Comment Teach yourself X in 24 hours (Score 1) 624
Seriously, how many other professions have such books? Teach yourself brain surgery, teach yourself plumbing, teach yourself law... No ours is the only profession in which someone can think themselves an expert in a few weeks time.
The good thing is many people can improve their lives by studying one of these books and switching jobs. The bad thing is this may be part of why CS graduates have been declining.