10 Books & blogs to read - The effective engineer – Conclusion

I started reading this book “The Effective Engineer” by Edmond Lau. I noted down these points while reading so that it can be kind of cheat-sheet for myself and others too. I strongly recommend buying the book and reading it at-least once.

The book is divided into 3 parts and my idea here is to write 3 blog posts one for each. So here is the second part of the series. You can read the Part-I here and Part-II here.

For Part-III, there are 3 parts. You can get a summary of first chapter and second chapter and third chapter of Part-III here.

This is concluding post of this series listing best books and blogs that can be helpful for effective engineers…

10 Books Every Effective Engineer Should Read

1. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by software consultants Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
2. Team Geek: A Software Developer’s Guide to Working Well with Others by Brian W. Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman.
3. High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove. Grove, the former CEO of Intel
4. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
5. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
7. Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values by Fred Kofman
8. Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock
9. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi. In this book, Csíkszentmihályi
10. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson

Recommended Blogs To Follow

• http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/ writes about engineering habits, productivity tips, leadership, and culture.
• http://www.kalzumeus.com/ has written many excellent long-form articles on career advice, consulting, SEO, and software sales.
• http://katemats.com/ shares advice about tech, leadership, and life on her blog.
• http://randsinrepose.com/ writes about tech life and engineering management.
• http://softwareleadweekly.com/ curates a high-quality weekly newsletter on engineering leadership and culture.
• http://calnewport.com/ focuses on evidence-based advice for building a successful and fulfilling life.
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ provides all sorts of programming pearls of wisdom on his blog.
• http://martinfowler.com/ Martin Fowler writes about how to maximize the productivity of software teams and provides detailed write-ups of common programming patterns.
• http://pgbovine.net/ has written extensively and openly about his graduate school and work experiences.

A huge thanks to Edmond Lau for this book and all the recommendations. I urge all my readers to buy this book and read it without missing any points.