Every book Dave Plummer recommended on podcasts

Books Dave Plummer recommended or discussed

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   Bill Gates

   Greg Roza · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “And at lunch, I'm sitting in the food court with the old and the bored, and I'm reading a book that I had bought called "Microsoft, or Bill Gates, and the Making of Microsoft Hard Drive," I think is the title.”

   Lex Fridman Podcast #479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Sto… 2025-08-29 Listen at 11:50

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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   Hard Drive

   James Wallace; Jim Erickson · Discussed · 1 episode

   Hard Drive by James Wallace and Jim Erickson is a biography detailing the early years of Microsoft and the relentless rise of Bill Gates.

   Discussed

   “And at lunch, I'm sitting in the food court with the old and the bored, and I'm reading a book that I had bought called "Microsoft, or Bill Gates, and the Making of Microsoft Hard Drive," I think is the title.”

   Lex Fridman Podcast #479 – Dave Plummer: Programming, Autism, and Old-School Microsoft Sto… 2025-08-29 Listen at 11:50

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

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