Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

by Akanksha Gupta

Released July 2024

Publisher(s): Manning Publications

ISBN: None

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Audiobook description

Unlock your full potential as an effective, efficient, and inspiring leader, and be the software engineering manager that your team deserves!

Most development teams are only as good as their leader. In this practical guide, you’ll explore all aspects of the software engineering manager’s job, from operational practices to the core skills of handling humans.

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager is full of all the skills you’ll need to thrive in software leadership, including:

People and performance management
Empathy and feedback
Delegation and learning to let go
Hiring amazing engineers and handling attrition
Collaborating with cross-functional partners
Managing expectations at all levels
Implementing engineering and operational excellence
Time and organizational change management

Experienced team leader Akanksha Gupta helps you explore whether software engineering management is the right move for your career, guides you through preparing for the position, and gives you all the tools you need to thrive in the role. Thought-provoking exercises help you apply what you learn to your daily professional life, and prepare you for making the big decisions about software.

About the Technology
A software engineering manager needs to be an amazing communicator, an effective decision maker, and a thoughtful mentor. Your success depends on your ability to evaluate and manage projects, motivate and lead your team, and coolly handle whatever crisis each new day brings. It’s a big transition, and this book will guide you every step of the way.

About the Book
Think Like a Software Engineering Manager teaches you how to hire, train, and lead a successful development team. You’ll start with building and managing your team to maximize performance. You’ll then quickly progress to strategies for delivering large scale projects, cultivating excellence in your projects, and managing change. Author Akanksha Gupta’s battle stories and industry anecdotes from her work at Amazon, Audible, Robinhood, and Microsoft reveal how the experts handle the biggest engineering management challenges.

What's Inside

People and performance management
Hiring amazing engineers and handling attrition
Collaborating with cross-functional partners
Practice for success with insightful exercises

About the Reader
For new and aspiring software engineering managers.

About the Author
Akanksha Gupta is an engineering leader at Amazon AWS. She has served as an engineering manager at Robinhood, Audible, and Microsoft and passionately champions the cause of empowering women within the tech industry.

The technical editor on this book was Bruce Bergman.

Quotes
Enlightening and engaging. A peek into the multifaceted responsibilities of an engineering manager and an effective tutorial for mastering the role.
- Azizur Rahman, Zenobē Energy Limited

Steeped in gems of wisdom to help you navigate your teams to excellence!
- Amit Basnak, KPMG

Will help you adapt your processes to make your projects even more successful.
- Mario-Leander Reimer, QAware

Start your journey towards becoming an engineering manager!
- Harsh Raval, Zymr Systems