Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

About this episode

Carter and Nathan review Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, stepping away from their usual technical book discussions.

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan take a break from their usual discussion of technical books and review Project Hail Mary by (former software engineer) Andy Weir!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Nodahttps://amzn.to/40l1Pfw------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read…

People in this episode

Hosts: Carter Morgan, Nathan Toups

Topics covered

• science fiction
• book review
• software engineering
• technical literature
• Andy Weir

Keywords

• Project Hail Mary
• Andy Weir
• book review
• software engineering
• Frictionless
• Nicole Forsgren
• Abi Noda

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project Hail Mary, Frictionless

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