Learning
Learning from the Pros
For some time now I wanted to polish my programming skills, especially in .NET, and the best way for that was to actually work with the experts. There are several ways to achieve this, i.e. learning from people in production: participate in training, getting an internships in a good company or getting hired in a good company.
My wish became reality in early March when I learned about a .NET 2.0/3.0 training organized by one of the best software companies in Cluj-Napoca, ISDC. I submitted my resume and few days after I was scheduled More >
Real Feedback
From the moment a person starts to understand the world surrounding him/her, it starts to receive feedback.
i.e., soon after birth, the parents begin teaching the child most of the stuff necessary in this world. They teach him to walk, to speak, to behave… If for the most physical learning it comes from instinct, the intellectual abilities are a more complex area. In order to properly build the foundations, parents begin with the basics moving on to more advanced things. On the way, the child is given feedback about what he/she does right and what is does wrong.
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“Searching for the perfect books”
My friend from the Microsoft Student Partners, Andrei Csibi, had a great ideea. Ask other people which are the books that every programmer should read.
My list is:
I. Best Practices
1) Code Complete 2 – Steve McConnel
- excellent book – MUST READ – teaches you patterns & practices available in most programming language
2) The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master – Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
- excellent book – MUST READ – goes very well with CodeComplete2
II. Algorithms
1) Introduction to Algorithms – Thomas H. Cormen,