Jason V

Great book, and not limited to Computer Science

Revisado: 01-27-24

This book is great. I have been a first level Mechanical Engineering Supervisor in the Department of Defense for 5 years, and I loved this book. There weren't a lot of epiphanies, but there were a lot of tweaks that I could make to take away. The discussion of hypergrowth also applies to the replacement boom that we have been going through after the great resignation. The part that I liked the most is that Will Larson is still an engineering manager. I have hated every management book I've read by someone who has graduate degrees in management, but whose only actual management experience is in setting up a company to sell their speaking tours (Brene Brown). This book is so much better because he pulls from his actual experience.

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Mechanical portion is good, electrical is weaker

Revisado: 01-27-24

The Mechanical part is much stronger than the Electrical portion. I am a Mechanical engineer with 15 years of experience and was looking for a refresher. The Mechanical has lots of history and solid basics. The a portion of the electrical part (Power Production and Generation) goes on a 20 minute tangent about how much better electric cars are than internal combustion engine cars. It doesn't really fit the flow of the discussion/history of the rest of the book. They try to tie it in with a morality discussion of engineering choices, but it still doesn't tie into the subject.

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Captures the Mountain Rescue experience

Revisado: 02-21-22

I think Bree did a good job capturing the awkward interactions that occur due to mountain rescuers being amateurs. Both the need to balance everyday life with being available for random calls. She also touches on how the techniques are different between sport climbs and search and rescue, mostly due to extra factors of safety. That said, she does alternate between being very confident and having no confidence in her abilities. I was on one of the missions mentioned and went to a training with Bree. She is a bad ass climber/hiker and knows a ton about Search and Rescue, so it is weird for her to voice so much self-doubt on her own abilities. She attributes it to being female in a majority male environment, but everyone I saw her was in awe of her abilities and knowledge.

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Walking as politics

Revisado: 06-04-18

This is not the book I was expecting. If you want a feminist from SF to explain how walking relates to protest marches, women's suffrage , and gay rights, this is the book for you. If you want to read about walking while traveling or walking tours, skip it.

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Interesting, but hard to follow

Revisado: 01-12-17

Would you try another book from Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos and/or Pete Larkin?

No.

What could Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

He could have used an outline. There are so many jumps in timeline (both forward and backward) that by halfway through, I quit. The story is very interesting, but he can't keep a coherent narrative.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

As an engineer, it is an interesting story, but most of the technical details are left out.

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