Re^2: Which non-Perl books made you a better (?:Perl )?Programmer?

[adrianh]

I suggest "The Mythical Man-Month" for programmers working in the corporate machine, and for them to suggest to their managers.

Seconded.

I usually recommend it along with DeMarco & Lister's "Peopleware" and Scott Adams "The Dilbert Principle" as a triumvirate that seems to install a vague clue as to how the real world actually works :-)