How I Spent My Professional Development Stipend (book haul edition!)

One of the perks of working in tech is that sometimes you get a professional development/learning stipend! At my company, once you reach the six-month mark working there, you can start to use your stipend!

With my stipend, I bought a BUNCH of books! The books focused on education, storytelling, design/accessibility in design, and personal growth. Here’s a look at the books I bought with my professional development stipend.

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Education

Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen

Storytelling

Pixar Storytelling by Dean Moshovitz

Stories that Stick by Kindra Hall

Unleash the Power of Storytelling by Rob Biesenbach

Design/Accessibility

Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann

Inclusive Design for a Digital World by Regine M. Gilbert

Personal Growth

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA

Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley and David Kelley

Effortless by Greg McKeown

The End of Bias: A Beginning by Jessica Nordell

Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

My Life in Full by Indra Nooyi

Sparked by Jonathan Fields

Conclusion

I am super excited to start reading these! What books have you bought for professional development? Let me know!

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