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		sayemm on Jan 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to step up my coding skills? Some great answers here, thanks for posting this question. I originally come from a finance background, though I'm taking a year off now to focus on programming for some of the same reasons you mention. Joel Spolsky listed four books which he believes makes a solid foundation for a good programmer and that's what I'm working through, along with building random apps/projects: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/414779/what-should-a-self...

SoftwarePatent on Jan 5, 2011 | [–]

that's interesting that you come from finance, I'm coming from a similar field in terms of hours and job satisfaction. These four books are exactly what I'm looking for.

shareme on Jan 5, 2011 | [–]

I was a double major; CS and Accounting and my first IT job was building computerized accounting systems..

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