Fad you say? Then the list is not terrible, it is awesome.
If you can name-drop the latest fad, then the elite ninja hacker coder you're trying to hire will think you're part of their clique and speak their code - they will consider you an ideological comrade, and they are much more likely to come on board without thinking too much about working conditions or how the company is about to fail! Then you can get them on board and focus on your top priority: making sure you cash out before it does.
Dollar-for-dollar, a 1993 book like "Code Complete" just can't compete with that kind of usefulness. /s
If you can name-drop the latest fad, then the elite ninja hacker coder you're trying to hire will think you're part of their clique and speak their code - they will consider you an ideological comrade, and they are much more likely to come on board without thinking too much about working conditions or how the company is about to fail! Then you can get them on board and focus on your top priority: making sure you cash out before it does.
Dollar-for-dollar, a 1993 book like "Code Complete" just can't compete with that kind of usefulness. /s