5 books every software engineer should read in 2022

Here are 5 books I think every software engineer should read in 2022! Of course, there are many more great books, but these are my top 5 recommendations!
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00:00 Intro
01:09 Clean Code
03:34 Clean Architecture
05:00 The DevOps Handbook
06:05 Software Engineering at Google
07:41 Understanding Distributed Systems
09:34 What's your favorite book?
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[@VishwanThirunavukkarasu]

Is the video a bit choppy for few minutes at the start only for me or most of them ?

[@Table_Cat]

Same here.

[@mehuljain1991]

Exactly

[@MadhuSudhanpro]

May be it's the frame drops while processing But yes i noticed it too

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

A bit of a favor: could you please list the times where it’s choppy and times where it’s normal? KZbin seems to be messing up my video encoding recently. I am going to file a bug - the times would help. It only seems at certain encodings because the one I’m viewing is fine. Cheers!

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@@EngineeringwithUtsav it's looking as if it's slowed down and frames are freezing all over the video. Rest the content is absolutely incredible!

[@headlights-go-up]

I'm a new viewer and it's wonderful that someone with substantial experience is sharing their thoughts and opinions. You're a wealth of knowledge, thank you!

[@gg_mass7918]

My favorite book is probably "Database Internals" by Alex Petrov. I picked it up for free and was mind-blown by how little I really knew about databases even tho I use them all the time so that was a very eye opening read.

[@KinzaSheikhOfficial]

I am currently reading Algorithms to live by and that book is mind-bending. Great recommendations as always!

[@dirtygiraffes512]

The Pragmatic Programmer (20th Anniversary ed) is one I highly recommend.

[@carlitos9378]

Thank you very much. Until now, I've only read Clean code and Clean Architecture, but they are great books. In general, I have good experiences with your recommendations!

[@MadhuSudhanpro]

I enjoy watching utsav not only because of tech but more on aesthetics of the video tone which is pleasing for watch and could relate to your videos more often thank you

[@stefanmilivojevic529]

Regarding Clean Architecture book, although it mentions some very useful concepts, like centralizing your business logic and decoupling it from implementation details, so that it could be more maintainable and extendable, i don't agree with Uncle Bob statement that everything except business logic is a detail, including database. Because in practice DBMS is a system component that has a major performance impact, and we usually can't use our domain model(entities layer in Clean Architecture) for read operations. We almost always need to have some form of CQRS and bypass domain model for read operations so that we could maximize performance. This is almost always the case with DBMS aggregate functions and applications that perform a lot of reporting. I think that books like Domain Driven Design and Clean Architecture should discuss more thoroughly about performance challenges encountered in practice when using this concepts. Clean Coder from Uncle Bob is also easy to read, and it talks about how much professionalism, coding sense and love for the craft are important for every Software Engineer. I enjoy your videos and keep up the great work! :)

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

A recent book I really love is Docs For Devs. I recommended it to my bootcamp instructors and they were impressed with it. It's still in its first edition and makes the concepts of documentation as well as the importance of it super clear.

[@shamsuddinkhan4080]

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[@hopelesssouldisappointment5121]

i love the way that u take a chapter as an example to explain how helpful that book will be ❤️ - i think just recommending the book everyone will do that

[@billbez7465]

Your book reviews continue to be excellent. Thank you.

[@czubrecki]

Agree with Clean Architecture, just recently read it and it's really informative. Now going to pick up clean code and give it a read!

[@kishorkunal21]

In your 2022 workspace Insta post, I asked to share your books collection - and here it is. Thanks a lot bro !!

[@Gajendrasingh-vx1vr]

I really enjoy your channel and learning a lot from u... keep going buddy!

[@sunilpanda2905]

Wow, couple of days before I was searching for some books and here is you video. I love all your advice and to the point.. 😊

[@Ghostxvii]

I am starting “Clean Code” tonight.. very excited to read it!

[@devin14892]

I really enjoy your channel, good information and advice.

[@nitishnagar3710]

I love every single upload you put out!

[@onkarkulkarni6682]

So much yet to learn, thanks for sharing this 👍

[@beatcrate]

Your videos are really helpful, thanks

[@akbarputrapratama732]

I just finished reading the head first java book, I think next time I will read the clean code book. thank you for the book recommendation

[@DevPool]

It's a really good list of books 👍 I got clean code as a Jr dev a long time ago (best purchase ever). There is also a book that I used to prepare for the interview called "Cracking the Coding Interview". I would recommend taking a look into it as well.

[@cherryfuchs]

Cracking the code interview is really good indeed!!

[@sarikak9944]

Hey Utsav, would love to see your recommendations on books,blogs, courses etc on databases. Thank you for the content.

[@theSDE2]

Hey Utsav, your recommended books are really helpful. I have started reading web scalability for startup engineers and that is such a gem. Thanks alot

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

That’s a great book.

[@jamesh4129]

TY. Awesome insight.

[@tristan7668]

I'm a middle web developer now and moving to another company where there're only around three or four software devs, so I really would like to enrich my skills to be senior as soon as possible to benefit where I work. Could you make a video to sum up all knowledges that a middle dev should have to upgrade their level? Thanks for your recommend books, the clean code & clean architecture are on my reading list!

[@mikelong3444]

Another great video full of usable content. 👍

[@pablohernandez4305]

I love your videos about of books, it's amazing 100k subscribers 🥳

[@samueltiokeng7470]

So happy to have found your Channel Utsav, Your a role model to me because you reflect exactly the type of person I will like to become in my Software Engineering Career: Quite, Authentic and knowledge heavy Individual. Thanks for all these advices it goes a long way for me :)

[@SzaboB33]

Adding some of these to my reading list :) I have been procrastinating clean code for years now! My all time favorite IT book is "SQL Injection attacks and defense" which is an old book, like 10+ years but it gave me a solid hacker mindset which I used a lot in my pentesting carrier. I could use those ideas in other types of (successful) attacks like XSS (since it's an injection as well). Kind of off topic, thought I would share ;) I have a special bias to this book because this was the first book I read in English and it was so interesting I pushed through. I am not sure how my English would be today without this book :)

[@shounaksengupta2154]

I need that SOLID principle video soon!

[@rakeshgurung4405]

So good info thank you dai ...

[@alvinchris3138]

Utsav is very good in transfering his years of experience in a very simple language. Respects!!

[@nareshkatukojwala3692]

Thank you so much to share this information and requesting you to let us know java best books for beginners and advanced learning

[@marz833]

Hey Utsav, great job! I think those five books are spot on for software engineering. How about another five for the core computer science concepts such as algorithms and data structures, databases, etc

[@sarojshrestha271]

100K... That ain't a Milestone... For a creator like you who is so Passionate in your craft and always deliver Powerful, Consistent & Quality content... the Milestone should be in Millions... I do my part by sharing the channel with most people I interact with... and everyone seems to love the channel... I am not gonna rest until we hit the Mills !!! Keep up the Good work Utsav...

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

🙏🏽

[@Aya-ms6lv]

Great video as usual Utsav! How to read tech books for max benefit especially such huge ones? I read but after some time I get bored and I forget many things afterwards. Any advice?

[@hshhsjhahsvs7728]

How often do you find yourself referring the MIT algorithms and data structures book? Useful video btw!

[@aisyesmukhan7656]

Great list!

[@exincident]

Thanks Utsav. Please if you could do a video on the architecture independent of frame works?

[@AnunayaSrivastava]

Clean Agile by Robert C Martin He is one of the cofounders of Agile Manifesto. He gives a fresh look of what agile is and the problems it solves.

[@mahshid8121]

Thank you very much ❤👍

[@kalpakHere]

Great choices !!

[@bhavleensingh6929]

already subscribed, excited about giveaways as always

[@adarshshinde4969]

Most awaited video Great suggestions My fav is Designing Data Intensive Applications

[@awikwok212]

is this DDIA content heavy or easy to read?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

I love DDIA but it’s not for everyone. If you read it out of curiosity, your head will fall off. It’s just too dense for a regular read.

[@yashgupta7150]

Thanks Utsav, some of these books are on my list too, How about Designing Data Intensive Applications ?

[@oeaoo]

Sometimes I think engineers must read some books outside of the software topic. Imagination, creativity, productivity, psychology, soft skills etc. There are so many topics that make devs valuable beyond hard skills.

[@suvobrotopal2024]

I am a POst Grad in Computers from Kolkata , India , i am 47 , your videos are very informative and really really helpful , thank you very much ।

[@shadan2813]

The best thing about Utsav is that he articulates the points very clearly. 🙂

[@rafael.aloizio1769]

I love you Utsav, I love you so much thar I'm helping spreading this love sharing your channel for everyone I can reach. thank you for your videos and keep doing it please. you speak about things in a very clear and concise way. it's fantastic.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Thank you, brother! Appreciate it!

[@jnihadahmed]

Thank you 😊

[@Prabhashana]

Thank you😊. This my dream 💖

[@olakunleabiodun1489]

Thanks for the powerful adverse I need to do research on supercomputer and HPC computer l need road maps and books or what preparation will I make for me to become a software engineer working with super computer or HCP computer

[@backlogbatch]

Thank you❤

[@miguelarodz]

Thank you for giving us the abstract fundamentals rather than niche technical things that might not be applicable to everyone. That's probably one of the most valuable things your channel does

[@lifesgood5065]

Do you have any suggestions for getting internships if you are in high school? Great vid btw.

[@VigneshkumarChinnachamyM]

My two cents: "Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth" and "The Pragmatic Programmer"

[@jerome_ee6522]

Felt like the intro until almost the end of the clean code part has some delays on the frames. I don't know if i chose the terms correctly though.

[@zymasethecatalyst]

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

[@shivamkapoor1827]

Can you make video on how to read these or other technical books fast?

[@rohitpol]

Love watching your videos they’re so helpful Love ❤️ from India 🇮🇳

[@sitifarhanafajrinadnan]

Thank you

[@22shaadali35]

Please make devops content, tutorials, concept etc..

[@abhishekshukla2745]

Recently I read The Architects Elevator by Gregor Hope. It is a pure gem

[@abhishekshukla2745]

you should also read :)

[@byaruhaf]

Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

[@prajwalsiwakoti9866]

Hello dai, thank u for the recommendations. Could u please recommend books for UML diagrams or even make a video ..like for how to design a real world project ..class diagrams..dfds..system. And also big o notation ..i find this very overwhelming😬.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Check out interface oriented design

[@tylerbenton4495]

All I want to say is don't take everything in the book "Clean Architecture" as the be-all-end-all. As someone who has spent studying and implementing several architectures such as hexagonal, service-oriented, onion, microservice, modular monolithic, etc. Don't make the same mistake I made when I first dived into studying this stuff, which was taking everything I've read in a book and running with it. Clean Architecture isn't a one size fits all solution so don't go into this applying everything you've read in the book to everything you work on. Be thoughtful about the decisions you make by understanding why these patterns exist and if it's worth implementing in what you're working on by weighing in the pros and cons.

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Probably why so many people are recommending Pragmatic Programmer also.

[@younesel]

I thought I was subscribed already, but I wasn’t. Now I am!

[@weironiottan7166]

The Pragmatic Programmer. Similar to clean code in its contents. Teaches you the hidden social contract of being a great team player on the dev team. Utsav, got a request for a video, could you make a video about transitioning to different fields. Currently I am a web developer for an airline, and wondering what is the best way to transition to distributed systems or maybe even AI in the future. Would love a video about that!

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

This was in my 2020 list. Great book!

[@pieflies]

One way is to try to find a job where part of the role is something you’re already experienced with and other parts of the role are the thing you want to become more experienced in. For example, for yourself, look for a job as a full stack developer in a team that build cloud based web applications, where you would be building the front end, as well as any back end services and APIs, as well as setting up the cloud based infrastructure. They can justify hiring you because you’re already experienced in some of the areas. Some of those things you might already have experience in and some you may not, but if you find a good team then they can support you into learning the new parts. It might seem overwhelming if a lot of the parts are new but you don’t necessarily have to learn them all at once, you can learn the different parts over time and then learn how to put them all together after that. Smaller companies/teams are often better for this, since once you have large numbers of devs you are more likely to want specialists who just work on one area of the application. It’s not always easy to find such a job but it’s a great way to expand skills and get real world experience in the new skills while getting paid for it. How much a team will be willing to hire you in this scenario directly relates to who else applied in the current hiring round and what their experience is, so sometimes you’ll be unlucky but that’s not necessarily a reason to be dissuaded. Assume though that you often have to also do some studying in your own time to complement the learning of a new skill at work, especially if your at a more senior level and are expected to pick up new skills at a reasonable pace.

[@YuyinSports]

Isn't the issue the apperture choose in relation to the fps? It should be at 50 when recording at 24fps, 120 when at 60fps etc

[@mananjain1259]

Hi Utsav, can you rate book pragmatic programmer book. Thank you.

[@ahmedhosny4910]

thanks sir

[@carlomolina576]

totally agreed 7:16

[@AlexanderBase2004]

Someone please, at 5:00 what is the electronic reading device that he's using?

[@SharinganFY]

Hi Utsav. Would you recommend reading "The Pragmatic Programmer" ?

[@SharinganFY]

No worries. Got the answer in others comments. :)

[@swagatochatterjee7104]

Kind of Curious. Did you work with Roberto personally?

[@prajwalpant]

thanks dai

[@talukder2009]

hi sir; are this books recomanded for BIGINNERS??

[@OWA1S.]

Hi im getting into software engineering and have nobody to help guide me so would appreciate some help from someone out there. What books do i need to get started? Im a total beginner starting from 0 so is there a list of books that will provide me with all the information i need to start with?

[@njunusk375]

Practical Object Oriented Programming - Sandi Metz

[@haithamkhatib]

Hi. Thanks for the info. You seem to prefer paperback over ebooks. Is specific reason ?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Just the physical aspect of it.

[@SmileyJack.]

02:09 scout doesn't include deer

[@MrMithgroth]

Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley.

[@visheshdubey6204]

Is this video jittery?

[@lincepthomas]

"THE PRAGMATIC PROGRAMMER" BY DAVID THOMAS AND ANDREW HUNT

[@akshaytakkar6747]

"The Pragmatic Programmer" deserves to be on the list

[@jangrunwaldt604]

The DevOps Handbook is great. I find clean code a bit outdated and not that helpful. He talks about stuff that was relevant 20 years ago, like code style. Auto format take care of this today.

[@mohammadkloob5483]

I am 28 years civil engineer,And I know the basics of c++. Can I start learning programming? Or am I too old to start with?

[@geramerkstes]

Boy Scouts !

[@qazizubairexclusive9309]

Nice👍

[@jnihadahmed]

Any good computer networks book?

[@ConsistenTea]

how do you manage to do it in 10-fps?

[@pisanghangus2]

Head first design pattern

[@22shaadali35]

From where you Belong sir?

[@Girikss]

Hello brother, I don't no any things in coding.. I want learn coding which books I Want read, tell me.. Plz help me

[@randomTake48]

How can I get those books from Bangladesh?

[@niloy8315]

Love from Bangladesh

[@erjanmx]

It's weird, but every time you introduce a new book you sounded exactly like a person who announces nominations for Oscar's 😊 Great collection! Great video!

[@zabsetu4964]

BTW would these books be good for someone who's just started cs at university?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Get to them in the 3rd or 4th year

[@zabsetu4964]

@@EngineeringwithUtsav cheers and also I have a quick question that'd like to ask you, it's quite hard to explain it here but do u know if there's any other way I can reach out please?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

@@zabsetu4964 @engineeringwithutsav Instagram. Expect delayed response, DM volume is quite high over there.

[@zabsetu4964]

@@EngineeringwithUtsav thanks I don't have Instagram unfortunately

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

@@zabsetu4964 Ah, too bad ... that's the only place I do Q&A's every month and direct questions.

[@shreylawang3247]

Endgame ka Hawkeye