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Essential illuminating books for software people
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to FailThe Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen
Buy new: £14.73 / Used from: £1.42
Managers and rebels: How to do new risky things without bringing down the company, or getting fired.
Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press)Staroffice 6.0 Companion (Sun Microsystems Press) by Solveig Haugland
Buy new: £31.99 / Used from: £0.90
You knowStarOffice is the right choice, but it can slow going at first. This book is fun, has all the procedures, and is the yellow brick road to using StarOffice productively.
What Color is Your Parachute? 2003: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career ChangersWhat Color is Your Parachute? 2003: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career Changers by Richard N. Bolles
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Are you happy in your current job? Really?????? Ever since the dot bomb crash, half the techie people I know are dying to be laid off but afraid of what to do next. This book rocks.
Agile Software Development: Software Through PeopleAgile Software Development: Software Through People by Alistair Cockburn
Buy used from: £17.99
Be smart about development, obtain better results with less project manager overhead and gant charts. This will change your products and work life for the better.
The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.50
Spectacularly interesting book that really shows you how to design things well and beautifully. Uses example of bad faucet design from UK dorms!