“Welcome to the Workplace” Starter Kit

Each of these books were 10/10 useful for me in the first two years of my career:

  • Deep Work – Cal Newport
  • Thank You for the Feedback – Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
  • Designing Your Life – Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
  • Ultralearning – Scott Young
  • Your Money or Your Life – Vicki Robin
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson

I found value throughout these books. However, as Naval Ravikant would say, the number of books you’ve read is a vanity metric – so read the chapters that bring you value and skip those that don’t (or even skip the book and just find a summary of the main ideas, such as a podcast or interview with the author).