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L. David Marquet: Leadership Is Language (2020, Penguin Books, Limited)

One of the better general-purpose management books

The title makes it seem like this book is about simply expanding your vocabulary, but it's really more than that. It's about changing the underlying ideas and methods of leadership by moving away from Industrial Age attitudes about who decides what and who builds what, and moving it toward a model where all employees have the ability and responsibility to make decisions. The new model is a generalization of Agile product development and thus it gets a bit hand-wavy in parts, but the basic ideas are compelling, and thoughtful examples are provided.

Charles C. Mann: 1491 (AudiobookFormat, 2005, Highbridge Audio)

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of …

Super interesting

A really interesting and surprisingly fun read. As this is now around 20 years old, I'd love to see an updated version or Part 2 with all the research that has been done in recent years.

Jessie Singer: There Are No Accidents (2022, Simon & Schuster)

We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been …

A Must Read

This is one of those books that wakes you up. You'll begin to see through the PR distortions of those who want to set a narrative of innocence in order to hide their own negligence and greed.

Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas: The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover, 2019, The Pragmatic Programmer, LLC)

For twenty years, the lessons from The Pragmatic Programmer have helped a generation of programmers …

Full of good, hard-earned advice

This book has a lot of good advice. Many of the lessons are things you would only otherwise learn after many years in the profession. The only thing that I think is missing is a bit more nuance to the discussions. Some advice is good, but limited by company policies, for example.