Comment by aristofun

> I'm missing out on utilizing these tools fully.

mastering a tool doesn’t make you a better engineer, only better expert in a particular tool. And it is not the “next level”.

Next level is about getting a wider perspective and bigger picture view on your craft and your job.

On a conceptual/phylosophical level any decent book about building, engineering or designing any complex thing (preferably based on real events, not some made up boring fluff like “deadline” by Tom Demarco) would contain some gems.

I don’t know any single book that is full of gems.

To make this comment useful this is one of many examples, of a book that have couple of good ideas (about feedback system for example) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1501427.Managing_The_Des...