I found it curious that you felt a lot of material was anachronistic. Perhaps that's because I was around as a professional before it was the normal and have recommended this book so many times.

When I review the list of tips--which for those unfamiliar, is basically a list of take-aways sprinkled through each chapter--I find the list more timeless than anything.

https://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer/extracts/tips

The number of times I've told people that "select" isn't broken, or to use tracers, or fix broken windows is more than I can count.