Ask HN: What is the most career altering course or book you have gone through?

3•learner_yearner•52m ago

Pls provide link if the course materials are available anywhere.

Comments

Natashash23•51m ago

for me it was learning devops

eb0la•43m ago

Data Smart, by John Foreman. Out of print, but you can get it from Abe Books: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/data-smart-using-...

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