- Beginner
- Personal Skills
- Learn to Debug
- How to Debug by Splitting the Problem Space
- How to Remove an Error
- How to Debug Using a Log
- How to Understand Performance Problems
- How to Fix Performance Problems
- How to Optimize Loops
- How to Deal with I/O Expense
- How to Manage Memory
- How to Deal with Intermittent Bugs
- How to Learn Design Skills
- How to Conduct Experiments
- Team Skills
- Why Estimation is Important
- How to Estimate Programming Time
- How to Find Out Information
- How to Utilize People as Information Sources
- How to Document Wisely
- How to Work with Poor Code
- How to Use Source Code Control
- How to Unit Test
- Take Breaks when Stumped
- How to Recognize When to Go Home
- How to Deal with Difficult People
- Personal Skills
- Intermediate
- Personal Skills
- Team Skills
- Judgment
- How to Tradeoff Quality Against Development Time
- How to Manage Software System Dependence
- How to Decide if Software is Too Immature
- How to Make a Buy vs. Build Decision
- How to Grow Professionally
- How to Evaluate Interviewees
- How to Know When to Apply Fancy Computer Science
- How to Talk to Non-Engineers
- Advanced
- Technological Judgment
- Compromising Wisely
- Serving Your Team
- How to Develop Talent
- How to Choose What to Work On
- How to Get the Most From Your Team-mates
- How to Divide Problems Up
- How to Handle Boring Tasks
- How to Gather Support for a Project
- How to Grow a System
- How to Communicate Well
- How to Tell People Things They Don't Want to Hear
- How to Deal with Managerial Myths
- How to Deal with Organizational Chaos
- Appendix A * Bibliography/Websiteography
- Appendix B * History (As of January 2016)
- Appendix C * Contributions (As of January 2016)