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Bookshelf

Books that shaped how I think about engineering, leadership, and problem solving.

The Technology Fallacy

Making digital transformation is a people and culture problem first, technology second.

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The Mythical Man-Month

Decades old and still necessary to explain that adding more people to a project doesn't gaurantee reduced time to delivery.

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The Manager's Path

A map of the engineering management ladder, from tech lead to executive, with useful information at each level.

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The First 90 Days

Required reading before taking a new role. Ramp up deliberately instead of reacting your way through the first few months.

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The Pragmatic Programmer

A book I hand to every junior software engineer. Timeless advice on software design and the core tenants of developing maintainable code.

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Clean Code

Required reading to develop good habits on naming, structure, and leaving code better than you found it.

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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

The best breakdown I've found of the systems and structures behind managing engineering teams, not just the people side.

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What Is Six Sigma

How to approach a problem - Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control.

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Embedded Systems Security

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