Books I read in 2018 and Predictions

List of books I read in 2018 in prioritized order of importance and impact :

1. Algorithms To Live By

2. The Hard Thing About Hard Things

3. High Growth Handbook

4. High Output Management 

5. Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity 

6. Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

7. Kubernetes In Action 

8. Kubernetes Up & Running

9. Data Intensive Applications

10. The Managers Path

11. Reset
12. Rapid Modernization Of Java Apps

List Of Books In Progress

1. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures 

2. Sell with a Story

Here is a list of books I will read/ work through in 2019 :

1. A Programmers Introduction to Mathematics
2. Istio-In-Action

3. Philosophy Of Software Design
4. Chaos -Engineering eBook. infoQ- eMAG on chaos-engineering
5. Dare To Lead
6. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) 
7. Reactive Spring book by Josh Long
8. The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm 
9. Thinking Fast and Slow

Books I am looking forward to reading 

1. Super Thinking

Magazines That I read

1. ACM Queue
2. Prose Garden
3. OReilly News Letters
4. Thoughtworks Radar

Podcasts That I listen to .. 

Predictions of 2019

Please note that these are not my employers opinions and these predictions are just that => future indicators based on past experience.  

1. Middleware modernization to cloud native tech and services accelerates dramatically

2. Further consolidation in the PaaS space. Pivotal and Docker are all acquisition targets.

3. Kubernetes enters trough of disillusionment. Serverless becomes the new darling particularly from the cost savings perspective. 

4. Backlash against AWS monopoly with increased adoption of multi-cloud and poly-cloud. 

5. ML/AI is infused in every product/ software category.