Why Every Tech & IT Pro MUST Read The Phoenix Project

Описание: This is a book review of "The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win" by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford.

If you work in tech—whether you're a software engineer, DevOps, data analyst, or IT manager—this book might be a game changer for your career.

But this isn’t your typical dry IT book. It’s a novel packed with drama, real-world tech chaos, and incredibly valuable lessons about managing work, reducing bottlenecks, and building better IT systems.

As a software developer, I was surprised how much this book resonated with my own experience — and I think every tech professional should read it at least once in their career.

👉 What you'll learn in this video:
Why The Phoenix Project is still relevant 10+ years later
An overview of the story
Summary and Key principles from the book
An honest take from pov of a developer
Lessons you can apply to your job right away

📌 Chapters:
00:00 Intro about The Phoenix project book
01:23 What is so special about this book
03:37 The premise of the story
05:09 Core principle: 4 Types of IT work
06:07 Core principle: Theory of constraints
07:00 Visibility of work through Kanban boards
07:46 My take on The Phoenix project as a Data Engineer
09:29 Follow-up novel - The Unicorn project
09:48 Outro

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👋 Hi friend, my name is Eugene and I'm just a dev 👨🏼‍💻
I've been in tech for 5 years, working as a Data Engineer 📊

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