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Re: Informal Poll - how many technical books do you buy?
Subject:Re: Informal Poll - how many technical books do you buy? From:Megan Golding <mgolding -at- secureworks -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:07 Nov 2001 15:59:14 -0500
On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 15:16, Lois Patterson wrote:
[snip]
>
> 1. If you have a staff position, do you have a budget for books you can
> purchase? How much is it?
>
Not a formal budget.
>
> 2. What topics do you like to purchase technical books about?
>
Computer software. UNIX, Linux, web, programming. Often, I'll buy a book
just 'cause the topic sounds interesting. In this manner, I've bought
_CGI Programming with Perl_, _Learning Perl_, _Learning the Bash Shell_,
and other O'Reilly books.
As I ease myself into Linux and Open Source development, I'm finding
more and more reading can be done purely on line.
>
> 3. Do you find it unnecessary to purchase technical books with so much
> information available online?
>
No. I purchase books on "big picture" topics and rely (very heavily) on
on-line material for the HOWTO aspects. Case in point: DocBook. I own
the 'duck book', and read the intro chapters for the philosophy
information. However, I rely on the on-line version of the complete book
for reference info.
>
> 4. How much do you spend personally on technical books per year?
>
>
I spend about $250 each year on books related to computer stuff. My
company is willing to reimburse for some books, but they become company
property, so I pay for them myself.
--
Megan Golding (mgolding -at- secureworks -dot- net)
SecureWorks, Inc.
Any sufficiently advanced bureaucracy is
indistinguishable from molasses.
-- Unknown
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