Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-01-15
Gergely Orosz & Michael Novati: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer
“The Coding Machine” at Meta with Michael Novati
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Michael Novati discussed Histories.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Histories
Histories by Herodotus is an ancient Greek work by the writer widely regarded as the father of history, chronicling the traditions, wars, and clashes of ancient civilizations.
Discussed“I think it was called uh histories it's by Herodotus the like Greek historian um and the reason why it really like sticks with me is it like a lot of the stories in there don't seem to make a lot of sense like factually”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“when Julia Evans blogged about she called it a brag document in my book the software injurers guide book I actually like it's one of the best advices I I gave to people who were focused on the career”