My ‘must-read book’ for this month

This month’s must-read book recommendation comes from me, and it is for a book titled ‘Cracking the Systems Software Interview’, published by TMH, and co-authored by Ganesh (author of the ‘Joy of Programming’ column) and me. This book was in response to the requests by many of our readers for a quick refresher to prepare for systems software interviews in product companies. It covers coding questions, algorithms, operating systems, computer architecture and concurrency. It is based on our experience of conducting interviews in product MNCs over the last 10 years. Please do let me know your comments and suggestions to improve the book.

If you have a favourite programming book or article that you think is a must-read for every programmer, please do send me a note with the book’s name, and a short write-up on why you think it is useful so I can mention it in this column. This would help many readers who want to improve their coding skills.

If you have any favourite programming puzzles that you would like to discuss on this forum, please send them to me, along with your solutions and feedback, at sandyasm_AT_yahoo_DOT_com. Till we meet again next month, happy programming, and here’s wishing you the very best!