Stevey’s Drunken Blog Rants

Steve Yegge was an engineer at Amazon and Google and writes software engineering and career advice posts. My favorites include: The Five Essential Phone-Screen Questions , Get that job at Google , and Ten Tips for a Slightly Less Awful Resume .

Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers is a programmer/buinessman who is now a rich dude with lots of smart things to say. This is a post on Kurt Vonnegut’s storytelling ideas. He also takes notes on books that he reads.

Math ∩ Programming

This blog is all about cool, creative math. It has everything from graph coloring to Turing machines to probability theory. If you don’t have exposure to a subject, Math ∩ Programming also has a series of fantastic primers .

Unschooled

Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock is one of the founders of Hacker School. I particularly like his piece “The Most Beatiful Ideas I’ve Encountered” .

Philip J. Guo

Thoughtful writings about programming with an academic slant. Check out these posts on tech privilege, interviewing tips, and productivity tips.

Peter Norvig

The AI guy. His post “Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years” is a classic. Another great one is “Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle”.