I avoid linking articles which are behind pay walls so that they are accessible to everyone. Please let me know if you come across a dead link. 

Semiconductor Industry: 

• Bill Dally from NVDIA has one the best talk on semiconductor industry in past few years. He talks about trends in deep learning hardware over the last decade and where we are going in the next decade in this YouTube lecture. 

• The hardware lottery paper very well captures what a future of hardware industry might be like. Though the paper focuses on the digital electronics landscape, I believe the analysis is applicable to much broader industry. 

The PhD grind: I was naive to think that PhD was only about research. In fact, it is much more and as a student these links might help you. 

• The thesis whisperer is a great blog covering various aspects of PhD life. If you are one of the fortunate ones that has an opportunity to pursue a PhD, you might have to go through "the valley of sh*t" [aka worst point during your PhD]. For me it was during my fourth year. Read more here [Link]. 

  • There is also a nice collection of other PhD blogs on this website [Link]. 

• Mental health: It is exceptionally important to make sure that you maintain your physical and mental health during your PhD. Some of the recent studies have pointed that more than one-third graduate students undergo depression during PhD [Link, Link], twitter thread [Link]. 

• Writing: Here is a nice blog post to get started on scientific writing [Link]. For a broader audience, you might want to refer to the book - "Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace" by Joseph M. Williams and Joseph Bizup. 

• Communication with supervisor: I feel this aspect of the PhD is most neglected. It is very essential to have good communication especially with your supervisor or academic mentor(s). Here is a nice starting point [Link].

• Abuse in academia: When I look back and recollect stories from my peers at Stanford and other places, it is not difficult to put together a picture of blatant abuse of power in academia. Unfortunately, the research system is set up for bullies and there is very less or non-existent effort to change that picture. If you are starting out a PhD or are already enrolled it is never too late to understand the power structure around you and how that could lead to abuse. Here are few links to get you started with - bullies in research.

Career: While thinking about the career, it might be useful to get out of your bubble once in a while and think about the large picture.

• My generation is over-excited about "finding your passion" when thinking about career. Unfortunately, this idea is constantly reinforced in the pop culture.  It might have worked for few lucky once, however I am extremely skeptical about such an advice. A rewarding career is most likely a mix of raw skills, persistence, and hard work. Here is a nice advice of "developing" a passion instead of finding it. 

• One of my favorite blogs (WaitButWhy) recently covered the topic of career quite nicely. It is long but worth the read [Link]. 

• The three basic questions that you should ask yourself while choosing a career [Link]. Also, Andrew Ng's advice on choosing a career [Link].

• Negotiation: Engineers are often shy of negotiating the salary. This is the only time when you have a significant upside in your career while spending least amount of time. If you are looking to find a new job or in the process of getting hired, please refer to this blog wonderful blog-post.  [Link]

Computation:

• An introduction to Richard Feynman and computation [Link]. I would also like to recommend Feynman's seminal paper: There is plenty of room at the bottom.