To begin 2023 I share the books I read last year in my quest to be a better SRE.

Here is a list of all the books mentioned during the episode:

  • The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592
  • Site Reliability Engineering (by Google) https://sre.google/sre-book/table-of-contents/
  • Sooner, Safer, Happier by Jonathon Smart https://soonersaferhappier.com/book/
  • The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Way-Second-Management-Manufacturer/dp/1260468518
  • Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Office-Required-Jason-Fried/dp/0091954673
  • Driving Digital Strategy by Sunil Gupta https://www.amazon.com/Driving-Digital-Strategy-Reimagining-Business/dp/163369268X
  • Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais https://teamtopologies.com/book
  • Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/1942788339
  • The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-managers-path/9781491973882/
  • Staff Engineer by Will Larson https://staffeng.com/book
  • Getting Things Done by David Allen https://gettingthingsdone.com/books/
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555
  • Lean Enterprise by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, and Barry O’Reilly https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/lean-enterprise/9781491946527/

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