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Wow, this is an excellent question — and a hard one for me! Deep Work by Cal Newport was probably the one that made the biggest impression. It's about eliminating distractions and getting into a "flow state" that allows you to do your best work. By far the one I recommend the most to people!
I’ve read so many great books this year! It’s especially hard to narrow it down to one, but here’s a few recent mentions:
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare, my favorite play so far, so funny and romantic
Insight - Dr Tasha Eurich, this is a personal development book that aims to explain what self-insight is and does a really great job at helping the reader develop more of it
Girl Decoded - Dr Rana El Kaliouby, part memoir and part tech, it’s an honest story of an amazing AI expert and leader who’s teaching computers to recognize emotions
The Library Book - Susan Orlean, this is a non-fiction that’s all about libraries, extremely well researched with a lot of awesome stories and facts
Part of my successful reading choices this year was because I decided to read whatever I'm into at that moment and not try to follow a plan I made weeks/months ago.
So now whenever I feel I'm in the mood for a certain genre I go to my TBR or ask for recs. This way I also got to dip my toes into genres I wouldn't have glanced at!
Here is my Goodreads if anyone's interested in connecting :)
As a university student, studying Machine Learning, it's Deep Learning with Python by François Chollet. It really gave me general ideas about the workflow, metrics. It's not into math too much but just good enough for me to understand the neural network.
Data & Reality by William Kent. It's a relatively old book about data modeling , but it's very enlightening!
It isn't bound to a specific technology (that's one of the points its making), so it doesn't show its age at all.
"Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright" . This book covers a lot on how to develop proper engineering practices making codebase sustainable and healthy.
It's tough to choose, but if I have to pick one that I think was most useful (how I'm defining best), then I have to go with Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson and team. I've applied its tactics to all sorts of tough conversations (at work, technical, and personal). While I'm no means an expert and not all of those conversations went perfectly, that book has helped me be a better communicator.
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Wow, this is an excellent question — and a hard one for me! Deep Work by Cal Newport was probably the one that made the biggest impression. It's about eliminating distractions and getting into a "flow state" that allows you to do your best work. By far the one I recommend the most to people!
Thanks Stephanie, I did hear great things about the book and ordered it. Looking forward to reading it in 2021.
My favourite read this year has been Atomic Habits, very much on the same lines as Deep work I guess.
Thank you for the recommendation! I just added to my GoodReads list.
I’ve read so many great books this year! It’s especially hard to narrow it down to one, but here’s a few recent mentions:
Awesome, I also have a hard time picking just one most years.
Thanks for the book suggestions for 2021, love that there are several genres covered.
What are you looking forward to reading in 2021?
Part of my successful reading choices this year was because I decided to read whatever I'm into at that moment and not try to follow a plan I made weeks/months ago.
So now whenever I feel I'm in the mood for a certain genre I go to my TBR or ask for recs. This way I also got to dip my toes into genres I wouldn't have glanced at!
Here is my Goodreads if anyone's interested in connecting :)
Sent you a request.
As a university student, studying Machine Learning, it's Deep Learning with Python by François Chollet. It really gave me general ideas about the workflow, metrics. It's not into math too much but just good enough for me to understand the neural network.
Sounds great, might just give it a try myself. Thanks 😊
Are you also building some projects on ML also after reading it or during?
So I have built my own neural network to play tic tac toe with me.
Data & Reality by William Kent. It's a relatively old book about data modeling , but it's very enlightening!
It isn't bound to a specific technology (that's one of the points its making), so it doesn't show its age at all.
Timeless books are my all time favourite.
Can't agree more! Thank you for this thread, added a bunch to my reading list
"Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright" . This book covers a lot on how to develop proper engineering practices making codebase sustainable and healthy.
Need to read this!!
You'll love it
Atomic Habits! One of the most practical books I've read.
Right there with you. It has to be on everyone's shelf.
True :)
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
I just got this and can't wait to read!
Have to check this one out. Thanks for the book recommendation for 2021 Lynn! 😊
It's tough to choose, but if I have to pick one that I think was most useful (how I'm defining best), then I have to go with Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson and team. I've applied its tactics to all sorts of tough conversations (at work, technical, and personal). While I'm no means an expert and not all of those conversations went perfectly, that book has helped me be a better communicator.
Adding it to my list. 😃
Elon Musk's Biography by Ashlee Vance and The One Thing by Gary W. Keller & Jay Papasan.
Loserthink by Scott Adams, which inspired me to write Don’t Say That at Work.
Woah, that's amazing. Adding both these books to my list.
Congratulations to you on the book. 🔥
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