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Fikayo Adepoju
Fikayo Adepoju

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5 Books Every (Web) Developer MUST Read


Yes, I have been there. Feeling the need to level up, dealing with Impostor syndrome, wondering how you can move from your current level to a better, more experienced, and marvelously skilled programmer.

Or you often feel you missed the class on concepts like memory management, cookies, sessions, sockets, proxies, compilers, Microservices, load-balancers, etc., these 5 books will help you fix all that.

Common questions I get asked a lot (and have often asked myself) are:

  • How do I go from Junior/Intermediate to Senior developer?
  • Am I an engineer or just a developer?
  • How do those senior guys get it all the time?
  • I didn’t study computer science. Do I need to learn computer fundamentals to be a better developer?
  • How do I know I am making the right decisions when working on a project?
  • ….and many more.

In this video, I describe 5 books that will help web developers and any developer that has anything to do with the web to level up and resharpen their skills by filling up all the holes in their knowledge.

These are not your typical HTML/CSS/Javascript books. These books ground you in fundamental computer science concepts and the web, teach you all you need to know about scalability, and help you learn software architectures and best practices that make you a professional, industry-standard, and battle-tested (web) developer.

Ready? Let’s dive in. https://youtu.be/kNbIthp1KU0

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