many cs majors are underexposed to operational and system concerns so i'd add Jim Gray's 'Why Do Computers Stop and What can be done about it' http://www.hpl.h

many cs majors are underexposed to operational and system concerns so i'd add Jim Gray's 'Why Do Computers Stop and What can be done about it' http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-85.7.pdf http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/tandem/TR-85.7.pdf Also, 'Reflections on Trusting Trust' is a good one to add under security. I'd also recommend 'What's your threat model?' http://iang.org/ssl/wytm.html http://iang.org/ssl/wytm.html