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   by pettinato 15y ago

   The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte. If you ever need to give a presentation or write a report that uses any graphs or charts, this book gives simple guidelines that makes the visual information as clear as pos
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   by pettinato 15y ago

   I'm just finishing the last book of the The Baroque Cycle, and it's pretty good. I recommend making it through.
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   by pettinato 15y ago

   The System of the World by Neal Stephenson - for pleasure Hadoop: The Definitive Guide - for fun Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - for work Effective C++ by Scott Meyers - for work More Effective C++ by Scott
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   by pettinato 15y ago

   I went for a master's degree (actually two) and don't regret a day or dollar spent. The upper division CS courses are wonderful for a mathematical mind. It brought together everything learned in undergraduate CS and Math courses into practi
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   by pettinato 15y ago

   I have never met a programmer who couldn't write C++. Python is definitely a good place to start as you can quickly code up something cool.