During my undergraduate studies, I had to deal with many subjects, semester after semester which did not have a fleeting resemblance to what I thought was needed for a Computer Engineering course. Stuff like solving circuit diagrams in advanced electronics, studying mechanical drawing and metal casting or solving highly advanced integral equations. This was probably because I always equated the course with “studying programming” i.e coding and studying algorithms with a bit of low level machine design thrown in.
So often I used to think about what is exactly needed to become a good coder or what are the important things that someone aspiring to excel in the programming domain should keep in mind? I wasn’t too bright on the answer at that time and I still cannot belt out advices on the fly because I am myself a tiny little budding programmer right now. But these are some articles that every aspiring programmer out there should read. How to become a Hacker?. This page has further interesting links to read some of which are Teach yourself programming in ten years, Advice for Computer Science College students and Undergraduation.
Algorithms, code and life in general 