Book recommendations

[mushroomchild]

I've really been getting into tech-related stuff recently (partly because of the Reject Convenience channel itself), and was wondering if there are any good books about tech in general. I'll read pretty much anything, so please feel free to mention books about slightly more niche topics. Sorry if this is a vague request, I'm just finding it difficult to explore such a vast topic by myself.

[rejectconvenience]

I highly recommend the book "Ghost in the wires" by Kevin Mitnick. It's about Kevin's life as the first FBI's most wanted hacker, and it's a wild ride. It talks a lot about one of the most common forms of hacking, social engineering, which I think is super important to understand when getting into tech.

[JINSBEK]

If you’re interested in the world of modern tech companies and particularly successful start-ups, I highly recommend The Lean Startup, whose author Eric Ries goes over the downs, downs, downs, and more downs and hard-learned ups of co-founding IMVU, and Lost and Founder, wherein Moz founder Rand Fishkin vividly illustrates that the people who run tech companies are human (and thus have human weaknesses, such as embarrassment, overoptimism, and not knowing what they’re doing).

[RockStarProgramer]

I read (well actually listened to) the Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

set in two different time periods. One group of characters are World War II–era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park (UK), and disillusioned Axis military and intelligence figures. The second narrative is set in the late 1990s, with characters that are (in part) descendants of those of the earlier time period, who employ cryptologic, telecom, and computer technology to build an underground data haven in the fictional Sultanate of Kinakuta. Their goal is to facilitate anonymous Internet banking using electronic money and (later) digital gold currency

- the wise man Wikipedia

great book, talks about encryption, game theory, and future of tech.
(practically predicted crypto currency).