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Ask HN: Books about lifelong engineering/technology career
I am looking for books/blogs that cover a lifelong career in technology (or engineering). Most of the materials typically focus on singular engineering achievement (building Apple I/II (like iWoz) or sending a rocket to the moon (any books about Von Braun) rather than focusing how one builds a life-long career.
The closest I ever found was a post by Will Larson: https://lethain.com/forty-year-career/
- mitchbob 2y agoThe first part of your request sounds like you're looking for biographies of technologists, while at the end it sounds like you're looking for something more like self-help books. If you're looking for the former, a couple of big, fascinating histories that describe long careers in technology, starting with childhood, are - The Dream Machine [1], which chronicles the career of J. C. R. Licklider - The Friendly Orange Glow [2], where Donald Bitzer is the main character. [1] https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine [2] http://friendlyorangeglow.com/ http://friendlyorangeglow.com/
- saas_startup 2y agoThose are really good :) Already ordered, thank you!
- meander_water 2y agoThis was posted here a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42930528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42930528
- markus_zhang 2y agoI just read the first 2 chapters of iWoz and I already decided to recommend this book to everyone, especially if you have a kid. The first 2 chapters worth gold.