Well... Peopleware by DeMarco and (of course) Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks. Also... just noticed that Richard Hamming's autobio got published a few years

Well... Peopleware by DeMarco and (of course) Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks. Also... just noticed that Richard Hamming's autobio got published a few years back (and has a forward by Bret Victor!) Amazon has a "Look Inside" feature so you can check out the first couple of chapters and see if it's what you're looking for. I just really love Bret Victor's presentations and Hamming is a bit of a legend. And I just went downstairs to my library and found "The Manager's Path" by Camille Fournier. I read the first several chapters and found them reasonable. And I just rememebered I wanted to read the last couple chapters. The ones in the middle are less to do with my situation, but I'll probably read them eventually. Fournier includes a chapter on "what you should expect from a manager," which I thought was a good twist. I found it worthwhile.