I don't know why I haven't found this before, but Robert Read's* How to be a Programmer (PDF version) is well worth your time:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/05/welcome-to-the-tribe.html
What’s funny is that I run into this essay via del.icio.us few days ago… and skipped it 
Hey Jeff, I’m enjoying reading this essay, thanks for the pointer!
Like Drazen, it sat in my “favorites” for a while until I got around to it. Definitely worth the read, and certainly better than I expected from an author I had never really heard of.
I’ve now had this one marked to read and finally getting to it. Like Thomas, thanks for the pointer. Now, how to get co-workers to read it. 