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1) Hackers and Painters , by Paul Graham—This book had a huge influence on me and is why I left a successful and growing low tech business in Asia to move to California and become a software engineer. 2) Zero to One , by Peter Thiel—Zero to one opened my eyes to several angles of business that I hadn't been thinking about. It made me think much harder about making long-term plans towards a concrete goal, even if chan…
"How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" - Taught me I don't need to follow the standard path that "everyone else does", and to focus on how I can actively change my world - instead of waiting for someone else to to change it for me.
"Code Complete" - Get it. Read it. Live it.
1) Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing (not strictly a book). http://philip.greenspun.com/panda/
2) The "Dragon Book" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Compiler_Design
3) Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
Second part (at hindsight):
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad (cheesy, but useful)
2) http://toddkashdan.com/upside.php
3) https://www.schranner.com/de/news/2012/04/16/-verhandeln-im-... - German book about negotiations written by an experienced hostage negotiator.
2. "Insanely Simple" by Ken Segall
3. "How to Measure Anything" by Douglas W. Hubbard
2. "Creativity Inc." (2014) by Ed Catmull. Fascinating stories and lessons from the man who ran Pixar, the animated film company with 11 straight number 1's at the box office.
3. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Along with talent and hard work, being well-positioned is a big part of success. Put in 10,000 hours to be great at anything.
> Tech : C - Kernighan & Ritchie (may be a good python/nodejs book today).
> About tech people : Made in Japan - The Google Speaks - The Everything store - Hatching Twitter - Steve Jobs - Zero to One - Hard things about hard things.
> About non-tech people : Founding fathers - Obama - Einstein - Darwin - Feyman - Teresa - Montessori - Gandhi - Mandela - Che Guevera - Churchill.
> Last but important: Tolstoy - Plato - Enlightenment-Era-Books - Religions(all) - Military fitness.
"How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built" by Stewart Brand --> http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/watch-stewart-brands-6-pa...
"Programmer's Guide to the 1802" by Tom Swan --> http://www.tomswan.com/store/
1) K&R C
2) Zen of Graphics Programming
3) C++ Programming Language, 2E
I wouldn't recommend any of these to a young version of myself today.
1) Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: I bought this book after it was referenced in one of Alex Ferguson's books. It's a fascinating tale of how people became to be successful by being the right person in the right environment at the right time, from how Bill Gates dominated the world of software, to how The Beatles became one of the best bands in the world. It's a great reminder that a mixture of hard work, the right env…