The Art of Leadership
by Michael Lopp · first published 2020
100% recommend
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Practical, situation-based guide to engineering management drawn from the author's years managing at Apple, Netscape and Slack; often recommended for new and first-time managers and tech leads.
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…ago in an established company with over 100 engineers, I think these two are the minimum required reading: An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Eng Management (https://lethain.com/elegant-puzzle) and The Art of Leadership, small things done well (https://www.amazon.com/Art-Leadership-Small-Things-Done/dp/1...) There are a lot more that were helpful to me, but those two encompass most of the important concepts and skills…
on “Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO?” ↗The Managers Path is mentioned earlier. Can also recommend: - The Art of Leadership by Michael Lopp (aka Rands of Rands in Repose fame) Which tackles situations he encountered (and are all too familiar) while managing in various roles at Apple, Netscape and Slack. - The Engineering…
on “Ask HN: How can I oversee an e-com website development?” ↗…Startup (Eric Ries) - The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Steve Blank) - Zero to One (Peter Thiel) Management/Leadership - The Effective Executive (Peter Drucker) - Managing Humans (Michael Lopp) - The Art of Leadership (Michael Lopp) - High Output Management (Andy Grove) - Managing Oneself (Peter Drucker) - Essentials: Management (First Round Capital) - The Making of a Manager (Julie Zhuo) - The Powell Principles (Oren…
on “Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?” ↗…https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/blob/master... - http://www.cs.unc.edu/techreports/86-020.pdf Books: - The Phoenix Project: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford - Deep Work: Cal Newport - The Art of Leadership: Michael Lopp (Rands) - Extreme Ownership: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (once you get through the ho-rah stuff it's a fantastic read) - Time Management for System Administrators: O'Reilly (fantastic…
on “Ask HN: Reading material on how to be a better software engineer?” ↗