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> Five essential books > To fully prepare for your programming interviews, > you should have access to information on at least > these five key topi

by h2s 14y ago

> Five essential books > To fully prepare for your programming interviews, > you should have access to information on at least > these five key topics: > I haven't read this yet myself > I haven't read this myself either > This book is new. As of this writing, the > book has not been released yet. Perhaps it > is the Effective C++ of Javascript. How strange. I've never seen anybody propose a reading list with so many books that they admittedly haven't read themselves. What's the point?

cgag 14y ago
They're affiliate links, if you buy anything off amazon within 24 hours of clicking one of them, he gets a cut.
- bcjordan 14y ago
  Correct, that is how they work, but not my reasoning for including those books. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4997734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4997734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008406 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008406
bcjordan 14y ago
Just to clarify, as that quote juxtaposition might suggest otherwise, those three instances are from the same, fifth suggested book category—one book that goes in-depth on best practices for developing with "your favorite programming language". I point to five different programming language books, and I suggest you choose only one of those. > What's the point? Re: including pointers to books I haven't read, many solution submitters use python and C++ for their solutions and subsequent job interviews, so I wanted to offer them a good starting point, note my lack of experience with those books and save them some time. I spent a good hour researching what the in-depth language books might be for python, C++ and javascript and offered those suggestions. Re: the broader purpose of publishing a reading list, a few CS undergrads who read Coding for Interviews separately emailed me about books for interview preparation and general programming practice improvement. A lot of these books get discussed and read in book groups in the industry but not often in undergrad programs. I hope this helps clarify why I included those. Do you still feel I should remove them?

by h2s 14y ago

cgag 14y ago

They're affiliate links, if you buy anything off amazon within 24 hours of clicking one of them, he gets a cut.

bcjordan 14y ago
Correct, that is how they work, but not my reasoning for including those books. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4997734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4997734 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008406 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008406

bcjordan 14y ago

Just to clarify, as that quote juxtaposition might suggest otherwise, those three instances are from the same, fifth suggested book category—one book that goes in-depth on best practices for developing with "your favorite programming language". I point to five different programming language books, and I suggest you choose only one of those. > What's the point? Re: including pointers to books I haven't read, many solution submitters use python and C++ for their solutions and subsequent job interviews, so I wanted to offer them a good starting point, note my lack of experience with those books and save them some time. I spent a good hour researching what the in-depth language books might be for python, C++ and javascript and offered those suggestions. Re: the broader purpose of publishing a reading list, a few CS undergrads who read Coding for Interviews separately emailed me about books for interview preparation and general programming practice improvement. A lot of these books get discussed and read in book groups in the industry but not often in undergrad programs. I hope this helps clarify why I included those. Do you still feel I should remove them?