Reading has slowed down as I learn Python and write some interesting code. This (programming) is another passion that has been suppressed for long and try to resurrect it. Only two books this time, though I expect more time during Christmas break.
The first one is Satya Nadella's Hit Refresh. Being brought up in the Unix/Linux world during my IC stint of over 10years, I belonged to a cult that hated Microsoft (M$ as we used to call them then - late 1990s when they were fighting too many anti-monopoly lawsuits) and refrained reading anything about Microsoft/Gates. Things have changed and its a good time to understand how M$ is getting transformed.
Second one is a book recommended by one of my mentor. The book deals with cognitive bias that clouds our thinking. Couldn't gather courage to ask why he reco'd this book, though I have a good guess, go en what the book is about!
The book contains 99 short chapters that will help in judging the common mistakes made by the people and they learn how to avoid them.Have you ever:
- Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it?
- Continued doing something you knew was bad for you?
- Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances?
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