Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
by ElCapitanMarkla on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @10:25AM
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After reading recommendations everywhere I read Motorcycle Maintenance but I just didn’t get what all the fuss was about. I was completely bored all the way through and still have no idea what it is people see in it.
Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
by clarityPhone on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @12:35PM
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I felt exactly the same way, and this as someone who spent their entire life surrounded by motorcycles. The philosophical insights just felt a bit... corny? And the rest was just plain boring.
Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
by Jtsummers on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @07:34PM
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If you've read The Phoenix Project (or haven't yet) I also recommend The Goal. Also a novel, but I think it does a better job of explaining the Theory of Constraints. The Phoenix Project worked better (for me) after reading The Goal, it connects ToC to IT work, but I don't think worked as a good introduction on its own.
EDIT: Also, The Phoenix Project is very very good if you are into IT management: funny, and although a novel then the content will make you want to fix your company and perhaps even think bigger about your carrer. But this one won't last you a summer since if you read it that slow you'll forget what was going on. :)