February 2024
Beginner
362 pages
9h 7m
English
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Appendix A. Additional Resources
I want this book to answer every important question you’ll have about becoming and operating as an Engineering executive, but that’s more ground than any book can realistically cover. Being a good Engineering executive encompasses the entirety of the domains of software engineering and executive management, which themselves are too broad to cover in any one book. This appendix collects a number of resources that I have found useful in my career as an engineer, Engineering manager, and Engineering executive. If you’re looking for more, I recommend each of these.
Foundational Reading
Carse, James P. Finite and Infinite Games. New York: Free Press, 2013.
DeMarco, Tom. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency. New York: Crown Currency, 2002.
DeMarco, Tom, and Timothy Lister. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999.
Drucker, Peter F. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done. New York: Harper Business, 2006.
Forsgren, Nicole, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim. Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations. Portland: IT Revolution Press, 2018.
Fournier, Camille. The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change. Sebastopol: O’Reilly Media, 2017.
Gerber, Michael E. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. New York: Harper Business, 2004.
Grove, Andrew S. ...
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