LaTeX is not the lingua franca of Biology/Chemistry. Nonetheless, I wrote my thesis in LaTeX, and spent all of maybe one and a half days getting all of the citations correct, figures on the correct page, etc. Honestly, thanks to LaTeX and a lot of not-stressing-out about things (I wrote it while on vacation in Hawaii), I did my thesis painlessly in about a week, and didn't really understand what the fuss was about.

I would add "Death March" by Edward Yourdon, which should be read even if you aren't in the computer industry.