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Practical Problem Solving Framework: Inspired By The Toyota Way
We all will agree to a certain point that having a system/process for anything reduces chances of errors. As an engineer or someone people look forward to propose solutions to problems it’s beneficial to have a framework in place to solve problems effectively. Recently I was reading The Toyota Way, and it suggested a framework to Practical Problem…
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Estimation Peril: How To Estimate Software Projects Effectively(or How Not To Lie)
Consider, you are a rockstar engineer and you are given a task by your favorite person, your project manager, to show some new fields in the dashboard. As usual, you are asked to estimate it as soon as possible. You think that well, seems like a quickie and you are tempted to estimate it a…
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The Alchemist : Reading Experience
Reading The Alchemist was like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise, while the whole world slept. The Alchemist doesn’t teach you anything, but you can learn a million things from it. “Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for the lead, and then the lead will have to turn…
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Mastery By Robert Greene : Reading Experience
“The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to it until it becomes dead; they want to flatter themselves that they know the truth. But true Zen never stops, never congeals into such truths. That is why everyone must constantly be pushed…
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The Blue Ocean Strategy : How To Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’ That was a huge bet he made, and it worked. The whole idea of The Blue Ocean Strategy is to create uncontested market spaces that creates new demands and make the competition irrelevant. The book describes Red Oceans as known…
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : Reading Experience
The Japanese motorcycle maintenance guide says “ Assembly of Japanese bicycle requires great piece of mind”. There is a thing about everything you build, including bikes. If you build it with non-serene mind, then you build your problems into it. The book takes you on a cross country bike journey that will teach you mind…
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master : Reading Experience
The Pragmatic Programmer From this day forth, I have decided to develop my love for reading. I have made a reading goal of minimum 10 books a year, including technical and non technical books. Majority of them are going to be technical but I will get my hands to some non technical ones too. I…