henrik_w

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9 books

henrik_w · Jun 9, 2020
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
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henrik_w · Dec 16, 2019
"Designing Data-Intensive Applications" is excellent
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henrik_w · Dec 23, 2018
I didn't think it was that great. It was interesting, but a bit repetitive and a bit too long.
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henrik_w · Dec 17, 2018
+1 for The Martian. Excellent!
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henrik_w · Dec 22, 2016
Also really liked The Martian.
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henrik_w · Aug 8, 2016
+1 for The Martian - fantastic book!
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henrik_w · Dec 22, 2016
and Ready Player One. Read both this year, and both are excellent.
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henrik_w · Dec 22, 2016
+1 (+2?) for Deep Work
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henrik_w · Dec 23, 2018
+1 for Coders at Work! Excellent, long interviews with really famous developers and computer scientists.
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henrik_w · Jan 16, 2017
The Effective Engineer by Edmond Lau. Not CS, more SW dev, but it is fairly new and I thought it was very good
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henrik_w · Dec 20, 2018
+1 for A Man Called Ove - surprisingly good.
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