This picture is some of the books I'm reading now. Except for the Da Vinci Code which my wife sneaked on to my shelf, this is what I'm reading right now. Why do I read so many books at the same time?
Back in University, I spent a good part of my time reading. Most of the time the books were technical or contained information that was good for long term references. Occasionally I got to put some fiction in there, but mostly it was school related. There was a lot of concurrent reading going on and it kept me quite interested. One of the few books from school I still refer to is the design patterns book I used in 4th year.
I used to love going to a coffee shop and reading a novel, or a non-fiction book. My preferences were towards the non-fiction like biographies or technically oriented.
After leaving school, I had an allergic reaction to reading. I didn't enjoy it the same way I used to, for which I blame on having way too much non-useful reading to do. It took me some time to get back to a place were I'm reading stuff I enjoy.
So, in order to keep me interested in what I'm reading, I'll put one or two books out a night and read a bit from each. There are some that are always in constant rotation and I read a few pages from each night.
Over the next few posts, I'll be sharing with you my reading collection in relation to software development. I'll try not to bore you with details but give you the reason why you should be reading these books. These are books I think are a must have (unless I say otherwise) for anyone in software development. This isn't limited to testers, but anyone from project managers to developers.
