If I knew of a book that explained my job I’d read it myself.
Ditto!
Reading is overrated. I’d feed it to an AI so I could have somewhere to ask questions.
Absolutely. Give it to GPT-4 and just ask it questions when I need to.
As a librarian, this question tickles me.
Got any good books on librarian science?
Good question. None that I think would be fun for the general public…
… although…
Perhaps you might enjoy the 1976 Canadian novel “Bear”, which features an Archivist as the protagonist. It won the Governor General’s Literary Award when it came out.
“bullshit jobs” by David Graeber
Professional gamer, esports
Excel for Dummies 2023
The Phoenix Project
This is the book I had in mind when I created this thread. :)
I’m sure this is unpopular, but I hate that book with Mrs.White-level hatred.
I’m so glad there are people like you who do things like this so I don’t have to.
This book is sitting in our office. Is it actually a good read? Its very dusty so I always wrote it off as just another corporate book.
It basically created “Devops” as a mindset. You decide if thats a good or bad thing.
Id personally call it a good book. The first half will hurt you if youve ever worked as a sysadmin, as it basically recreates all the worst parts of the job at once to setup the story, but the second half explains how devops as a thought process can solve the issues it creates. It does not going into tools, just methods and concepts.
It can help you fix your orgs bullshit. It is heavy on “you need management buyin” angle though, so if you cant get that at your job, continue to abandon all hope.
I enjoyed it.
Ha, this was going to be my answer as well
Microchip Fabrication by van Zant. Specifically chapters 8 and 10 discussing photolithography. Might be different chapters in current version.
“It” -Stephen King
Clown? Boat builder? Serial killer?
Orgy host.
You definitely want to have good climate control and ventilation for that.
Makers by Cory Doctorow
I’m a supervisor in a machine and welding shop so I would pick Carl Vernon’s " Surrounded By Morons Make the Most of it. "
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton!
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
The Linux and Unix System Administration Handbook (6th edition)
Textbooks
Bastard Operator from Hell
