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Vedang Manerikar

vedang@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years ago

Loves books, reads many of them.

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Jesse Mecham: You need a budget (2017)

A guide based on the tenets of the "You Need a Budget" financial platform argues …

Review of 'You need a budget' on 'Goodreads'

Excellent book that explains the basics of financial literacy and lays down a path to getting to financial freedom. I was surprised that the author does not talk about his product (YNAB), this book is not a marketing ploy for a product but a genuine read on how to save your money.

David Kushner: Masters of Doom (2004, Random House Trade Paperbacks)

"To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage …

Review of 'Masters of Doom' on 'Goodreads'

Incredible book. Must read for Software engineers -- a story of what intense passion and focus can achieve and how overdoing it and setting unrealistic expectations can lead to disaster.

reviewed The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #2)

N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster …

Review of 'The Obelisk Gate' on 'Goodreads'

I loved the first book because I thought it had the potential to be more than just a fantasy book. It was beautifully written and explored a world that you could draw deep parallels to.

The second book is a bit of a let-down from that point of view. It's a good book on it's own, but it does not stand up to the promise of the first one.

John Carreyrou: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (2018)

Review of 'Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup' on 'Goodreads'

Brilliant book on the rise and fall of a unicorn. Must read for Software Engineers. Read it and thank the stars that the culture isn't similar in your own company. And if it is, realize that you need to leave and warn the rest of the world loudly.