Methods of doing good systems research
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~pattrsn/talks/BadCareer.pdf
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dahlin/advice.html
http://www.computersciencestudent.com/
https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html
https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gernot/benchmarking-crimes.html

Methods of writing papers in top systems venues
http://www.cs.hku.hk/~heming/misc/The-elements-of-style.pdf
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-bugs.html
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-style.html
https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~gernot/style-guide.html