Heres some of the symbols that make me tick.
Books and Languages that I have interest an somewhat exposure to.
Heres a set of important books for me.
Design Patterns
Gang of FourThe essential book on good solutions to typical programming problems.
Extreme Programming
Kent BeckThe reason most people dont know agile is because they haven't read this book.
Refactoring
Martin FowlerMartin Fowler shows you where, when and how to redesign and refactor your code.
Test Driven Development
Kent BeckKent Beck is the Father of all TDD.
Domain Driven Design
Eric EvansHow to code what you are thinking.
Legacy Code
Michael FeathersHow to test untested and untestable code.
Clean Code
Robert C. MartinA book in fad that borrows most of its thoughts for other books also on this list.