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As an engineer you are valued most of the time by your technical skills. The time you have to use those technical skills is limited. You can find many books about increasing productivity, this is not one of them. Booster skills is about doing what you do more efficiently and getting the best output of what you already know how to do.

Professional speaking coach and yoga teacher Margie Newman guides you through breath, movement, and meditation techniques to improve your onstage presence, face your fears, and deliver your best. Includes strategies to deal with "in the moment" nerves as you take stage as well as ways to become a more calm and confident speaker over time.

You can write code. The interview still rejected you. You shipped the feature. You still didn't get promoted. You've been "senior" for years and you're still getting paged for incidents on systems you barely understand. This book is for the gaps — everything around the code that nobody explains and everyone learns the hard way. The inside account of what a technical interviewer is actually evaluating when they ask about your architecture. The difference between maintaining a system and owning it. How to build influence when you have no formal authority. How to stay relevant without burning out or becoming obsolete. Not theory. Not generic advice. Production experience distilled into a map of the profession.

Learn tricks to make attending conferences bearable, productive, meaningful and even enjoyable.

No One is Coming to Save You is your no-fluff guide to thriving in chaos. Forget trends and templates—this book delivers the essential human skills (“Power-Ups”) you need to survive and grow in an uncertain world. Straight talk, real stories, and practical tools from two people who’ve failed forward so you don’t have to.

You don’t fail from bad opportunities. You fail from saying yes to good ones.

Starting a career in programming can be intimidating. Whether you're switching careers, joining a bootcamp, starting a C.S. degree, or learning on your own, Your First Year in Code can help, with practical advice on topics like code reviews, resume writing, fitting in, ethics, and finding your dream job.

Your job is where you work. Your career is what you build."What happens to your value if your role disappears tomorrow? How much of what you know stays inside one building, known only to a handful of people? And how do you turn years of hard work into something that travels, speaks for itself, and opens new doors wherever you go?The old ladder assumed the organization would hold your career for you. The Career Stack shows you how to hold it yourself.From choosing a core skill that grows stronger with every use, to turning daily work into undeniable proof, to nurturing relationships that outlast any role, to using AI to multiply your impact without losing your judgment — here is the complete practical framework. No hype, no sudden career overhaul, no expensive credentials. Just the steady, deliberate work of building a system that serves you, now and long after today.

Written for people who never asked to become AI users and now are. Not a tour of the technology, but a practical guide to working with it well — the habits that make good results repeatable, and the judgement to know when to check.

Stop sending generic applications. Use this practical 7-day system and 50 ready-to-use AI prompts to strengthen your resume, tailor applications, prepare for interviews, follow up professionally, and organize a smarter job search.

Every news feed is full of AI buzzwords: Transformers, tokens, embeddings, context windows, hallucinations, objective functions. Yet most explanations are either dense academic textbooks or empty marketing fluff. ☕ Coffee Break AI is your practical guide to AI. Written in plain English with warm real-world analogies. It breaks down the core mechanisms of AI into 40 bite-sized chapters.

The Ultimate Engineering Interview Handbook is a comprehensive resource for engineers preparing for technical and professional interviews. With 500+ practical questions and answers covering civil, structural engineering, project management, architecture, CAD, and HR topics, this book helps you build confidence and prepare effectively for your next career opportunity.

Turn "your webcam is on" from a moment of dread into your biggest advantage, with five measurable skills that make you look present, credible, and in command on every call.

The behavioral interview is where senior data offers are won, lost, and leveled — and it's the round engineers prepare for least. This book turns your real career into answers that survive any follow-up: 7 competencies, 300+ real questions, company playbooks, 30 scored mock interviews, and AI-assisted preparation — built specifically for data engineers and architects.

Personal Branding: Identity, Influence, and the Discipline of Being Known is the definitive guide to building a reputation that works for you. It transforms branding from self-promotion into a disciplined practice of clarity, consistency, and trust. Learn to define your identity, position yourself strategically, communicate your value, and build influence that lasts. A must-read for anyone serious about their professional reputation and long-term success.