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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| About This Book |
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| About the Author |
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1 Why this book is unlike any book you've ever read |
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| Section 1 Career |
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2 Getting started with a "BANG!": Don't do what everyone else does |
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Having a business mindset |
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How to think like a business |
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3 Thinking about the future: What are your goals? |
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4 People skills: You need them more than you think |
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Leave me alone, I just want to write code |
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Learning how to deal with people |
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Everyone wants to feel important |
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Think about what the other person wants |
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The quickest way to "pass" an interview |
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Thinking outside of the box and building rapport |
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But what about the actual interview itself? |
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What can you do right now? |
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6 Employment options: Enumerate your choices |
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Option 2: The independent consultant |
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Option 3: The entrepreneur |
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7 What kind of software developer are you? |
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Specialization is important |
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Getting specific about specialties |
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Kinds of specialties for software developers |
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What about the Polyglot programmer? |
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8 Not all companies are equal |
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Small companies and startups |
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Software development companies versus companies with software developers |
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9 Climbing the corporate ladder |
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Being a professional (forming good habits) |
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Seeking quality and self-improvement |
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11 Freedom: How to quit your job |
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Going about things the smart way |
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Preparing to work for yourself |
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How much do you really work? |
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12 Freelancing: Going out on your own |
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13 Creating your first product |
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14 Do you want to start a startup? |
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A typical startup lifecycle |
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15 Working remotely survival strategies |
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The challenges of being a hermit |
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Challenge 1: Time management |
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Challenge 2: Self-motivation |
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16 Fake it till you make it |
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What it means to fake it until you make it |
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17 Resumes are BORING-Let's fix that |
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You aren't a professional resume writer |
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What if you don't want to hire a professional? |
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18 Don't get religious about technology |
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We are all religious about technology |
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| Section 2 Marketing Yourself |
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19 Marketing basics for code monkeys |
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What marketing yourself means |
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Why marketing yourself is important |
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20 Building a brand that gets you noticed |
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21 Creating a wildly successful Hog |
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Why are blogs so important? |
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I can't guarantee you success |
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22 Your primary goal: Add value to others |
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Give people what they want |
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Give away 90% of what you do for free |
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The fast track to success |
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Offering more of yourself |
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Using social media effectively |
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24 Speaking, presenting, and training: Speak geek |
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Why speaking live is so impactful |
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25 Writing books and articles that attract a following |
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Why books and articles are important |
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Books and magazines don't pay |
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26 Don't be afraid to look like an idiot |
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Everything uncomfortable at first |
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It's okay to look like an idiot |
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Take small steps (or dive right in) |
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| Section 3 Learning |
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27 Learning how to learn: How to teach yourself |
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159 | (4) |
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Dissecting the learning process |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
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The idea behind the system |
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163 | (2) |
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29 Steps 1-6: Do these once |
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Step 1: Get the big picture |
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Step 5: Create a learning plan |
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30 Steps 7-10: Repeat these |
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Step 7: Learn enough to get started |
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Step 9: Learn enough to do something useful |
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31 Looking for mentors: Finding your Yoda |
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32 Taking on an apprentice: Being Yoda |
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The benefits of mentorship |
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Picking a "worthy" apprentice |
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33 Teaching: Learn you want? Teach you must. |
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What happens when you teach? |
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192 | (1) |
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34 Do you need a degree or can you "wing it?" |
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Do you need a degree to succeed? |
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Advantages to having a degree |
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What if you don't have a degree? |
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35 Finding gaps in your knowledge |
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| Section 4 Productivity |
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36 It all starts with focus |
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It's not as easy as it sounds |
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37 My personal productivity plan |
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Daily planning and execution |
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Pealing with interruptions |
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Pomodoro Technique overview |
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Using the Pomodoro Technique effectively |
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222 | (2) |
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How much work can you get done? |
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39 My quota system: How I get way more clone than I should |
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How the quota .system works |
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Why the quota system works |
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40 Holding yourself accountable |
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Becoming accountable to yourself |
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41 Multitasking dos and don'ts |
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Why multitasking is generally bad |
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Batching is much more productive |
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What about true multitasking? |
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42 Burnout: I've got the cure! |
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In reality, you're just hitting a wall |
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On the other side of the wall |
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43 How you're wasting your time |
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The biggest time waster of all |
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44 The importance of having a routine |
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45 Developing habits: Brushing your code |
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Recognizing bad habits and altering them |
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46 Breaking down things: How to eat an elephant |
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Why bigger isn't always better |
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47 The value of hard work and why you keep avoiding it |
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Why is hard work so darn...hard? |
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Working hard: How to do it |
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48 Any action is better than no action |
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Why we refuse to take action |
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What happens when you don't take action |
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What is the worst that could happen? |
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It's easier to steer a moving car |
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49 What are you going to do with your paycheck? |
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285 | (7) |
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50 How to negotiate your salary |
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Negotiations begin before you even apply for the job |
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How you get thejob is extremely important |
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First person to name a number loses |
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What about when you're asked to name a number first? |
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What if you're asked about your current salary? |
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51 Options: Where all the fun is |
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52 Bits and bytes of real estate investing |
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Why real estate investment? |
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53 Do you really understand your retirement plan? |
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Retirement is all about working backwards |
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Calculating your retirement goal |
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Path 1: 401(k), IRAs, or other retirement accounts |
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Path 2: Setting up an early retirement or aiming to get rich |
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What if lam stuck in the middle or close to retirement? |
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54 The danger of debt: 55Ds are expensive |
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Why debt is generally bad |
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326 | (2) |
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55 Bonus: How I retired at 33 |
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What it means to be "retired" |
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Multiple passive income streams |
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56 Why you need to hack your health |
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57 Setting your fitness criteria |
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Living a healthy lifestyle |
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58 Thermodynamics, calories, and you |
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How many calories are you consuming? |
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How many calories are you burning? |
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Utilizing calories to achieve your goal |
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59 Motivation: Getting your butt out of the chair |
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60 How to gain muscle: Nerds can have bulging biceps |
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What lifts should you do? |
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61 How to get hash-table abs |
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Abs are made in the kitchen |
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Your body doesn't want you to have abs |
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What can you do about it? |
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62 Starting RunningProgram.exe |
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Why you might want to run |
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Advice for getting started |
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63 Standing desks and other hacks |
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Standing desks and treadmills |
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64 Tech gear for fitness: Geeking out |
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Step counters and pedometers |
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| Section 7 Spirit |
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65 How the mind influences the body |
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The mind and body connection |
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66 Having the right mental attitude: Rebooting |
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The positive effects of positivity |
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How to reboot your attitude |
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67 Building a positive self-image: Programming your brain |
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68 Love and relationships: Computers can't hold your hand |
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414 | (5) |
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Why software developers sometimes have a hard time finding love |
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So, all I have to do is be confident, right? |
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69 My personal success book list |
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419 | (5) |
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Self-help and inspirational books |
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419 | (3) |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People |
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420 | (1) |
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The Power of Positive Thinking |
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Software development books |
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422 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftmanship |
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422 | (1) |
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Head First Design Patterns |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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The Millionaire Real Estate Investor |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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No-Hype Options Trading: Myths, Realities, and Strategies That Really Work |
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423 | (1) |
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70 Facing failure head-on |
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Why are we so afraid of failure, anyway? |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (1) |
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Failure is the road to success |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (3) |
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430 | (3) |
| Appendix A if you can write code, you can understand finances |
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433 | (8) |
| Appendix B How the stock market works: Rules of the System |
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441 | (4) |
| Appendix C Garbage in, garbage out: Diet and nutrition basics |
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445 | (8) |
| Appendix D How to eat healthy: Pizza is not a food group |
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