Work With Kyle: Reading #gamification #engineering

From WorkWithKyle:

So far the entries I’ve posted have all been about the architectural and technological challenges we’ve had to hurdle, so today I want to change it up at bit and talk about something I think is a defining characteristic of our engineering team: a commitment to improvement. Now, clearly personal development is an enormous topic, so for this post I want to focus on an aspect I’m particularly passionate about: reading.
In today’s world, reading is often maligned. People wonder why they should spend their time reading a book when Google will answer most any question instantly. And to a certain degree they’re right. If you want to know the syntax for exception handling in Python, Google is your best bet. But, as I’ve come to appreciate more and more, reading isn’t just about learning facts. Great books change your perspective and expose you to ideas you didn’t know you didn’t know. The problem is that most books aren’t great and most technology books focus on answering how rather than why. So, I want to take a second to share some of the books that have had a major impact on the way I work:

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