How to read technical books and thinking books?

1 Technical book reading method: clear purpose

General steps:

• According to your purpose and question, extract key words and actions to form a simple note
• Use the newly learned knowledge to practice in work, or do a small project independently
• In the process, record your own practice feelings and the key points of stepping on the pit
• Go back to perfect your notes, and finally organize the output

key point:

1. Set reading goals, choose and read with questions.
   Technical books are to find answers with questions. First of all, find a suitable book list around your goals. Secondly, with your key doubts, use the multiple reading method to find the problem you want to solve, you can skip and skim. Record the core keywords in fast reading. Every 10 keywords can be summarized into 3-5 key points or a series of actions.

How to select the book list around the goal? Suppose, the problem you encounter is-[How to design a spike system? ], the list of books may include:
Principle side: CAP principle
Architecture side: Static file separation, CDN design, Redis caching principle, database optimistic lock design, current limiting scheme design, load balancing strategy
Code side: inventory reduction, deduction Reduction and withholding, design of closing orders and replenishment, inventory preheating.
Security side: How to prevent scalpers, malicious shooting, and DDOS attacks
——Yin Hao, technical expert of Amoy Department’s technical department

2. Set action goals and apply what you have learned to a good cycle.
   Only when knowledge is put into action can it be transformed into ability. Some students wondered why they were reading and typing while taking notes to achieve a small effect. In the end, it was like a stone flowing through the water. When the wind blew and the sun was basking, nothing was left. (My current status)

3. For particularly difficult technical papers or content reading methods,
   face an obscure subject, footnotes, endnotes, references, etc., do not miss any small things. You should divide them into pieces, cut them into small pieces of knowledge, and deal with them one by one. You can finally fill in all the knowledge gaps, otherwise, these gaps will prevent you from understanding the whole idea. Find a core article in the field, and after studying all the auxiliary materials along the way, you will also leave an overall understanding and impression of this field.
   (Feynman Learning Method)

4. A very profitable fairy-level reading method-Quantum speed reading method (manual dog head)
   "Indeed, quantum mechanics."
   Close your eyes and open your perception. After reading a 100,000-word book within 2 minutes, you can properly repeat it .
   There is no book, it can't be solved by the quantum speed reading method.
   As long as you dare to believe it.

2 Reading method of general thinking books: grasp the theme

Books such as science, history, philosophy, and physics can help people improve the level of thinking and the realm of cognition.

Main method: question + answer, try your best to answer the following questions, or ask more questions.

1. On the whole, what is this book talking about? (View and read)
2. What are the details of this book? How did it unfold? (Analytical reading)
3. Are the views of this book reasonable? Does it make sense in whole or in parts? (Analytical reading)
4. What is the relationship between this book and you? (Topic reading)

After reading each book, force yourself to output the answers to these questions. To get the advancement of ideas from the book, you have to "interact" with this book. It must not be a pastime process.

The first to read is to choose books. Then read the book first to look at the pulse, and finally to look at the details in order. After reading, the core is to combine the links and thinking of your own experience, and then go back and read the past and learn the new. A good book needs to be read many times for its own sake. The core is still thinking and understanding while reading. In each book, "it is worthwhile to combine a few points with one's own experience to have some insights."

reference:

1. How to read technical books to achieve the best results? : Https://www.zhihu.com/question/20230133