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Love the idea! Suggestion (I assume that the link is posted by the author or at least author will see this): include links to some some of the "required"/import

by iyn 10y ago

Love the idea! Suggestion (I assume that the link is posted by the author or at least author will see this): include links to some some of the "required"/important reading/resources on the topic. It would be great to have materials that are confirmed to be good by the people that know what they're talking about. Maybe somebody here can suggest good resources about management are related topic for the aspiring/first-time CTOs? So far I've seen that this book is frequently recommended: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884 https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/d...

jetsnoc 10y ago
iyn, Author here. Thanks! That's a great suggestion. As you can tell, right now the site and the mailing list is the most minimal of an implementation. We want to build a network, connect and mentor one another through the simplest and easiest mechanism possible - email. Once we have a medium-sized community with dozens of experts, we plan to add community managed content. Perhaps through a wiki? I'll share the books and articles that have positively affected my career. These aren't tried and true and maybe dozens of people would disagree about their value but here they are, for what they are worth: Management: - High output management (Grove, 1995) - Leading Up: How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win (Useem) - It’s your Ship (Abrashoff) - The score takes care of itself (Walsh) - The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Horowitz) - Where good ideas come from (Johnson) - Extreme Ownership (Navy Seals) — (Willink) - Work Rules — (Bock) - 5 Dysfunctions of a team — (Lencioni) - Give and Take (Grant) - This is what impactful Engineering leadership looks like - http://firstround.com/review/this-is-what-impactful-engineering-leadership-looks-like/ - Notes on startup engineering management for young bloods - http://www.elidedbranches.com/2015/10/notes-on-startup-engineering-management.html?m=1 Engineering: - Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Duval, Matyas, Glover, 2007) - Continuous Delivery: Release Software Releases through Build, Test and Deployment Automation (Humble, Farley, 2010) - Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) (Beck, Andres) - SICP: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship - Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Refactoring Databases - Evolutionary Database Design (Ambler, Sadalage, 2006)
- olalonde 10y ago
  I highly recommend "The Phoenix Project" [0]. It's a great mix of entertainment and insight. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_Project_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_Project_(novel)
  - angersock 10y ago
    Or The Mythical Man Month ( https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959 https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineeri... ) Honestly I'm kinda surprised that didn't come up sooner...but only half-surprised.
    - loopbit 10y ago
      This one should be read (and understood) by anyone who fancies him/herself a manager.
- arikr 10y ago
  Of those management books, which have been the most impactful ones if I'm looking to just grab 2-4 now?
  - rdoherty 10y ago
    Mythical Man-Month is widely considered the #1 software engineering management book out there. I'd buy that one before anything else.
    - jetsnoc 10y ago
      If I could only buy three books, it would be: - Peopleware - Mythical Man Month - High output management

by iyn 10y ago

jetsnoc 10y ago

iyn, Author here. Thanks! That's a great suggestion. As you can tell, right now the site and the mailing list is the most minimal of an implementation. We want to build a network, connect and mentor one another through the simplest and easiest mechanism possible - email. Once we have a medium-sized community with dozens of experts, we plan to add community managed content. Perhaps through a wiki? I'll share the books and articles that have positively affected my career. These aren't tried and true and maybe dozens of people would disagree about their value but here they are, for what they are worth: Management: - High output management (Grove, 1995) - Leading Up: How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win (Useem) - It’s your Ship (Abrashoff) - The score takes care of itself (Walsh) - The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Horowitz) - Where good ideas come from (Johnson) - Extreme Ownership (Navy Seals) — (Willink) - Work Rules — (Bock) - 5 Dysfunctions of a team — (Lencioni) - Give and Take (Grant) - This is what impactful Engineering leadership looks like - http://firstround.com/review/this-is-what-impactful-engineering-leadership-looks-like/ - Notes on startup engineering management for young bloods - http://www.elidedbranches.com/2015/10/notes-on-startup-engineering-management.html?m=1 Engineering: - Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Duval, Matyas, Glover, 2007) - Continuous Delivery: Release Software Releases through Build, Test and Deployment Automation (Humble, Farley, 2010) - Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) (Beck, Andres) - SICP: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship - Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Refactoring Databases - Evolutionary Database Design (Ambler, Sadalage, 2006)

olalonde 10y ago
I highly recommend "The Phoenix Project" [0]. It's a great mix of entertainment and insight. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_Project_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phoenix_Project_(novel)
- angersock 10y ago
  Or The Mythical Man Month ( https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959 https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineeri... ) Honestly I'm kinda surprised that didn't come up sooner...but only half-surprised.
  - loopbit 10y ago
    This one should be read (and understood) by anyone who fancies him/herself a manager.
arikr 10y ago
Of those management books, which have been the most impactful ones if I'm looking to just grab 2-4 now?
- rdoherty 10y ago
  Mythical Man-Month is widely considered the #1 software engineering management book out there. I'd buy that one before anything else.
  - jetsnoc 10y ago
    If I could only buy three books, it would be: - Peopleware - Mythical Man Month - High output management