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Coders
by Clive Thompson
Who programmers are, how they think, what they value, and how their culture shapes the world. Reported portrait of a tribe.
Read it if…
you want to understand the people who write the software.
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Skip it if…
you want to learn to code.
Try instead: Superagency →
Three things you will actually use
- Efficiency is a worldview.
- Culture shapes products.
- Know the makers.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the 10x programmer myth.
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Thompson on coders.
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