I would have thought she'd mention Introduction to Algorithms (Rivest et al). The Pierce book is great but hardly something that I'd include in an every-program

I would have thought she'd mention Introduction to Algorithms (Rivest et al). The Pierce book is great but hardly something that I'd include in an every-programmer-must-learn-this list. Code Complete is fantastic. I haven't re-read the Pragmatic Programmer in probably a decade but I remember that giving me a very good handle on approaching code as a young developer.