Best Software Engineer Books: Build Your Personal Library

I believe that every one of us, software engineers, should have our own personal library of software engineering books. Whether in old plain-text book form or in a newer, more eco-friendly electronic one is an open question. The important thing is to actually have one. I am one of those strange people who believe that we, in general, should read books. Doing so has multiple benefits, but let's not dive too deep into this and focus on software engineering. Well, there are a couple of problems with software engineer books:

• They get old rather quickly.


• There are a lot of them.


• They are expensive.


• They have varying levels of quality.

Given our limited time, the obvious conclusion is that it is hard to find a book worthy of reading, one we will not waste our money on. Here comes this article. It will be the first in a series focused on what books I recommend you include in your professional library. This particular blog covers books that focus on the softer parts of our job: