Reddit reviews System Dynamics

I'm in Power Electronics, but here's 2 that could be good by a Reddit Search:

-https://www.amazon.com/System-Dynamics-Katsuhiko-Ogata/dp/8131709345/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=

-https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Control-Engineering-Ogata/dp/8120340108/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=

Sounds like you should read the 1st, then the 2nd.

What I would suggest is to buy the paperback or cheapest used version you can, then bring it to work and keep it on your desk. If you have downtime, crack it open, read a chapter, take notes and write down stuff you don't understand and look it up on google if possible. That's what I do. I actually bought a cheap-ass book, so I just write notes right in it. I never did that in school, but I find it extremely easy because you don't have loose paper all over the place and you never have to figure out what you were having a question about because you point to the text that confuses you. And with engineer pay, $30-40 is basically peanuts, especially considering that if you actually knew that book front to back, you could probably see a $10k raise minimum, assuming it's relevant to your company.

It turns out that most of these fields have some fundamental ideas and you can learn a lot from a book, especially as you work with companies. I never understood why customers do things certain ways, then when I read about GCTs and Thyristors, I understood exactly why they want to do things a certain way. Had I read the book with no experience, I would've probably just skipped the GCT and Thyristor chapters because they're old and no one really wants to use them anymore in new designs, but I am glad that I did because every now and then that knowledge comes in handy and I am one of the very few young guys who has it.