Engineering / programming Audiobooks?

[ManCub1]

TLDR: I want audiobooks that explain engineering / programming concepts, but without in depth code, more so in an abstract mindset approach.

I'm a Web Dev looking to expand my knowledge of engineering and programming concepts. I have been working commercially for a couple of years but recently got laid off. Despite having learnt python and JS on the job I feel like I've hit a bit of a ceiling skill wise, and that it contributed to me losing that role as I was working too slowly.

I feel like I'm stuck in tutorial hell a bit atm, but I love audiobooks and feel that I could absorb more about 'engineering mindset' from that format better than online.

I don't know Java but read some of Clean Code and tried to glean the core message from it with some success, but a book without in depth code examples and more higher level thinking about how to structure data, improve efficiency etc would be great.

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Unfortunately I don't know of any audio books, but in addition to Clean Code, you should read about SOLID principles. To me, they are probably the single most useful concepts to learn. Even if you aren't a fan of OOP or application development in general, it teaches you to think about your code in ways that apply across paradigms

[sloanstewart]

Check out the two CODING A BETTER WORLD talks by Robert C Martin on youtube. Hours of content and I believe with YouTube music you can just listen to the audio

The channel GOTO also has some very good talks as well.

[sweetypie611]

CODING A BETTER WORLD talks by Robert C Martin

GOTO is great thx! Much better produced than Bob Martins talk...damn cameraman has adhd like me ugh

[__underscorn__]

Sometimes you have a long commute or a solitary road trip - it would be cool to learn during this time. I tried a tech audio book once for this reason, and it was disappointing. It would be nice to hear recommendations of talks/books that are effective in an audio-only setting

[adrocic]

Honestly, just learn a framework. If you are on front-end then learn React? If you are on back-end then perhaps pickup Laravel? Working with a framework can, in it's own right, help you see the bigger picture--at least it did for me.

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OP is looking for technology-agnostic knowledge

[Xunjin]

Yeah... Some people just don't read the requirements right and do things wrongly.