Good, down to earth practical interviewing advice. Engaging writing stlye and a viewpoint on the software industry. ( )

In this book, Mr Spolsky writes tips about recruiting top programmers for your company. The good thing is that even though the intended audience is recruiting people, this book is also a good read for people who are looking for jobs.
More than that, even people who are working will find this book an excellent source of tips and motivation to work even better.
Even more than that, it will make you once again believe in humanity.
On the flip side, this book re-use a lot of materials from Mr Spolsky's earlier books. The new thing about this book is the organization of ideas. ( )

How to Hire good programmers. Somewhat useful for other types of hiring - great for attitude and enjoyable writing style. ( )

A nicely written book about high-quality software developer recruitment which focuses more on the do's and dont's of recruitment as well as can and cannots of managing a group of software developers working for a software production company. ( )