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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact" by Edmond Lau is a highly practical guide for software engineers focused on maximizing their productivity and impact. The book is based on extensive interviews with leaders at top tech companies and Lau's own experience at Google, Quora, and other high-profile companies.

Key concepts include:

Leveraging your efforts by focusing on high-impact activities rather than just working long hours.

Prioritizing regular learning and skill improvement early in your career to gain compounded benefits over time.

Measuring and optimizing your work processes by identifying bottlenecks, automating repetitive tasks, and collecting data to make informed decisions.

Emphasizing fast iteration and validation of ideas to improve effectiveness and avoid wasted effort.

Developing realistic project estimation skills and understanding when to cut losses on low-impact tasks.

Building communication and influence skills to work effectively with teammates and managers even when there are disagreements.

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The book presents a mindset shift from working harder to working smarter, with concrete tactics and strategies to increase leverage—defined as the ratio of impact produced to time invested. It offers actionable advice for engineers at all levels who want to accelerate their career growth, contribute more meaningfully to projects, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.