"Repetition of the fundamentals of any discipline brings Mastery" ~ Tao of ServerGoBoom
I have posted before (years ago) about some books which I have found to be game changers for me as an IT Professional. Some of them are still on my Top Recommended list as they are fundamental to helping those new to IT or those moving into more responsibility within IT organizations get their "House of IT" foundation built right.
I have mentioned "Sams Teach Yourself Network Troubleshooting in 24 hours" from Jonathan Feldman previously I stand by what I said in that original post. Excellent Network Troubleshooting Fundamentals. This is probably the first book you should read and practice if you are just starting out in the "Way of Network/System Troubleshooting"
Next I would recommend "Time Management for System Administrators" by Tom Limoncelli. It has a lot of very useful fundamental IT-specific time management techniques and explanations for helping you be successful and happy as an IT Professional.
As you move along in your career and are getting ready to really improve as or move up from being an individual contributor to managing IT teams and infrastructure deployment, I recommended "The Practice of System and Network Administration" by Tom Limoncelli, Christina Hogan and Strata Chalup. This one will help you build an IT department and it's infrastructure from the ground up based on best practices that have been proven in production. Just an Excellent resource. Check it out and see.
I have some more books which I will add later to the list but I feel these books will be of the most immediate use to you and can be looked at as the materials which will help you build your solid foundation and frame upon which you will build the rest of your career as an IT Professional.
As always, I hope these help you as much as they have helped me.
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