I Read It But Don’t Get It, or How to Tackle Technical Texts by Stephen Lynch Technical books can be a key and important source of learning for engineers and developers of all experience levels. However, it is not uncommon for some of us to pick up even a famously “approachable” text and struggle to hack our way through each page. Help, however, is on the way -- there are concrete skills that engaged readers of all kinds of texts employ while reading. This talk will outline those techniques while also providing concrete questions that can be used during reading to help you stay more engaged, get more from the reading, and ultimately enrich your skills and knowledge.