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I am not a native english speaker and I am wondering why is a book, which is a collection of interviews called a 'handbook'? The definition of a handbook according to wikipedia: "A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference."
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Buy it for $19. Even if your aren't that interested in the topic just one potential insight from that book will make it worth way more than the $19USD.
This sounds naive. Most books have opportunity cost much higher than their added value.
Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
"Because everyone in the negotiation is a businessman and any number we are mutually happy with is a morally acceptable number."
I buy tons of books. If the author makes the book available at a choose your price, then I always choose the lowest price even if that price is free. If it is morally acceptable to the author, then it's acceptable to me. I've bought books for as low as free, but others for more than $100.
This is quite different from stealing or pirating a book. But you should do what you think is right and leaves you with a clean conscious.
if the author is reading this, I'd pay $40 for the audio. I'm assuming you recorded each interview so it could be transcribed. I've got 3 kids and audiobooks/podcasts during my commute is the only realistic time I can consume bulk content.
I think it would be valuable to aspiring data scientists - students who are looking to break into the field. It has good general advice on what backgrounds companies look for and some inspiring and motivational stories.
It will not be useful for current data scientists looking for information on how the companies in the book do data science. There are very few technical details included.
Cool work, I know Max and he is passionate & loves interviewing people. This is totally worth the read!
I'm going to sound very aggressive, but I don't understand the point of this book. They say > The material in this book is too valuable not to share. and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question" > Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuiti…
In data we trust. All others bring EVEN. MORE. DATA.
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This sounds naive. Most books have opportunity cost much higher than their added value.
What are you basing that on?