Self-help
by Samuel Smiles · first published 1800
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…Data-Intensive Applications - Site Reliability Engineering - Software Engineering at Google - Designing Event-Driven Systems - The Data-Centric Revolution - Code Complete - Data Management at Scale Self-help: - So Good They Can't Ignore You - Deep Work - A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science - Pragmatic Thinking and Learning - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Ultralerning Misc:…
on “Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?” ↗…than mine that offered some perspective. - One anti-recommendation: any book that a CEO writes or has ghost-written about their life. None of that is applicable to your own life, even if you are a CEO. Self-help: no recommendations. Self help books only help the person selling the books IMHO. I’ve read my share, and it tells more about the person writing the book than it does give life tips about how to live…
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