A couple of book suggestions: Fowler's "Passionate Programmer"[1] and Uncle Bob Martin's "Clean Coder"[2] are both excellent books on making a career out of wr

A couple of book suggestions: Fowler's "Passionate Programmer"[1] and Uncle Bob Martin's "Clean Coder"[2] are both excellent books on making a career out of writing software. Not specific to a particular tech, but both quick interesting reads that contain lots of nuggets of great advice. Good luck on your journey. I'm sending this link to my 13yr old son. He's been exploring Ruby and Processing. [1] http://pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer http://pragprog.com/titles/cfcar2/the-passionate-programmer [2] http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Programmers/dp/0137081073 http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Progr...