The 8 books you should read if you want to learn to code and earn a 6-figure salary as a software engineer

• Tech jobs are well-compensated and in high demand.
• In fact, if you want to be a millionaire, your chances are higher as a software engineer than a pro athlete.
• If you're looking for the foundation to understand software engineering and potentially get a job in the field, here are eight recommended books to read.
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Tech jobs are well compensated and in high demand.

In fact, if you want to be a millionaire, your chances are higher as a software engineer than a pro athlete.

Software engineers use computer science principles to design and create software like operating systems, business applications, and computer games. Salaries for software engineers are well in the six figures in cities like New York and San Francisco. The field encompasses roles like front-end engineer, full-stack engineer, mobile engineer, machine learning engineer, and back-end engineer.

Computer and information systems managers top the software engineering compensation list with an annual salary of $142,530, according to 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

A 2020 Indeed Tech Skills Explorer points to the ever-changing nature of tech - and states that January is the best time of the year for the tech job market. If you want to gain the theoretical grounding to build your software engineering skills, and potentially acquire a job in the field, here's some recommended reading.