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James Stanier - Director of Engineering at Shopify & Author of "Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager" ‪@jstanier‬
Gergely Orosz - Writing The Pragmatic Engineer & Author of "The Software Engineer's Guidebook" ‪@pragmaticengineer‬
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DESCRIPTION
Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments.
In your career, you’ll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory.
How do you decide whether this career move is right for you?
And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed?
Where do you start?
How do you know that you’re doing it right?
What does “it” even mean?
And isn’t management a dirty word?
This book will share the secrets you need to know to manage engineers successfully.
* Book description: © Pragmatic Programmers:
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TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:39 The real stories behind the book
12:35 Journey to become an engineering manager
15:13 Prescriptions vs tools: Why this book is different
23:05 Getting into management: How to make it happen
27:54 Trends in engineering management
36:18 3 Must-have tools in management
43:41 Book recommendations
44:54 Outro
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
James Stanier • Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager • amzn.to/3vHrx1E
James Stanier • Effective Remote Work • amzn.to/499Kqcd
Gergely Orosz • The Software Engineer's Guidebook • amzn.to/490DPR2
Gergely Orosz • Building Mobile Apps at Scale • amzn.to/496Ho8A
David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • amzn.to/3GI468M
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life • amzn.to/3SIgSx2
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