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Pros & Cons
Pros
It's almost a guarantee that you will learn something from this book. I highly recommend this book to any aspiring software developer. This book covers a lot of subjects, and i think it's very valuable in that regard.
Almost every chapter is something i've run into or dealt with in my 22+ years coding software. The book works very well from a structural standpoint. I also like the organization of the chapters as it makes this a usable reference later when i might w... Read More
John sonmez has an incredible work ethic and that is really honest, and he spills that all over this book. Pictured is the funniest passage from the book.
Cons
The book is just part of a digital marketing scheme. I understand john tries to sell some of his other resources but it felt quite uncomfortable to me how often he was marketing his products.
The content is fine but unremarkable. Much of the stuff in here is incredibly basic and has zero actionable content or instruction. Too much fluff too little valuable information.
The writing style is probably not effective for a book purporting to give professional advice. The stream of conscious style writing is overly wordy and comes off as sophomoric and unprofessional.
It is very likely that you'll get a call from another headhunter for a different position at the same company, which you can apply for if its not the same that you have already submitted for. Some boot camps even threaten legal action if you speak of ... Read More
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Quality
One of the best parts was the explanation of how learning works how surprisingly it makes sense to start by trying to figure ou... Read More
It has absolutely provided me with the information that i sought
I am not an easy person to write reviews or rate a product
Price
However i really prefer physical books and this one was well worth the cost
Competitiveness
Sometimes john does come off a bit pushyselly from a marketing perspective upselling other products listing things for 10x more... Read More
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Going to school online doesnt give me the opportunity to freely pick the brains of not only my professors but my fellow students as well
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I have felt really lost and hesitant to start any project for fear i would be doing it wrong
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By fluffy i mean theres a lot of white space in this book
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The author doesnt appear to believe in paragraphs
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Instead hell write one sentence skip two lines and write the next sentence
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Sometimes hell just write one word skip two lines and write the next word
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So dont be fooled by the big thick nature of this book
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The book could probably be a quarter of the size if he wrote like a normal person
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