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Opinions – everybody's got one. Well, so long as we're running this little part of the net, we'll give you a few of ours. This page has a few of the millions of books available worldwide which we at STG have found to be useful, relevant, or maybe just cool.
Now, on with the countdown...
Panic! UNIX System Crash Dump Analysis
Chris Drake and Kimberley Brown
If you are doing driver development for Solaris, you want this book. It will help you through the dark, twisty maze of Solaris kernel debugging. -- John Gleeson
Windows NT File System Internals
Rajeev Nagar
This has got to be one of the most misleading titles I've ever seen! This book goes way beyond just the NT File system to include a very good overview of NT I/O system, the cache manager, and several other crucial areas. Granted while you'll need a little more knowledge and a little more than the sample code provided with this book to become an NT internals jock, this book is a good start. -- Pete Wilson
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volumes 1-3
W. Richard Stevens and Gary Wright
Addison-Wesley
I'm tempted to say that if it isn't in these books, you don't need to know it, but that'd be only a slight exaggeration. If you read and learn everything in these books, you'll be well on your way to becoming a TCP/IP expert. -- Andy Schweig
The Windows NT Device Driver Book
Art Baker
What can I say about this book? I wish there was more to it I guess. It's a good overview but it is far from the comprehensive epic it's title suggests. If you get it (which I still recommend you should since it's one of the few out there), be sure to get the errata sheets from the publisher. -- Rich Homolka
Advanced Perl Programming
Sriram Srinivasan
If you're into Perl, this bad boy is a must have (together with the preceding title Perl Programming). Because of the power of Perl, it has a fair amount of complexity and a hundred ways to do things. This book shows how to decide the best way to do some things and is an excellent way to increase your Perl skills. -- Lil' Bobbo Lasch
UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4
David A. Curry
A while back, someone asked me for a book that would be a good background source for the sort of programming we do here at STG. I think my exact quote was "If you know everything in this book, you can get a job wherever you want." While this isn't everything you could possibly need to know, if you really know everything in this book, you've got a pretty solid base to build on. --Peter Wilson
Managing Technical People
Watts S. Humphrey by Addison-Wesley
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister by
Dorset House Publishing
Our work and the people that can do it are a unique bunch. These two
books provide what I feel are one of the best frameworks for leading a
technical group as well as helping to create and maintain an environment
that is conducive to good software creation.
Both must reads in my opinion. -- Chris Herzog
Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher and William Ury
As we go through life, we're always negotiating in ways we don't even realize. Many of the skills needed to survive in a civilized society are based in part on some sort of negotiating. This book is an excellent negotiation primer that helps you to not only get what you need but helps you to understand what the other parties need so your negotiations can create a "win" situation for everyone. -- Bob Schuricht
The Mythical Man Month
Frederick Brooks
This book has been around for a long time but just goes to show how little things really change. As opposed to raw technology, good project management is still the key to getting things done. An excellent collection of essays covering a broad range of project management and organizational issues!
The cover shown is the second edition updated with four new chapters for the 20th anniversary of it's original publication (shows just how timeless a book this is) -- Nestor Cabello
Why does software cost so much?
Tom DeMarco
This book takes a different turn by looking at software from a physical product perspective. If we had a physical product that was as capable and flexible as software, it would lead us to a different question: "What have we done to make it possible for today's software to cost so little?". This book is a good easy read and should be on your list – especially if you're a sales professional in the software industry. -- Bob Schuricht
Windows Annoyances
David A. Karp
And all this time, I thought it was just me...
Check out the other titles in the Annoyances series such as Word 97 Annoyances, Excel 97 Annoyances, and Office 97 Annoyances. -- Bob Palm
