{"id":242,"date":"2021-06-22T15:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:10:29","slug":"summer-reading-list-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matthewhuynh.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/22\/summer-reading-list-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"summer reading list for you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>i&#8217;ve been following a goal of 1 book a month for the past several years, and it&#8217;s improved my life tremendously. here are some of my favorite reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bob Martin &#8211; Clean Code<\/strong> &#8211; i was worried old wisdom wouldn&#8217;t apply to the speed of tech, but i was proven wrong &#8211; this book truly made me a better coder<\/li><li><strong>Martin Kleppmann &#8211; designing data-intensive applications<\/strong> &#8211; everyone recommends it, and rightly (especially if you&#8217;re interviewing for an SDE role)<\/li><li><strong>frederick brooks &#8211; the mythical man-month<\/strong> &#8211; amazing essays on software engineering<\/li><li><strong>Cal Newport &#8211; so good they can&#8217;t ignore you<\/strong> &#8211; a good reminder of what it means to be &#8216;talent&#8217; and deliver market value<\/li><li><strong>Cal Newport &#8211; Deep Work <\/strong>&#8211; emphasis on reducing context switching, increasing focus\/flow, a bit repetitive so free summary<\/li><li><strong>tim snyder &#8211; on tyranny<\/strong> &#8211; super short read, always useful to know the danger signs to look out for<\/li><li><strong>brene brown &#8211; dare to lead<\/strong> &#8211; how to show up in life and work more authentically<\/li><li><strong>Antonio Garcia Martinez &#8211; Chaos Monkeys<\/strong> &#8211; an entertaining retelling of a portion of the guy&#8217;s life, sheds some light on tech startup and early Facebook<\/li><li><strong>Chris Voss &#8211; never split the difference<\/strong> &#8211; excellent book on how to negotiate<\/li><li><strong>Angela Duckworth &#8211; Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance<\/strong> &#8211; great message but book too long<\/li><li><strong>kepner-tregoe &#8211; the rational manager<\/strong> &#8211; highly-effective theories and methods for decision-making<\/li><li><strong>Ray Dalio &#8211; Principles<\/strong> &#8211; generally good life and business advice (e.g. radical transparency, idea meritocracy)<\/li><li><strong>Michelle Alexander &#8211; the new Jim Crow<\/strong> &#8211; how and why America is racist<\/li><li><strong>Kendi X. Ibram &#8211; How to be antiracist <\/strong>&#8211; build empathy for the black body and culture, and how to be an ally<\/li><li><strong>Isabel Wilkerson &#8211; Caste<\/strong> &#8211; helps understand the roots behind caste\/class\/race systems<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i&#8217;ve been following a goal of 1 book a month for the past several years, and it&#8217;s improved my life tremendously. here are some of my favorite reads. 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