As a Software Engineer, Should You Consider Writing a Book

My journey writing a technical book and why you should consider writing one

Gaurav Agarwal
Geek Culture
Published in
4 min readSep 13, 2021

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I have been a tech blogger, and I have been writing posts on Cloud, Containers, and DevOps for a long time. When I started writing, I never thought that I would write an entire book on it one day. Today is when my childhood dream of writing and publishing a book has come true, and below is what I have written.

Modern DevOps Practices by Gaurav Agarwal

I would say it was one of the most fulfilling experiences in my entire life! It is not because it is different from what I was already blogging about, but because you have something to hold in your hand, with your name in it. The entire tangible thing makes it even more special, the feeling difficult to express with mere words!

Well, but you might be wondering, why I choose to write a book rather than to continue writing blogs. Well, the reason is that we human beings still value books, and writing one and publishing it means that what you write makes sense. That is because there are considerable efforts in turning a manuscript into a book. There are various people involved in it, from a Technical reviewer to a technical editor, copy editor, software tester, proofreader, indexer, and the entire production team who design and make your book look like a book.

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Gaurav Agarwal
Geek Culture

Author of Modern DevOps Practices — https://packt.link/XUMM3 | Certified Kubernetes Administrator | Cloud Architect | Connect @ https://gauravdevops.com