Book Notes

The secret to better decision-making is learning things that won’t change. Mastering a small number of versatile concepts with broad applicability enables you to rapidly grasp new areas, identify patterns, and understand how the world works. Don’t waste your time on knowledge with an expiry date - focus on the fundamentals.

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

It’s not really about hard work. You can work in a restaurant eighty hours a week, and you’re…

What humans require in our ascent is purpose and realism. Purpose, you could say, is like passion with…

Schedule two hours each day (i.e., put an event in your calendar) to work on your top goal…