The Infinite Game
by Simon Sinek
Shift from finite thinking to infinite thinking in business leadership. A must-read for anyone building something meant to last.
Recommended Books
10 book recommendations on leadership, technology, career growth, and more.
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Top Picks
Turn the Ship Around!
by L. David Marquet
The best book on empowering teams I've ever read. Changed how I think about leadership entirely.
The Staff Engineer's Path
by Tanya Reilly
Essential reading for senior engineers figuring out how to have impact beyond code.
The Blade Itself: The First Law
by Joe Abercrombie
The first in the trilogy and arguably the best. Gritty, darkly humorous fantasy with unforgettable characters. Sand dan Glokta in particular is a masterpiece of character writing.
Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure
by Matt Dinniman
A hilarious and action-packed LitRPG adventure that combines humor, heart, and dungeon crawling. A must-read for fans of the genre. That said, I listened to this as an audiobook and the narrator jeff hays does an incredible job bringing the characters to life.
Technical
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
by Martin Kleppmann
The definitive guide to building reliable, scalable systems. Dense but incredibly valuable.
Business
Good to Great
by Jim Collins
Research-backed insights on what separates good companies from truly great ones.
The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
These three luminaries tell a riveting tale that teaches DevOps principles through a compelling narrative. Well worth a read.
Fiction
The Long Earth
by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
A mind-bending exploration of parallel Earths. Pratchett's wit combined with Baxter's hard sci-fi makes for an unforgettable read. First picked this up while on rhodes island during a very hot holiday, absolutely loved it.
Red Country
by Joe Abercrombie
Gritty fantasy at its best. Abercrombie writes morally grey characters like no one else.
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