Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-03-05
Gergely Orosz & Balint Orosz: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer
Design-first software engineering: Craft – with Balint Orosz
Supported by Our Partners • WorkOS — The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. • The Software Engineer’s Guidebook: Written by me (Gergely) – now out in audio form as well • Augment Code — AI coding assistant that pro engineering teams love — Not many people know that I have a brother: Balint Orosz.
Balint Orosz recommended The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a candid, highly practical guide to navigating the severe emotional and logistical challenges of running a startup when conventional rules do not apply.
Recommended“there's Ben Harvest wrote this hard thing about hard things book and it's been super interesting for me because a lot of the things how it talks for instance about something called management depth”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“the audiobook version of my bestselling book the software Engineers guide book is out now you can get it on all major audiobook platforms”
Passing The Staff Engineer's Path
“here's a review from the book from senior principal engineer Tanya really who is the author of the staff Engineers path”