Arjun Srivastava's Library

The Cold Start Problem [January 7, 2022]
Andrew Chen
A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and as an executive at Uber to address how tech's most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network...

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track [January 7, 2022]
Will Larson
At most technology companies, you'll reach Senior Software Engineer, the career level for software engineers, in five to eight years. At that career level, you'll no longer be required to work towards the next pro? motion, and being promoted beyond i...

The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal [January 7, 2022]
M. Mitchell Waldrop
"The year is 1962. More than a decade will pass before personal computers emerge from the garages of Silicon Valley, and a full thirty years before the Internet explosion of the 1990s. The word computer still has an ominous tone, conjuring up the ima...

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change [January 7, 2022]
Camille Fournier
Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guid...

The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 [January 7, 2022]
Jordan Mechner
Mechner Journals [2]: A deep dive into the origins of the epic, best-selling video game, featuring previously unreleased content, in the game creator's own words "Mechner's journey is a universal one for anyone creating something brand new... I'm e...

Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software [January 7, 2022]
Nadia Eghbal
An inside look at modern open source software developers--and their influence on our online social world. "Nadia is one of today's most nuanced thinkers about the depth and potential of online communities, and this book could not have come at a bet...

The Big Score: The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley [January 7, 2022]
Michael Shawn Malone
An investigative, behind-the-scenes report on the semiconductor/computer industry traces the history of Silicon Valley and the electronics industry, and the entrepreneurs, innovations, industrial espionage, drug scene, and other realities of Silicon ...

Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn [January 7, 2022]
Richard R. Hamming
Highly effective thinking is an art that engineers and scientists can be taught to develop. By presenting actual experiences and analyzing them as they are described, the author conveys the developmental thought processes employed and shows a style o...

The Making of a Manager: How to Crush Your Job as the New Boss [January 7, 2022]
Julie Zhuo
No idea what you're doing? No problem. Good managers are made, not borne. Facebook VP Julie Zhuo remembers the moment when she was asked to lead a team. She felt like she'd won the golden ticket, until reality came crashing in. She was just 25 and h...

Where Is My Flying Car? [January 7, 2022]
J. Storrs Hall
From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovati...

Codex Seraphinianus: 40th Anniversary Edition [January 7, 2022]
Luigi Serafini
Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its original publication, this special edition of the beloved, best-selling cult classic features a new design, new cover illustration, and 15 never-before-seen drawings. Featuring a handsome new p...