Programming Career

Technical knowledge alone isn't enough - increase your software development income by leveling up your soft skills Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies just in time, communicate clearly with management and consulting clients, negotiate a fair hourly rate, and unite teammates and coworkers in working toward a common goal.

The profession of Agile Coaching is, in a word, confusing. Bob Galen has written Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching to help alleviate the confusion. The book centers on the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel as the competency and skill maturity model to baseline your agile coaching skills against. Its core goal is to “raise the bar” as to what true excellence looks like and to help you establish a personal development and growth plan. Consider this book that maps to coaching badassery, personal growth, and client service.

Becoming a solutions architect requires a hands-on approach, and this edition of the Solutions Architect's Handbook brings exactly that. This audiobook will teach you how to create robust, scalable, and fault-tolerant solutions and next-generation architecture designs in a cloud environment. It will also help you build effective product strategies for your business and implement them from start to finish.

Good communication, motivation, negotiation and leadership skills are essential for those looking to succeed in business. Business NLP For Dummies helps listeners use NLP techniques to foster these crucial skills and develop their strengths in the workplace. Listeners will discover how making small changes to day-to-day activities can set them on track to achieving business excellence. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a hugely popular self-help technique around the globe.

Learn object-oriented C++ without getting buried in confusing theory. Object-oriented programming can feel intimidating when you are just starting out. Classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, constructors, destructors, encapsulation, abstraction, and clean code design all sound complicated at first. But they do not have to be. Object-Oriented C++ for Beginners breaks down the core ideas of OOP in plain English, using simple examples and practical explanations that help you understand not just what the code does, but why it matters.

Create your very first video game without any prior coding experience!! Would you like to get ahold of simple, effective, and compatible steps that will enable you to be an excellent problem solver while game programming? Do you want to start game coding without worrying if you’re smart enough to get it right? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you’ve got to listen to this book!

The AI revolution is happening now. Software developers who embrace AI will be best positioned to thrive in the future. This concise book provides a crucial foundation in the core concepts driving this transformative technology, including: Machine Learning: How algorithms learn from data to make predictions.

Code performance versus simplicity. Delivery speed versus duplication. Flexibility versus maintainability—every decision you make in software engineering involves balancing tradeoffs. In Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs, you’ll learn from costly mistakes that Tomasz Lelek and Jon Skeet have encountered over their impressive careers. You’ll explore real-world scenarios where poor understanding of tradeoffs leads to major problems down the road, so you can preempt your own mistakes with a more thoughtful approach to decision-making.

Master AI coding tools to ship software faster while securing your engineering career against rapid industry automation. Whether you are upskilling during your morning commute or deep in a remote development sprint, this focused guide cuts through the noise to deliver pragmatic solutions...

Manifest your ideal career path and banish imposter syndrome tonight with this deeply relaxing guided sleep hypnosis. If you are navigating a stressful job search or facing the uncertainty of a career transition, this soothing nighttime meditation gently turns professional anxiety into profound...

Want to learn Python without feeling lost, overwhelmed, or stuck staring at confusing code? Python is one of the best programming languages for beginners because it is simple, powerful, and used everywhere—from websites and automation to data, AI, apps, and real tech careers. Python Programming for Beginners gives you a clear, step-by-step path to learning coding from the ground up, even if you have never written a single line of code before.

Master software architecture and write clean code by thinking in objects instead of messy syntax. Perfect for an audio-only daily commute or a focused walking session, this guide transforms confusing developer buzzwords into empowering mental models. You will finally structure complex...

Programming jobs are on the rise, and the field is predicted to keep growing, fast. Landing one of these lucrative and rewarding jobs requires more than just being a good programmer. Programming Interviews for Dummies explains the skills and knowledge you need to ace the programming interview. Interviews for software development jobs and other programming positions are unique. Not only must candidates demonstrate technical savvy, they must also show that they're equipped to be a productive member of programming teams and ready to start solving problems from day one. 

To keep doing what you love, you need to maintain your own systems, not just the ones you write code for. Regular exercise and proper nutrition help you learn, remember, concentrate, and be creative - skills critical to doing your job well. Learn how to change your work habits, master exercises that make working at a computer more comfortable, and develop a plan to keep fit, healthy, and sharp for years to come.

You’re not stuck. You’re running a program. Every thought, reaction, habit, and result in your life is being driven by a hidden system—your personal algorithm. Built from past experiences, reinforced through repetition, and shaped by identity, this internal programming silently controls your behavior… even when you know better. That’s why nothing seems to stick. In The Personal Algorithm, you’ll learn how to identify the patterns running your life, interrupt them in real time, and replace them with intentional responses that actually hold.

Hypothesis-Driven Development (HDD) is an emerging approach to digital product management for both business people and engineers. It emphasizes rigorous, continuous experimentation as a way to both minimize waste and focus teams’ creative capabilities in directions that drive growth and innovation.

Poornima Vijayashanker has founded three startups and personally guided 100+ people who have launched products that make six and seven figures per year. Everyone started with varying levels of technical and business know-how - or none at all - but everyone was passionate about an idea. Now, Poornima travels around the country teaching people how to bring their ideas to life. With the right road map in front of you, you can launch a winning software product, too.

In Agile Leadership Toolkit, longtime agile leader Peter Koning provides a practical and invaluable steering wheel for agile leaders and their teams. Drawing on his extensive experience helping leaders drive more value from agile, Koning offers a comprehensive toolkit for continuously improving your environment.

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is the study of human excellence and how the brain actually operates to produce consistent exceptional results. By discovering the fundamental characteristics of high-achievers, the successful attitudes, and empowering beliefs, you too can learn to replicate and install them in yourself and use them to help others succeed as well! This audiobook takes you through the specific methods along with the unshakable attitude NLP has become so famous for, to affect the way we think, learn, and communicate daily, to make life extraordinary!

A practical field guide for people who want their work to keep earning on ordinary days. This book replaces wage thinking with builder thinking: create useful assets, give them a clear path to buyers, and let simple systems deliver value without your constant presence. Across 24 mindset shifts you move from effort that expires to effort that compounds.