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	Land the Tech Job You Love 3.80 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2008 — 3 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
	Pro Perl Debugging by Richard Foley, Andy Lester (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 9 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
	Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell by Andy Lester (Goodreads Author), Chris Stone, Chuck Toporek, Jason McIntosh 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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
	Land the Tech Job You Love: Why Skills and Luck Aren't Enough (Pragmatic Life) by Andy Lester (2009-07-08) 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
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	Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Andy Lester (2005-11-20) 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
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	Land the Tech Job You Love: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages 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
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