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Re:Ask HN: Books for soon to be Software Engineers by rhettg on Saturday May 07, 2011 @03:02PM (#2524312)

   Code Complete
   Being Geek
Re:Ask HN: Books for soon to be Software Engineers by Mongoose on Saturday May 07, 2011 @05:38PM (#2524644)
+1 for Being Geek. It's essentially a well-laid out rehash of Rands' blog posts over the years but I've found it good reading, even with the enormous amount of typos. I'm in the same situation as the OP, so the strategic career advice is much more relevant now than when I read it in the past.