A re-reading list on doing great work: Paul Graham, Altman, Hamming
santoshpanda · x · 2026-09-08
santoshpanda shares his re-reading list on doing great work: five Paul Graham essays (How to Do Great Work, How to Work Hard, How to Get New Ideas, Superlinear Returns, Beyond Smart), three Sam Altman pieces (How Things Get Done, How to Start a Startup, The Days Are Long But the Decades Are Short), Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You, and Richard Hamming's classic You and Your Research.
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