>I would say that, unless you're just starting your career, books like Clean Code, The Pragmatic Programmer and the like are not real "revelations". I agree, t

>I would say that, unless you're just starting your career, books like Clean Code, The Pragmatic Programmer and the like are not real "revelations". I agree, that's why I'm asking this question. I think these particular books are mostly helpful to the junior engineer. But it's hard to believe that from here on out the only thing that's left is to learn how to deal with people. Surely there's more to the software side of software engineering than what TPP and Code Complete have covered. Surely very experienced engineers have written books on software engineering that cover something more than entry-level knowledge. (Clearly, since I haven't found such books yet, there's a chance they haven't been written. But I find that hard to believe, considering the broad audience of software engineers that are interested in that knowledge.)