Books on the inside stories of big tech?

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It's been really interesting seeing some of the discussions in the internal emails from senior tech leaders that are getting published - e.g. https://twitter.com/TechEmailsDoes anyone know of any books of other resources that contain similar insights or show the history/inner-workings of big tech companies?Some good examples I've come across in the past include:- The One Device - Show Stoppers!

5cott0 · Accepted Answer

Hatching Twitter - Nick BiltonBad Blood - John CarreyrouHow to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story - Billy GallagherBillion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork - Reeves WiedemanWhistleblower: My Unlikely Journey to Silicon Valley and Speaking Out Against Injustice - Susan FowlerUncanny Valley - Anna WienerWhat Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry Into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley - Adrian DaubThe Scapegoat - Ren&eacute; Girard

yesenadam · Answer

In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters is a history of computing told by its terrible business decisions. Reading this book, it seems the whole history of computing is made of astoundingly terrible business decisions. Maybe that's almost true. Very entertaining and informative. I learnt a lot, extremely highly recommended. Chapters on IBM, Digital Research, Apple, Microsoft, OS/2, Borland, Intel, Motorola, Google, Novell, Netscape, etc. Second edition 2006.

bwb · Answer

You might like this list Joanne McNeil did on "The Best Books On The Origins Of The Tech Industry" https://shepherd.com/best-books/the-origins-of-the-tech-indu...
She wrote a book called "Lurking: How a Person Became a User" that is really interesting and explores the internet from the POV of the user.
This is more about the origins of the tech industry so a little older focus, but still had some cool stuff.

hindsightbias · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine

bwh2 · Answer

I enjoyed these books:* Strategy Rules* How Google Works* Founders at Work