Apprenticeship Patterns

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1. cennyJul 2022
   Apprenticeship Patterns(https://www.programmingbooks.dev/#apprenticeship-patterns) and Pragmatic Thinking and Learning(https://www.programmingbooks.dev/#pragmatic-thinking-and-lea...) are two books I wished I read early in my career. I read them many years into my career and still feel they had a big impact on me but I believe they would have had a bigger impact if I read them earlier, within the first year of me being a professional developer.
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2. chris_jJul 2021
   The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane. The premise of this book is that you can change your psychology to become more of a people person, by cultivating confidence, warmth and the ability to focus. It was recommended by someone on Hacker News six or seven years ago and I wish I remembered who it was so I could thank them. This book changed my life more than any other.

   Apprenticeship Patterns by Adewale Oshineye and Dave Hoover: A set of "design patterns" for your career as a software engineer. I read this relatively late on, when my career was in a bit of a rut, and I credit it for giving me the motivation and the tools to get out of that rut. I wish I'd found it earlier.

   Other brilliant non-technical books: The Manager's Path by Camille Fournier, Radical Candor by Kim Scott, Mastering Communication At Work by Jon Wortmann and Ethan Becker, Mindset by Carol Dweck, Drive by Daniel Pink, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

   Some brilliant books focussing a bit more on tech and code craft: Growing Object Oriented Software, Guided by Tests ("The GOOS Book") by Nat Pryce and Steve Freeman, Refactoring by Martin Fowler, Clean Code and Clean Architecture by Bob Martin.

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3. chris_jFeb 2021
   Read the book Apprenticeship Patterns (which is available for free online here: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/apprenticeship-patterns...). It contains a set of patterns that you can apply to figure out what to do in different situations through your career. I was quite far into my career when I read it and I wish I'd done so earlier because it helped me turn my career around. The book has a strong emphasis on finding the learning opportunities in different situations and that was key for me: never stop learning.
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4. tushartyagiDec 2018
   I am reading the book "Apprenticeship Patterns" by Dave Hoover & Adewale Oshineye. It's a very interesting book and lists a set of patterns which (novice?) software developers can use to get better at the craft of programming.

   One of the patterns listed is called "Create Feedback Loops" which states that one of the best ways to not get stuck with whatever wrong you're doing is to create feedback loops which provide objective data about your performance and allow you to fail early & fast, without wasting your time stuck with bad practices and implementations.

   While coding, this can be something like TDD. At a higher level, this can be pair programming, code reviews, finding mentors, etc.

   I wanted to know if any HN users have created their own personal feedback loops. How has it helped you in progressing in your careers and saved you from following the wrong path?

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5. ballenfAug 2018
   There's a great book Apprenticeship Patterns which gives real answers and advice to developers. It addresses the situation described in a few different ways and offers different strategies. Most of them boil down to how to pick a team where you will learn the most quickly while not drowning.

   https://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspi...

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6. mighty_warriorJun 2017
   Apprenticeship Patterns - A great book more focused on being an good software engineer and less on software specific details. Online for free at http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001813/index.ht...
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