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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited. It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office, Bill gets a call from the CEO. The company's new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late...Categorized as:
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![R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data by Hadley Wickham, Garrett Grolemund]()
R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data by Hadley Wickham, Garrett Grolemund
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLearn how to use R to turn raw data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. This book introduces you to R, RStudio, and the tidyverse, a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Suitable for readers with no previous programming experience, R for Data Science is designed to get you doing data science as quickly as possible... -
![The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick]()
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little... -
![Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin]()
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEven bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship... -
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![High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove]()
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work... -
![The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz, Marcelo Brandão Cipolla]()
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz, Marcelo Brandão Cipolla
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsA lot of people talk about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally honest about how hard it is to run one... -
![No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer]()
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller and Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix... -
![The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Jez Humble]()
The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Jez Humble
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!Over the last five years, The DevOps Handbook has been the definitive guide for taking the successes laid out in the bestselling The Phoenix Project and applying them in any organization... -
![Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell]()
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor readers of Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull (65k copies sold), The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (260k) and Zero to One by Peter Thiel (460k)... -
![The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan]()
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined by Salman Khan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon...Categorized as:
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![Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug]()
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSince Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject... -
![The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier]()
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsManaging people is difficult wherever you work, but the tech industry as a whole is pretty bad at it. Tech companies in general lack the experience, tools, texts, and frameworks to do it well. And the handful of books that share tips and tricks of engineering management don t explain how to supervise employees in the face of growth and change... -
![Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace]()
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratings“What does it mean to manage well?”From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter) of Pixar Animation Studios, comes an incisive book about creativity in business—sure to appeal to readers of Daniel Pink, Tom Peters, and Chip and Dan Heath. Creativity, Inc...Categorized as:
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![Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan]()
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very different from how most companies create products. The goal of the book is to share the techniques of the best companies. This book is aimed primarily at Product Managers working on technology-powered products... -
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![The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers by Robert C. Martin]()
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers by Robert C. Martin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProgrammers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C... -
![How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner]()
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects “This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability... -
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Resilient Management by Lara Hogan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding your bearings as a manager can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to fake it to make it, and you don’t have to go it alone. Lara Hogan shares her recipe for supporting and leading a tech team—from developing your mentoring and coaching skills, to getting comfortable with having difficult conversations, to boosting trust among teammates—while staying grounded along the way... -
![The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change by Tanya Reilly]()
The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change by Tanya Reilly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills... -
![That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph]()
That Will Never Work by Marc Randolph
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the tradition of SHOE DOG, comes the incredible story of how Netflix went from concept to company - all told by co-founder Marc RandolphSilicon Valley lore has it that Netflix was born out of a frustration with video stores' late fees, and while that is a convenient, charming story it is far from the truth... -
![The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo]()
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsInstant Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing.That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25... -
![Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam by Rita Mulcahy]()
Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam by Rita Mulcahy
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis book has been FULLY updated to reflect PMI's new Exam Content Outline, for any and all PMP exams delivered on or after August 31st of 2011. Can you imagine valuing a book so much that you send the author a Thank You letter? Hundreds of thousands of project managers know and understand why PMP Exam Prep is a worldwide best-seller... -
![How We Learn: The New Science of Education and the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene]()
How We Learn: The New Science of Education and the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Absorbing, mind-enlarging, studded with insights ... This could have significant real-world results' Sunday TimesHumanity's greatest feat is our incredible ability to learn. Even in their first year, infants acquire language, visual and social knowledge at a rate that surpasses the best supercomputers...Categorized as:
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![Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri]()
Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their schedule rather than the customer’s needs... -
![The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback by Dan Olsen]()
The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback by Dan Olsen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe missing manual on how to apply Lean Startup to build products that customers loveThe Lean Product Playbook is a practical guide to building products that customers love. Whether you work at a startup or a large, established company, we all know that building great products is hard. Most new products fail... -
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![The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million by Mark Roberge]()
The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million by Mark Roberge
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUse data, technology, and inbound selling to build a remarkable team and accelerate sales The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology that he shares with his readers... -
![DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson, Russell Brunson]()
DotCom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online by Russell Brunson, Russell Brunson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIf you are currently struggling with getting traffic to your website, or converting that traffic when it shows up, you may think you’ve got a traffic or conversion problem. In Russell Brunson's experience, after working with thousands of businesses, he has found that’s rarely the case... -
![Working backwards by Colin Bryar, Bill Carr]()
Working backwards by Colin Bryar, Bill Carr
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWorking Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999... -
![Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais]()
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEffective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs? Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns... -
![Ruby Under a Microscope by Pat Shaughnessy]()
Ruby Under a Microscope by Pat Shaughnessy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuby is a powerful programming language with a focus on simplicity, but beneath its elegant syntax it performs countless unseen tasks.Ruby Under a Microscope gives you a hands-on look at Ruby's core, using extensive diagrams and thorough explanations to show you how Ruby is implemented (no C skills required)... -
![Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel]()
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters, Peter Thiel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIf you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things...Categorized as:
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