Such a great story of Beowulf but for kids
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reconbot finished reading Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
reconbot finished reading Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
reconbot reviewed The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
Cautionary tale of the tech industry told as an adventure story
4 stars
Still a wild tale, I’m no longer in awe of it and it’s obvious everyone involved got screwed and feels good about it (though that might be the authors bias). The love of the work “I’d take a pay cut to be involved in a project like this again” when already underpaid. It’s wild.
"West" one of the project leaders goes into “business development” answering the question “what happens to engineers over 40” writes Kidder. Fuck that. He doesn’t want to be exploited any longer, that’s what happens when you get over 40. Seems he’s still in engineering anyway consulting with other teams.
Overall this is a Wild take on a time in engineering that is not dissimilar to some companies today. I’ve worked at Data General clones, it sucks and isn’t worth it. Don’t get romanced. This is a cautionary tale told as an adventure story. I’m glad to …
Still a wild tale, I’m no longer in awe of it and it’s obvious everyone involved got screwed and feels good about it (though that might be the authors bias). The love of the work “I’d take a pay cut to be involved in a project like this again” when already underpaid. It’s wild.
"West" one of the project leaders goes into “business development” answering the question “what happens to engineers over 40” writes Kidder. Fuck that. He doesn’t want to be exploited any longer, that’s what happens when you get over 40. Seems he’s still in engineering anyway consulting with other teams.
Overall this is a Wild take on a time in engineering that is not dissimilar to some companies today. I’ve worked at Data General clones, it sucks and isn’t worth it. Don’t get romanced. This is a cautionary tale told as an adventure story. I’m glad to revisit it after 20 odd years and I'm glad to see how my perspective has shifted.
reconbot wants to read The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
reconbot finished reading Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
I read this a long time ago and I loved the hell out of it.
It's about an ice hauler that gets suddenly sent out of the solar system at relativistic speeds on the back of something that apparently isn't a comet, it starts as a survival story and then turns really interesting and weird.
reconbot finished reading The Sins of Our Fathers by James S.A. Corey
reconbot finished reading Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
reconbot finished reading Auberon by James S.A. Corey
reconbot finished reading Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey
reconbot finished reading Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
reconbot reviewed The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
A long windy preaching road that is still kind of fun
3 stars
Not nearly as good as book one, however, still enjoyable, and a decent adventure. You gotta get through part one though it goes on for a long while. it’s all about rich people behaving poorly and the set up absolutely pays off. But it is a substantial set up.
I learned a bunch about financial crime, I learned a bunch about the prison system, I learned a bunch about rich people. I’m still excited for book three, but I hope it learns its lessons from book two.