The Secret Life of Programs (2019).pdf

This book is for people who want to become good programmers. What makes a good programmer? First and foremost, a good programmer has good critical thinking and analysis skills. To solve complex problems, a programmer needs the ability to evaluate whether or not programs actually solve the right problem correctly. This is more difficult than it sounds. It’s not uncommon for an experienced programmer to look at someone else’s program and snarkily comment, “Why, that's a complex nonsolution to a simple nonproblem."