Although at this point in my life I’m not actively programming — last week I’ve bought myself a copy of The Passionate Programmer. Why? Because every single day I feel and believe I am a passionate programmer. And this book makes me desire to program even more. Below I’ve written a summary of what this book is about.
First of all this is not a technical book. It doesn’t tell you Git is better than Mercurial or Subversion. Nor if you should program in Haskell, Python or even Clojure. It does however tell you much more important stuff. Which hopefully will make you a better and happier programmer for the rest of your life. It stimulates you to: actively plan and steer your career software development.
The author of The Passionate Programmer goes by the name of Chad Fowler, who appears to be a active figure in the Ruby-scene. But more interestingly Mr. Fowler is a former professional saxophone player. Which perhaps has helped him in making such astute observations on how to make a career in software development. I most say who I am to judge — I can’t really say I have made that much of a career in software development just yet. But this book will surely increase my chances. So what is inside the book?
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