Re: Learning to Engineer. Where to begin?

["Ehud Lamm" <mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il>]

McDoobie <chris@dont.spam.me> wrote in message
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> I've ordered the complete set of "The Art of Programming" books by Donald
> Knuth, and the "Dragon" books by Aho.

TAOP books are classic computer science books, they are not really about
porgramming, and obviously not about software engineering. In my view most
of the topics they cover are essential prerequisites, but they are not SE
topics.

Do you have a CS background? (Your reading list makes me wonder).

If not, I suggest educating yourself on CS first.

Another thing. Notice that SE is a large subject. It deals for example with
issue of project management, analysis and other issues that are not design.
If you are interested in software design, I think we can give you more
specific recommendations.

Some programming/design books that I usually recommend are list at
http://www.free-conversant.com/ehudlamm/ada/books.html but this is really
not a complete reading list, and is very eclectic.

Good luck,

Ehud Lamm