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Career Advice

By tewari | Published: February 29, 2008
The value of any advice is tied to the degree of its relevance to your particular situation and circumstances. Very specific advice, like legal and medical advice, is very expensive. It is very relevant to the individual’s situation and therefore quite valuable. The degree of relevance of inexpensive/free advice to your specific circumstances is usually [...]
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      ASP.NET MVC in Action by Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman, Jimmy Bogard

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    • Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)

      Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) by Andy Hunt

    • Working Effectively with Legacy Code

      Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

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      How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

    • How I Got Published: Famous Authors Tell You in Their Own Words

      How I Got Published: Famous Authors Tell You in Their Own Words by Ray White

    • Programming Windows Presentation Foundation

      Programming Windows Presentation Foundation by Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths

    • Advanced MVVM

      Advanced MVVM by Josh Smith

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