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Book Review: The Passionate Programmer
29 Jul
by: Matt in Book Reviews, Development
tags: career, consulting, Development, freelance, india, outsource, programming
I recently picked up a copy of The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life). I read it over the course of a week and wanted to share some of my thoughts. Chad Fowler co-authored the book Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers’ Guide (Facets of Ruby) and is a huge [...]
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