If you’re looking to fortify or launch a career, reading the canonical and formative as well as the provocative and emerging books in your chosen field is a quick way to glean a lot of valuable info in a little time.
A career in tech is not much different in this way. Books and their considerable, inexhaustible wisdom are not exclusive to other fields.
In fact, tech icons like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have even started their own book clubs. In 2015, Bill Gates said he reads more than 50 books a year and Zuckerberg was reading a new book every two weeks. They're both well-known for giving out ample reading recommendations.
In many ways, books allow for the same thing innovation and technology aim to do — create a place where everything you imagine can exist.
Below, you’ll find 5 books that help inform readers about the trends, skills, challenges, and predictions for a technological world. It includes many written by tech CEOs, scholars, biographers, and thought leaders.
1. "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" by Ashlee Vance
2. "The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World" by Brad Stone
3. "How Google Works" by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg
4. "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" by Nir Eyal
5. "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald E. Knuth
A career in tech is not much different in this way. Books and their considerable, inexhaustible wisdom are not exclusive to other fields.
In fact, tech icons like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have even started their own book clubs. In 2015, Bill Gates said he reads more than 50 books a year and Zuckerberg was reading a new book every two weeks. They're both well-known for giving out ample reading recommendations.
In many ways, books allow for the same thing innovation and technology aim to do — create a place where everything you imagine can exist.
Below, you’ll find 5 books that help inform readers about the trends, skills, challenges, and predictions for a technological world. It includes many written by tech CEOs, scholars, biographers, and thought leaders.
1. "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" by Ashlee Vance
2. "The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World" by Brad Stone
3. "How Google Works" by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg
4. "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" by Nir Eyal
5. "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald E. Knuth
