Required Reading¶

At work, we have a wiki page that’s called Required Reading. Named after that oh-so-lovely tradition in high school or college of having books that you needed to read over the summer before you started class. The idea being that they are relics of the culture of the company, and if you read everything, you will understand a lot about how work (and play) is done.

I think this is something useful that most companies should have. It was basically split into two parts: Silly and Serious. The silly parts are so that you can understand all of the inside jokes and references that people are bound to make. The serious parts are more philosophy and thoughts behind how we write code and do things.

Silly¶ Being a python shop, this Youtube Monty Python playlist is a must watch. It’s got most of the famous Python gags, and being knowledgeable about the languages namesake makes you a more rounded human being. Speaking of namesakes, Django Reinhardt is a great jazz player, so I recommend you learn about him as well. He was quite the bad ass. After that, there are just some of the classic online videos that everyone should watch: DJ Ango

Bill O’Reily DO IT LIVE (remix) for when you’re doing it live.

Nerf guns gone wild. Again.

SCHNAPPI. Cutest Crocodile Ever. and such.