If I knew of a book that explained my job I’d read it myself.
Ditto!
Reading is overrated. I'd feed it to an AI so I could have somewhere to ask questions.
Absolutely. Give it to GPT-4 and just ask it questions when I need to.
As a librarian, this question tickles me.
Got any good books on librarian science?
Good question. None that I think would be fun for the general public...
... although...
Perhaps you might enjoy the 1976 Canadian novel "Bear", which features an Archivist as the protagonist. It won the Governor General's Literary Award when it came out.
"bullshit jobs" by David Graeber
Professional gamer, esports
Excel for Dummies 2023
The Phoenix Project
I'm sure this is unpopular, but I hate that book with Mrs.White-level hatred.
I'm so glad there are people like you who do things like this so I don't have to.
This is the book I had in mind when I created this thread. :)
This book is sitting in our office. Is it actually a good read? Its very dusty so I always wrote it off as just another corporate book.
It basically created "Devops" as a mindset. You decide if thats a good or bad thing.
Id personally call it a good book. The first half will hurt you if youve ever worked as a sysadmin, as it basically recreates all the worst parts of the job at once to setup the story, but the second half explains how devops as a thought process can solve the issues it creates. It does not going into tools, just methods and concepts.
It can help you fix your orgs bullshit. It is heavy on "you need management buyin" angle though, so if you cant get that at your job, continue to abandon all hope.
I enjoyed it.
Ha, this was going to be my answer as well
Microchip Fabrication by van Zant. Specifically chapters 8 and 10 discussing photolithography. Might be different chapters in current version.
I'm a supervisor in a machine and welding shop so I would pick Carl Vernon's " Surrounded By Morons Make the Most of it. "
Makers by Cory Doctorow
Textbooks
The Linux and Unix System Administration Handbook (6th edition)
Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton!
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Bastard Operator from Hell
Is there a book for The Big Lebowski? 🤔
It actually is a very loose adaptation/inspired by the Raymond Chandler novel The Big Sleep.
So kind of?
The book I wrote. When I first talked with the publisher he asked, "what skills would you look for in someone who wants to do your job?" And that's the premise I stuck with writing it.
Kanski's clinical ophthalmology; https://shop.elsevier.com/books/kanskis-clinical-ophthalmology/salmon/978-0-7020-7711-1
Counselling Skills and Studies
The US Federal code of regulations. Im a US customs broker. At 50 titles and sometimes 100s of pages per title if not thousands, it’d be quite the read in one go!
Edit: I just checked, it changes pretty regularly, usually stands somewhere around 90 thousand pages. The specific code on customs brokers is title 19 part 111. But really the whole thing is specific to my job in one way or another. I’ve never actually read the entire thing personally as it’s practically impossible. I look up whatever I need to as needed.
Does David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs count?
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook, 2021 edition.
What do you do? My honey is an ashraer.
As someone going into conservation I'd probably just throw a copy Nat Geo at them or something. If we were talking about shows/movies I'd go with Wildcat, even if it is a depressing documentary.
Cinderella. The dead parents are also on point 👌
Alt text: Baby Loves Coding book cover by Ruth Spiro
James Dukeminier’s “Property”
Not a book, but the Bastard Operator From Hell series on theregister.co.uk gives a decent picture, if a touch dramatized.
The House of God
Between the lines
It’s a book that takes the theory out of acoustic design and loudspeaker placement / management, and says “Life sucks, it’s never perfect, let’s make it suck less.”
The Design of Everyday Things.
Ux designer or product manager?
Designer. :)
