perhaps for a better understanding of the fundamentals, you'd be better off in a less magical environment.

To master the machine, you should have an un…morePerhaps for a better understanding of the fundamentals, you'd be better off in a less magical environment.

To master the machine, you should have an understanding of OS internals (a book covering Linux would be helpful here). For programming, I'd suggest learning plain old C to understand pointers, memory, and data structures, and something like Ruby to understand OOP. Then maybe something like F# or Elixir to get a grasp on functional programming.

But as far as "professional" goes, if you provide value that someone is willing to pay for, then you're professional ;).

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	The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 20,490 ratings — published 1999 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware 4.12 avg rating — 4,174 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Matt Hargett 3.69 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins: Create Flying Creepers and Flaming Cows in Java 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conglommora Found 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weatherly Hall: A supernatural sci-fi techno thriller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit 1st (first) edition Text Only 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Klopfakupressur - die Werkzeugkiste: Viel mehr als die EFT-Grundtechniken 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars