We recommend: Frederick Brooks Jr. — ‘Mythical Man-Month’Frederick P. Brooks Jr.’s The Mythical Man-Month is a great example of how software engineers are incrementally forgetting the greatest…Dec 25, 2024Dec 25, 2024
We recommend: Hans Rosling — ‘The best stats you’ve ever seen’On the 7th of February, it will be 7 years since we’ve lost the great Hans Rosling. We wanted to remind everyone the brilliance of this…Dec 23, 2024Dec 23, 2024
We recommend: Camille Fournier — ‘The Manager’s Path’When I became an engineering manager, Camille Fournier’s The Manager’s Path was a must-read — and rightly so. I joined another company…Dec 22, 2024Dec 22, 2024
We recommend: Dominica DeGrandis — ‘Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Workflow’We recently read Dominica DeGrandis’ Making Work Visible, an inspiring book on visualizing work-in-progress to help improve your teams’…Dec 18, 2024Dec 18, 2024
We recommend: Oren Ellenbogen — ‘Leading Snowflakes’We recently read Oren Ellenbogen’s ‘Leading Snowflakes’ and loved it!Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 2024
We recommend: Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson — ‘Rework’Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is one of our most favorite books of all time. It contains the answer to what it means…Dec 16, 2024Dec 16, 2024
We recommend: Daniel Kahneman — ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman is a classic when it comes to our understanding of the human mind.Dec 15, 2024Dec 15, 2024
We recommend: Camille Fournier — ‘The Manager’s Path’When I became an engineering manager, Camille Fournier’s The Manager’s Path was a must-read — and rightly so. I joined another company…Dec 14, 20241Dec 14, 20241
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