Shipping greatness
by Chris Vander Mey · first published 2012
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Shipping Greatness by Chris Vander Mey is a brilliant book that relates his experience at Google and Amazon and the culture of quality necessary to ship reliable products that will be used by millions. Well written and…
on “Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers?” ↗Shipping Greatness by Chris Vander Mey
on “Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?” ↗Relevant books: - Shipping Greatness - Managing Humans - Team Genius Coding practices are hard and team specific. 60 people company is small enough where things change fast so if you make "coding practices" too tight and restrictive then…
on “What is the best resource for learning to lead a software team?” ↗…(HN discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6763683) 'Team Geek' is a great primer on technical leadership: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920018025.do Another recommended book is 'Shipping Greatness': http://shippinggreatness.com Assuming you're already familiar with 'The Lean Startup', there has been a series of excellent 'sequels' on many more specific disciplines that you will likely find useful:…
on “Ask HN: Dev promoted to more strategic role in startup. What literature?” ↗For this topic I recommend book called Shipping Greatness. The book has different sections for non technical people on how to work with engineers and how to work with designers.
on “Ask HN: What do non-technical founders need to know about software dev?” ↗Shipping Greatness https://www.amazon.com/Shipping-Greatness-Practical-launchin...
on “Ask HN: Best books to transition from development to product management?” ↗