Joel likes the sink or swim approach apparently. The first book, Code - Charles Petzold, is only ten bucks on the Kindle right now (SOLD) and I own the other t

Joel likes the sink or swim approach apparently. The first book, Code - Charles Petzold, is only ten bucks on the Kindle right now (SOLD) and I own the other two. I remember SICP being like 90 bucks for my hardcover copy and I'm pretty sure I bought it after reading the Joel on Software article "The Perils of Java Schools" while I was loving life as a bank IT guy so this is workable advice. It only took five years to become a "real" programmer after that. Also I sure don't remember K&R being $68[1]. (Yes I know SICP and K&R are both online for free) [1] http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernigh... [2] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchool...