Ask HN: What books helped level you up from a developer to something more?
I've been a developer for around 10 years now and still feel very lacking on a technical level, mostly due to bad choice in companies where most of the problems are of the organizational kind (processes, teams, incompetent people).
Even though I am quite unsure of my actual expertise I want to start contracting, but not as just another developer.
I want to add value by improving development processes, cutting crap from the lifecycle where possible, and optimize on a more organizational level.
So far I have bought a few technical books and am looking out for some more non-technical ones:
* Pragmatic Programmer
* Clean Architecture
* Designing Data-Intensive Applications
* Accelerate
What else would help me in finding help to be more than just another developer / contractor?
Even though I am quite unsure of my actual expertise I want to start contracting, but not as just another developer. I want to add value by improving development processes, cutting crap from the lifecycle where possible, and optimize on a more organizational level.
So far I have bought a few technical books and am looking out for some more non-technical ones: * Pragmatic Programmer * Clean Architecture * Designing Data-Intensive Applications * Accelerate
What else would help me in finding help to be more than just another developer / contractor?