- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 35•11 months ago
If I knew of a book that explained my job I’d read it myself.
- Seathru ( @Seathru@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Reading is overrated. I’d feed it to an AI so I could have somewhere to ask questions.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Absolutely. Give it to GPT-4 and just ask it questions when I need to.
- Dan ( @Dan_Phillips@lemmy.ca ) 22•11 months ago
As a librarian, this question tickles me.
Got any good books on librarian science?
- Dan ( @Dan_Phillips@lemmy.ca ) English1•11 months ago
Good question. None that I think would be fun for the general public…
… although…
Perhaps you might enjoy the 1976 Canadian novel “Bear”, which features an Archivist as the protagonist. It won the Governor General’s Literary Award when it came out.
- banjoman05 ( @banjoman05@beehaw.org ) 14•11 months ago
- TheLemming ( @u202307011927@feddit.de ) 3•11 months ago
Professional gamer, esports
- Linuturk ( @Linuturk@lemmy.onitato.com ) 7•11 months ago
The Phoenix Project
This is the book I had in mind when I created this thread. :)
- Balakirev ( @Balakirev@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•11 months ago
This book is sitting in our office. Is it actually a good read? Its very dusty so I always wrote it off as just another corporate book.
- mosiacmango ( @mosiacmango@lemm.ee ) 3•11 months ago
It basically created “Devops” as a mindset. You decide if thats a good or bad thing.
Id personally call it a good book. The first half will hurt you if youve ever worked as a sysadmin, as it basically recreates all the worst parts of the job at once to setup the story, but the second half explains how devops as a thought process can solve the issues it creates. It does not going into tools, just methods and concepts.
It can help you fix your orgs bullshit. It is heavy on “you need management buyin” angle though, so if you cant get that at your job, continue to abandon all hope.
- Linuturk ( @Linuturk@lemmy.onitato.com ) 1•11 months ago
I enjoyed it.
- nbailey ( @nbailey@lemmy.ca ) 5•11 months ago
The Linux and Unix System Administration Handbook (6th edition)
- Karlos_Cantana ( @Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz ) 5•11 months ago
“It” -Stephen King
- Mechanismatic ( @Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml ) 4•11 months ago
Makers by Cory Doctorow
- 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) 4•11 months ago
Is there a book for The Big Lebowski? 🤔
- pwshguy (mdowst) ( @pwshguy@programming.dev ) 3•11 months ago
The book I wrote. When I first talked with the publisher he asked, “what skills would you look for in someone who wants to do your job?” And that’s the premise I stuck with writing it.
- essell ( @essellburns@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
Counselling Skills and Studies
- LoamImprovement ( @LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ) 3•11 months ago
Does David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs count?
- megsmagik ( @megsmagik@feddit.it ) 2•11 months ago
Cinderella. The dead parents are also on point 👌
- unwellsnail ( @unwellsnail@sopuli.xyz ) 2•11 months ago
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
- TQuid ( @TQuid@beehaw.org ) 1•11 months ago
Not a book, but the Bastard Operator From Hell series on theregister.co.uk gives a decent picture, if a touch dramatized.
- TheWeirdestCunt ( @TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
As someone going into conservation I’d probably just throw a copy Nat Geo at them or something. If we were talking about shows/movies I’d go with Wildcat, even if it is a depressing documentary.