Managing humans : more biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manager / Michael Lopp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopp, Michael, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management--Humor.

Personnel management.

Software engineering--Management--Humor.

Software engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 364 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Gatos, California : Apres, [2021]

Summary:

In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author Michael Lopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important software companies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies across Silicon Valley such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Borland detail the experiences of bright software engineers in an ever-changing industry This revised edition of Managing Humans expands on the previous editions' explorations of management essentials including handling stress, building diverse teams, running inclusive meetings, and how to lead in times of crisis. The education of a great leader never stops, and Lopp applies crucial insights to help continue your never-ending leadership education. Whether it is approaching a myriad of engineering personalities or handling unexpected conflict, you will come away with wisdom to handle any team situation. The engineering culture of a company can determine the difference between a product's ultimate success or failure. Managing Humans is here to guide managers and aspiring managers into the intimidating world of people and their vastly different personalities. Handle conflict, infuse innovation into your approach, and be the most confident manager you can be after reading this book. What You Will Learn Lead engineers Handle conflict Understand different engineering personalities Who This Book Is For Managers and would-be managers staring at the role of a manager wondering why they would ever leave the safe world of bits and bytes for the messy world of managing humans.

Contents:

Part I

1: Don't Be A Prick

2: Managers Are Evil

3: Stables and Volatiles

4: The Rands Test

5: How to Run a Meeting

6: The Twinge

7: The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster

8: Lost in Translation

9: Agenda Detection

10: Management via Worry and Crisis

11: Dissecting the Mandate

12: Information Starvation

13: Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence

14: Your Mid-Year Leadership Check-in

15: Managementese

16: You're Not Listening

17: The Hotel Giraffe

18: Fred Hates the Off-Site

19: A Different Kind of DNA

20: An Engineering Mindset

21: Tear It Down

22: Titles Are Toxic

23: Saying No

Part II

24: 1.0

25: The Process Myth

26: How to Start

27: Taking Time to Think

28: Meetings are Not For You

29: The Value of the Soak

30: Capturing Context

31: Trickle Theory

32: When the Sky Falls

33: Hacking is Important

34: WFH

35: Entropy Crushers

36: Your Culture is Rotting

37: The Metronome

Part III

38: Bored People Quit

39: Bellwethers

40: The Ninety-Day Interview

41: Managing Nerds

42: Incrementalists and Completionists

43: NADD

44: A Nerd in a Cave

45: Meeting Creatures

46: Organics and Mechanics

47: Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics

48: The Wolf

49: Free Electrons

50: The Old Guard

51: Rules for the Reorg

52: An Unexpected Connection

53: You are Going on a Quest

54: A Glimpse and a Hook

55: Nailing the Phone Screen

56: Your Resignation Checklist

57: Shields Down

58: Chaotic, Beautiful Snowflakes

59: Epilogue: Fear is a Liar

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Lopp, Michael Managing Humans

ISBN:

9781523150847

152315084X

9781484271162

1484271165

OCLC:

1290840738

Publisher Number:

9781484271155

9781484271162