Recommended reading

Fundamentals

• The Pragmatic Programmer
  
• Refactoring
• Design Patterns

Algorithms and Scientific Programming

• Introduction to Algorithms
• Numerical Recipes
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code
• Understanding Computation

Languages

• 7 Languages in 7 Weeks

Agile, Project Management, Human Aspects

• Extreme Programming
• Beautiful Code

Recommended Blogs

• Joel on Software
• Coding Horror
• SSI Blog

Other Useful Reading

• Resources Section of the The Software Sustainability Institute
• Lecture notes of the UCL RSDG Software Engineering Course