num_pages: 288
description: Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers  stuff critical to your workplace success that you werent taught in school.For new software engineers knowing how to program is only half the battle. Youll quickly find that many of the skills and processes key to your success are not taught in any school or bootcamp. The Missing README fills in that gapa distillation of workplace lessons best practices and engineering fundamentals that the authors have taught rookie developers at top companies for more than a decade. Early chapters explain what to expect when you begin your career at a company. The books middle section expands your technical education teaching you how to work with existing codebases address and prevent technical debt write production-grade software manage dependencies test effectively do code reviews safely deploy software design evolvable architectures and handle incidents when youre on-call. Additional chapters cover planning and interpersonal skills such as Agile planning working effectively with your manager and growing to senior levels and beyond. Youll This is the book your tech lead wishes every new engineer would read before they start. By the end youll know what it takes to transition into the workplacefrom CS classes or bootcamps to professional software engineering. 
language: English
title: The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer
publisher: No Starch Press