A Day in the Life of a Senior Leader

About the Author

Michael Lopp is a veteran Silicon Valley–based engineering leader who builds both people and products at historic companies including Slack, Borland, Netscape, Palantir, Pinterest, and Apple. When he’s not reminding the robots why he’s relevant, he writes about leadership, timepieces, superheroes, and humans at the popular weblog Rands in Repose.

Michael has written three other books. His first, Managing Humans, now in its fifth edition, is a popular guide to the art of leadership, explaining that while you will be rewarded for what you build, your success is only because of your people. His second book, The Software Developer’s Career Handbook, is a field guide for geeks and nerds alike. Michael’s third, The Art of Leadership, details how focusing on the small stuff is critical to becoming a better leader.

In his free time, Michael rides bikes that each have a name, wonders about semicolons, drinks red wine, and cares deeply about the redwood trees of Northern California, because curiosity is how you grow.