Reading has been both a passion and a challenge for me over the years. My bookshelf seems to have accrued a tech debt of its own since 3-4 years, with an increasing number of tantalizing books that I shuffle in my mind, eager to absorb their wisdom but often delaying the pleasure of delving into their pages.
Here is a glimpse of my current struggle.
What
Recently Added/Started:
Career progression
- Team topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for fast flow by Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
A comprehensive guide on optimizing team structures for efficient workflow and productivity.
- The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Mayer
An insightful exploration of navigating cultural differences for successful global collaborations.
- Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track Kindle Edition by Will Larson
Explores the realms of technical leadership beyond managerial paths, offering invaluable insights for engineering professionals.
Understanding the world & people
Vaclav Smil, one of Bill Gates’ favorite authors, is very prolific on the matter. Please stop
- Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil
- How the World Really Works: How Science Can Set Us Straight on Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil
Tech knowledge
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
Damn i need to start those…
- Designing Event-Driven Systems by Ben Stopford
- Kafka in action by Dylan Scott & Viktor Gamov & Dave Klein
…Still in Progress
Fiction
- Dune’s cycle by Frank Herbert
- Brume by Stephen King
Understanding the world & people
- Growth, from microorganisms to megacities by Vaclav Smil
This one is incredibly informative, to the extent that it’s quite challenging to push through
- Thinking, fast and slow by Kahneman Daniel
- Où en sommes-nous ?: Une esquisse de l’histoire humaine by Emmanuel Todd
Would Read Again or in Another Life
All Isac Asimov & Philip K. Dick, some Tom Clancy.
Some data structure books.
How
It would not be complete without discussing the tech stack I use to read (or attempt to read).
- Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation: A neat little device.
- Calibre: The go-to software for managing an electronic library and transferring files.