I’ll update this throughout the year
Books
Non-Fiction
- Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity, Frank Slootman.
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The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, Thomas E. Ricks. The author argues that the US Military is hindered by increased hesitancy to relieve incompetent leaders.
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My Share of the Task, Gen. Stanley McChrystal
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Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey: I read this last year, but this year I also bought the workbook
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Stalin’s War, Sean McMeekin
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Retribution, Max Hastings
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Vietnam, Max Hastings
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson
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The Complacent Class: The Self-defeating Quest for the American Dream, Tyler Cowen
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The Coldest Winter: American and the Korean War, David Halberstam
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Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, David Goggins
- Gulag, Anne Applebaum
Fiction
- Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
Writings Online
- What to looker for when scaling your data team
- Coalesce Replay Tracks: Sessions for the Emerging Analytics Engineer
- Coalesce Replay Tracks: Sessions for the Team Preparing to Scale
- Anti-fragile principles for a successful data warehouse
- Growing Data Teams from Reactive to Influential
- Data Team ROI
- The Product-Minded Software Engineer
- Kernels Part 1: What is an RBF Kernel? Really?
Podcasts
- 20 Minute VC - Really enjoyed the episode on growth with Brian Hale: 20 Growth: Why Retention Defines Product Market Fit, What is Good Retention Levels Today, The Most Counterintuitive Elements of Product and Growth & Why So Many Startups Mess Up Hiring For Growth Teams