The book “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” by Shad Helmstetter is an old classic on the same topic as its name says. Finally bought the book and found it quite actionable. One can argue that some key messages keep getting repeated throughout the book, but the author mentions that this is intentional … Continue reading Book Review: “What to Say When You Talk to Yourself” by Shad Helmstetter
Book Review: “Decoding Tech Careers: How to Build a Future-Proof Career in a World of Artificial Intelligence” by Richard Walls
The book “Decoding Tech Careers” by Richard Walls aims to provide insights on “how to build a future-proof career in the world of artificial intelligence” and falls short of doing so. Specifically for the target audience of this website, the book can be skipped. For professionals relatively new in the workforce, there are certain useful … Continue reading Book Review: “Decoding Tech Careers: How to Build a Future-Proof Career in a World of Artificial Intelligence” by Richard Walls
AI Tools and Relevance of This Website
In the era of ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot wherein complex tasks e.g. BI dashboards operating on massive datasets, coding for foundational systems and primitives in companies of all sizes including Big Tech are being led (if not solely written) by these systems, why should a subscriber or a casual reader of this website be interested … Continue reading AI Tools and Relevance of This Website
Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli
“SILENT and LISTEN share identical letters” The book “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli provides ample ammunition to practice listening. The book is divided into five levels of listening each of which require foundation from the previous levels - yourself (get ready to listen, give and pay attention) content (hear, see and sense) context (explore … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Listen” by Oscar Trimboli
Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff
“According to one random survey, I should be much happier than I am” - A quote from the book This book “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff is a classic book on interpreting data and charts. It was first published in 1954 and the data points presented for sure go back a hundred … Continue reading Book Review: “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff
The Learning Curve: Interesting Readings for Product Leaders 