An Elegant Puzzle
Will Larson · Practical approaches to engineering management, from team sizing to technical debt and succession planning.
2 people say it helped them, in their own words on Hacker News.
What people said
i'm debating whether to change into management and this one really helped me understand a bit more what goes into engineering management.
This book helped me transition and it's one I push on all of our leads.
Description from Open Library
There's a saying that people don't leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured.
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Getting to the good solutions of complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams, and, ultimately, the success or failure of companies.
Will Larson's An Elegant Puzzle orients around the particular challenges of engineering management--from sizing teams to technical debt to succession planning--and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Will Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management that leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes can apply.
An Elegant Puzzle balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.
What people got from it AI summary
Best if you're moving into engineering management or helping new leads make that shift.
- Clarified management path
- Eased the leadership transition
- Equipped leads to grow
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Practical tools · 288 pages
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