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Always found some interesting reads like this. Looking to add to my tbr to hit my yearly goal.

I just finished the three body problem, found it fantastic. I'm most of the way through 'The will of the many', and I'm finding it amazing - one of the best fantasies I've read in a while.

A bit of a click-baity title, apologies. I'm a senior eng and want to really push myself to better levels. My non-tech skills (comms, collab, leading) are one of my strengths and I'm constantly trying to make them better. I constantly keep feeling that I don't know enough tech stuff, there's a ridiculous amount to learn and foundational blind spots and holes that keep cropping up.

One of the questions I try to ask myself is, if I joined a new team or company, what skills would I need to really help the team succeed quickly and effectively.

A lot of ya'll have been around the block a lot, and either been or worked with such folks. Your insights would be super appreciated

Seen these kind of threads from time to time, and I've got some great recommendations from them.

I'll start:

* Re-reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. I had forgotten the story leading up to Rhythm of War. I had forgotten how fun Sanderson's world is.

* Just finishing up Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Great book. I didn't read Artemis, but The Martian was awesome.

* Grit by Angela Duckworth. Really speaks to me and has me re-examining my own loss of focus and tenacity in pursuits, and my expectations of how long achievement takes.

I'll probably pick a few more once I'm done with these.

Hey ya'll, I wanted to build a personal project for better tracking the books I read. I was wondering if:

1. There are any good apis for getting book data and author information (including demographic information). Paid is fine as well, if it's not too much I could consider that.

2. Anyones built something similar which collates this data from different places. Would be interested in hearing the how of that.

Cheers

Hey ya'll,

I wanted to build a personal project for better tracking the books I read. I was wondering if:

1. There are any good apis for getting book data and author information (including demographic information). Paid is fine as well, if it's not too much I could consider that.

2. Anyones built something similar which collates this data from different places. Would be interested in hearing the how of that.

Cheers