Data visualization

Storytelling with data

Really awesome book on data visualization

#MakeoverMonday: Improving How We Visualize and Analyze Data, One Chart at a Time

#MakeoverMonday used to be a small project within the data community. This book is an extension and features cool visualizations.

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Effective Data Storytelling: How to Drive Change with Data, Narrative and Visuals

Great book that goes beyond data visualization and shares frameworks around effective data storytelling.

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Data Engineering

Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional

Good starter book explaining how to structure your data - great intro for beginners

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Data Science

How to lead in data science

This is a great resource on building a career in data science and career progression in the industry. I regularly return to it.

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Causal inference

Trustworthy online controlled experiments

This is simply the best book on A/B testing that you will find.

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Mastering ‘Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect

A book on causal impact with an economics lens.

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Career growth

Managing up

A great book on managing up: it talks about different personality types and how to manage up effectively to each of them. It’s a book I come back to regularly.

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Radical Candor

You may have heard of this book and it’s for a good reason: it’s a classic! It talks about how to deliver good feedback, be an empathetic leader and more.

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Staff engineer: leadership beyond management path

While not data science-specific, many concepts and ideas from this book are transferable. This will help you think through going beyond a senior level and advancing without taking the people management path.

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Management

The Effective Manager

Good book on people management 101; useful especially if you have very little guidance or if your company doesn’t have a lot of process.

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The making of a manager

Another book that’s people management 101. This one focuses on tech specifically.

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The Manager’s Path

Great book that focuses on informal leadership, like being a tech lead, and moving into people management within tech.

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Thanks for the feedback: the art of receiving feedback well

There are many resources out there for giving good feedback. This is the only one I have seen on how to receive feedback well. Great read.

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Product sense

Inspired: How to create tech products customer love

Another tech classic on how to build great tech products. If you are looking to increase your product sense, this is a great starter.

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