Things that I don’t like about superficial journalist books:
***Over-reliance anecdotes **, either the internship or the interview: Sure the author spent 2 months in the industry, or they’ve talked a lot with others. Doesn’t mean they understand an industry, and the worst offenders conflate neophyte experience with expertise.
***Lack of Norming: ** What is considered good in an industry, what is bad? Books that tell me about how angry I should be at every flavor of sausagemaking are not helpful.
***Factoids rather than frameworks: **Anybody can find a fact or two, and with just one or two facts you can paint any picture you want.
*Indignation at Satisficing: Everybody cuts corners, in every endeavor. Indignation that ’things should be done better’ is juvenile.
*** Focus on where they got access rather than the players that matter. **