Resources for Software Engineering Students

This is a guide to resources for software engineering students. A significant part of my research focuses on onboarding newcomers and remote work. These resources are inspired by my academic, research, and industry experience.

Where to Get Help & Ask Questions

• Stack Overflow

Keeping Up To Date as a Software Engineer

• Hacker News
• r/programming
• Dev
• Joel on Software

Remote Work Information for Software Engineers

• On Working Remotely
• What I have learned from eight years of being a remote developer
• Reflections on being a remote developer
• WFH 101: Tips and tricks from the home front as tech workers go remote during coronavirus crisis
• One Software Engineer Reveals What It’s Really Like to Be A Digital Nomad

Blogs for Software Engineers

• Coding Horror
• Joel on Software
• Scott Berkun
• Pinterest Engineering
• Slack Blog
• Steve Yegge
• Scott Hanselman
• A study guide for software engineering students
• Scaler Blogs

Books to Read

• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
• Mythical Man Month
• Cooperative Software Development - FREE
• Pragmatic Programmer
• Code Complete
• Clean Code
• Test Driven Development
• Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering - FREE
• The Design of Every Day Things
• Coders at Work
• Dare to Lead
• Producing Open Source Software, How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
• Software Engineering at Google
• The Programmer's Brain
• Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

Podcasts

• Software Engineering Unlocked
• Hansel Minutes
• Software Engineering Daily
• Coding Blocks
• Command_Line Heros

TedTalks

• A 12-year-old App Developer - Thomas Suarez
• The Birth of the Computer - George Dyson
• 3 Ways Good Design Makes You Happy - Don Norman
• A delightful way to teach kids about computers - Linda Liukas
• Everyday compassion at Google - Chade-Meng Tan
• A Computer that Works Like The Brain - Kwabena Boahen
• The Power of Introverts - Susan Cain

Twitter Accounts to Follow

• @codinghorror
• @howToCodeWell
• @CoderDojo
• @housecor
• @_developit

Interview Practice & Material

• Free practice interviews with real people (Note: I have never used this personally)
• LeetCode
• InterviewBit
• InterviewCake
• The Software Engineer’s Guide to Interviewing Software Engineers
• Top tips to prepare for software engineering interviews
• 5 Tips for Acing a Software Engineering Job Interview
• AlgoMonster
• GeeksForGeeks

Things you should already know

• Git commands

Fun

• XKCD Comics
• https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/x72c8l/stop_doing_open_source/