I don’t know about “definitive guide” and 2014 is long enough ago that some important things have likely changed, but I think this provided a pretty interesting introduction to what it’s like to actually work as an assistant engineer and what you can expect your duties to encompass.
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venya finished reading Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Gary D. Davis

Sound Reinforcement Handbook by Gary D. Davis, Ralph Jones
Sound reinforcement is the use of audio amplification systems. This book is the first and only book of its kind …
venya rated Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory: 5 stars

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory is a short story set just after Exit Strategy. Home is told from Dr. Mensah’s …
venya rated Neverwhere: 5 stars

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)
Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart.
His world is changed forever …
venya rated Gangsters of Capitalism: 5 stars

Gangsters of Capitalism by Jonathan M. Katz
A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shape our world today―told through the extraordinary …
venya rated Everybody loves our town : an oral history of Grunge: 5 stars
venya rated Poisoner In Chief: 5 stars

Poisoner In Chief by Stephen Kinzer (No)
venya rated The Farthest Shore: 5 stars

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies …
venya rated Invisible Storm: 5 stars
venya rated The Tombs of Atuan: 4 stars

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
The Tombs of Atuan is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the …

Inferno by Max Hastings
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly global reach of …