Must Read Articles for us Computer Science / IT Grads

bosky101 · #1 (**permalink**) 12 Mar 07, 10:49 PM

I wish I had been able to read all of them myself before i began my engineering . But i couldnt stumble upon these works of art from some of the greatest programming and software minds out there.

So here's a compilation that ive always wanted to make ,and hopefully some of you might just go ahead and them .
1. Joel Spolsky's - Advice for Computer Science College Students
2. Stevey Yegge's Tour de Babel
3. Paul Graham'sUndergraduation
4. Steve Job's Commencement address at Stanford
5. Eric Steven Raymond's How To Become A Hacker
6. tastyresearch ' s My Microsoft Google Yahoo Stories
7. TAW's blog The right to criticize programming languages

Remember ...like Mark Twain said - 'dont ever let school/college come in way of your education '

bottle · #2 (**permalink**) 12 Mar 07, 11:22 PM

i used to subscribe to spolsky's newsletter last time is he/that still around ?

Ank1t · #3 (**permalink**) 13 Mar 07, 01:05 AM

Read 4 of those articles till now. Great reads man.. Thx a lot.. Repped

thexfactor · #4 (**permalink**) 13 Mar 07, 10:17 AM

Thanks mate ... great links

digital_brain · #5 (**permalink**) 14 Mar 07, 05:14 PM

"Without further ado, then, here are Joel's Seven Pieces of Free Advice for Computer Science College Students (worth what you paid for them):

1. Learn how to write before graduating.
2. Learn C before graduating.
3. Learn microeconomics before graduating.
4. Don't blow off non-CS classes just because they're boring.
5. Take programming-intensive courses.
6. Stop worrying about all the jobs going to India.
7. No matter what you do, get a good summer internship."
now thats one thing i don't worry about at all

sunbiz_3000 · #6 (**permalink**) 27 Mar 07, 11:13 PM

4. Steve Job's Commencement address at Stanford

This one's a master piece of public speaking and the man's life!! Truly inspirational!!

kamlash · #7 (**permalink**) 14 Apr 07, 10:20 AM

thanks bosky amazing links you have given us especially spolskys article was amazing

Toxic · #8 (**permalink**) 23 May 07, 06:21 PM

Long live Bosky and long live techenclave lmao
nice post

samatre · #9 (**permalink**) 31 May 07, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bottle

i used to subscribe to spolsky's newsletter last time is he/that still around ?

Yes he is still there at : Joel on Software

You can subscribe to his RSS feed to read his posts.

a_k_s_h_a_y · #10 (**permalink**) 18 Aug 07, 11:22 PM

thanks a lot to bosky101 will always be greatful to u

pathik · #11 (**permalink**) 19 Aug 07, 11:14 AM

yea man.. good articles..

ru121279 · #12 (**permalink**) 22 Oct 07, 12:38 AM

ahh ... seems like a good bit of reading for me tonite thanks for the links d00d ...

hammerhead · #13 (**permalink**) 13 Apr 08, 10:01 PM

Here are a a few more I think every CS/IT grad student must read. They are not technical but convey important code of ethics every CS/IT professional must have.

Code of Ethics — Association for Computing Machinery
IEEE - IEEE Code of Ethics

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