When I interviewed at Microsoft, they recommended reading this book -- I doubt it helped at all, but it's a great read (as is the sequel) if you haven't read it

When I interviewed at Microsoft, they recommended reading this book -- I doubt it helped at all, but it's a great read (as is the sequel) if you haven't read it. There's a real sense of history too, some of the problems illustrate how far we've come: like talking about transferring a whole megabyte several miles as a challenge.