Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-03-12
Gergely Orosz & Gautam Korlam: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer
Developer Experience at Uber with Gautam Korlam
Supported by Our Partners • Sentry — Error and performance monitoring for developers. • The Software Engineer’s Guidebook: Written by me (Gergely) – now out in audio form as well.
Gautam Korlam recommended Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Head First Design Patterns
Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, and Bert Bates is an engaging educational guide that introduces foundational object-oriented design patterns through a visually rich and interactive pedagogical style.
Recommended“I read this book early in my career called head first design patterns which is a a little uh old at this point but the patterns are really good”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the audiobook version of my bestselling book the software Engineers guide book is out now you can get it on all major audiobook platforms”
Ad read The Staff Engineer's Path
“here's a review from the book from senior principal engineer Tanya reallyy who is the author of the staff Engineers path from performance reviews to P95 latency”