[brandall10]

Hmmm... in that case may I recommend "The Passionate Programmer"?

The guy who wrote it had a pretty interesting career trajectory - went from being a jazz musician, to a self-taught dev, working his way up to a manager of a large scale outsourced team, to a dev again doing Rails and the like.

It had a feel and structure like Robert Greene's books - little 3-5 page segments focused on one idea, interspersed with personal stories and interviews illustrating the points. It seemed particularly focused on working within a corporate structure in a positive manner.

[henrik_w]

Yep, that's a great book, with lots of good advice. I got the first edition, which was call "My Job Went to India, and All I Got Was This Lousy Book"