“It’s What I Do” by Lynsey Addario is probably in my top 10 favorite books. As someone who always wanted to be a serious photographer who would use images to make the world a better place, I felt a real connection while reading this book. While reading it, I imagined myself being in the situations that Lynsey was in and I really don’t know if I would have been able to handle those situations.
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario
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Ask HN: What book changed your life?
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Saw this post on Hacker News. A lot of interesting books to read.
Book Links The Stormlight Archive (series) by Brandon Sanderson https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30739083 Jacob’s Room, Virginia Woolf https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thatjoeoverthr Dune Man’s Search For Meaning How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life - the Dalai Lama Surely you’re joking Mr. Feynman Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid Debt: The First 5000 Years Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Developer Hegemony by Erik Dietrich
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I am not sure how I found this book by Erik Dietrich. Maybe Google or Amazon recommended it. But I found it very inspiring. There are so many things in it that I agree with and so many new things that I am still having a hard time believing.
As a developer, who is having a hard time figuring out his career, this book provided an interesting perspective. The basic idea in it is that in any big corporation, developers are unlikely to find fulfilment. They may truly believe in their employer’s mission and try to climb the corporate ladder. When they do that, they will get stuck in middle management. They will keep working hard, hoping to move on to executive roles, but very few do so through belief and hard work alone.
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
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My biggest takeaway from this book was that most people start a business to create a job for themselves. For example, a person who enjoys baking may start a cake shop. The problem with this approach is that one is working in the business, not on it. The right way to start a business is with a goal of eliminating one’s job. For example, the person above should figure out a way to hire someone else to do baking.