The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Andy Hunt

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.

Pragmatic Programmers take charge of their own career, and aren’t afraid to admit ignorance or error.

it is up to you to provide solutions, not excuses.

When components of any system are highly interdependent, there is no such thing as a local fix.

Don’t rely on the properties of things you can’t control.

There Are No Final Decisions

Prototyping is a learning experience. Its value lies not in the code produced, but in the lessons learned.