#8 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

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Social Capital: The Compound Interest of Your Engineering Career

tl;dr: If you want to understand why high-performing engineers plateau you need to read this one. It's often because they lack social capital, not technical skills. Key insight here is the "lone genius ceiling": brilliant individual contributors who can't scale their impact because they haven't invested in trust, credibility, and relationships. The author breaks down practical micro-habits that turn networking from awkward small talk into systematic influence-building that actually moves work forward.