The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer

Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers - stuff critical to your workplace success that you weren't taught in school.

For new software engineers, knowing how to program is only half the battle. You'll quickly find that many of the skills and processes key to your success are not taught in any school or bootcamp. The Missing README fills in that gap-a distillation of workplace lessons, best practices, and engineering fundamentals that the authors have taught rookie developers at top companies for more than a decade.

Early chapters explain what to expect when you begin your career at a company.