Again with the “Pragmatic”?
From the original The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master [HT00] to our Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing imprint, you will notice that we have a certain preoccupation with the word pragmatic. The essence of pragmatism is to do what works—for you.
So before we begin, please bear in mind that every individual is different. Although many of the studies that I’ll reference have been conducted on large populations, some have not. I’m going to draw on a large variety of material ranging from hard scientific fact proven with functional MRI scans of the brain to conceptual theories, as well as material ranging from old wives’ tales to “Hey, Fred tried it, and it worked for him.”
In many cases—especially when ...
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