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Steven Sinofsky

Software engineer; former Microsoft Office and Windows leader

A software engineer who led major Microsoft product organizations. His documented reading endorsements explore engineering failure and computing history.

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Books Steven Sinofsky recommends, documented so far

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Engineering Design

To Engineer Is Human

by Henry Petroski

Documented citation: Steven Sinofsky praises this book for explaining how engineers learn from failures and why well-intentioned designs can go wrong.

Documented citation · Recommended

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16 (x)4 Books We Read Winter 2017

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Andreessen Horowitz · 2017-12-28 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Named contributed reading selection

Directly inspected the named contributor section and positive endorsement.

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Technology History Computing

A History of Modern Computing

by Paul E. Ceruzzi · 1998

Documented citation: Steven Sinofsky recommends revisiting this computing history to understand the technical foundations of the field.

Documented citation · Recommended

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16 (x3) Books We’re Reading This Winter 2019

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Andreessen Horowitz · 2019-12-22 · accessed 2026-10-01

article · Named contributed reading selection

Directly inspected the named contributor section and positive endorsement.

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