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by kqr 1157 days ago
I think anything that makes you take a new perspective on (software) product development and reflect on your experiences and pay attention to patterns of outcomes is going to make you a better developer.

Even if the book would be hopelessly outdated, that's usually informative too. It tells you which specific parts of the industry change slowly and which evolve rapidly. That will help you figure out where we are headed and what you can count on will be roughly the same for the next 25 years of your career.

It's very hard to rank books precisely, because how much people get out of them also depends on past experiences.

If you already have the book or can get free access to it -- why not try? Even just the preview on Amazon is usually good to give a sense of what it is like. Read a few chapters and see if it's something you think you want to continue with.

But what's important is not that you pick The Right Book now, it's that you pick up another book when you are finished with this one.