Software Manager

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. 

Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments. In your career, you'll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory. How can you decide whether this career move is right for you? And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed? Where do you start? How do you know that you're doing it right? What does "it" even mean? And isn't management a dirty word? This book will share the secrets you need to know to manage engineers successfully.

Clean Architecture is an essential book for every current or aspiring software architect, systems analyst, system designer, and software manager - and for every programmer who must execute someone else’s designs. 

Listen to hilarious stories with serious lessons that Michael Lopp extracts from his varied and sometimes bizarre experiences as a manager at Apple, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, Symantec, Slack, and Borland. Many of the stories first appeared in primitive form in Lopp’s perennially popular blog, Rands in Repose. The third edition of Managing Humans contains a whole new season of episodes from the ongoing saga of Lopp's adventures in Silicon Valley, together with classic episodes remastered for high fidelity and freshness. 

Are you a software engineer dreaming of the CTO title? Already a CTO looking to level up? This is the playbook you've been waiting for. THE UNICORN CTO is the most comprehensive guide ever written on technology leadership—packed with 95,000 words of battle-tested wisdom from the trenches of building platforms serving millions of users. 📊 WHAT'S INSIDE: ✓ 35 in-depth chapters covering EVERY aspect of the CTO role ✓ 250+ insider tips you won't find in any other book ✓ 30+ real-world case studies (successes AND failures) ✓ Proven frameworks: STAR-L storytelling, CTO Portfolio ...

Use this book as your guide to becoming a Product Manager and landing your first Product Management role! This book will provide an actionable roadmap for those who aspire to a career in the rewarding world of Product Management. Product Management is an impactful role that encourages creativity, collaboration, deep learning, and autonomy. With dedication and perseverance, you can develop the skills necessary to become an exceptional product manager. In this book you will learn more about what this role entails, about how to hone skills required, and most importantly, how to apply these ...

Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of the Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined.

Author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate the diverse data landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications. 

Ship faster with coding agents—without handing quality control to a probability distribution. Coding agents can inspect a repository, edit multiple files, run tools, respond to failures, and prepare a change for review. The opportunity is real. So is the gap between an impressive demo and a dependable production workflow. AI Coding Agents in Production gives senior developers, tech leads, engineering managers, and platform teams a provider-neutral operating system for closing that gap. Inside you will learn how to: • choose work with strong, observable feedback; • write task briefs ...

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Technical Program Manager’s Guide to Success. This guide is designed to take you on a complete journey through the world of Technical Program Management from foundational concepts to advanced strategies, and ultimately, to the evolving future of the role. Whether you are just stepping into a TPM role or looking to refine your expertise, this book provides both knowledge and practical tools that you can apply immediately in your career.Here’s what you can expect along the way: Introduction & Foundations Build a clear understanding of the TPM role and ...

Scrum is the most widely adopted Agile framework in the world. It is easy to understand and yet, difficult to master. Having trained thousands of professionals across the world and helped them implement Scrum in their organizations, the authors provide practical, succinct, and effective answers to 50 of the most common questions about Scrum. This book is for Scrum practitioners, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile Coaches who want to refine their expertise and to take Scrum to the next level. Includes an interview with Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum Sprint Your Way to Scrum will ...

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know. With ninety-seven short and extremely useful tips for engineering managers, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your management skills through sound advice.

Unlock the Secrets to Managing Software Development! Building Better Software provides clear, actionable insights to help you lead your teams more effectively, ensuring that the software your team creates is well-designed, robust, and thoroughly tested. Author Martin J. Fenelon breaks down the complexities of software development into simple, actionable steps that project managers can follow, no matter their technical background. Discover how to guide your team confidently through every phase of the project lifecycle, regardless of delivery methodology. Learn how to identify warning signs, ...

Unlock the Power of ChatGPT to Transform Your Marketing Strategy Marketing is evolving faster than ever — and artificial intelligence is now the competitive advantage separating average teams from high-performing ones. ChatGPT for Marketing Managers is a practical, results-driven guide designed specifically for marketing professionals who want to use AI tools to increase productivity, improve campaign performance, and drive measurable growth. If you are overwhelmed with content creation, SEO optimization, campaign planning, performance reporting, and stakeholder presentations — this ...

There is a question that haunts every software project, usually asked too late and answered too vaguely: Is this software actually good? Not good in the sense that the team believes in it, or that it passed a handful of tests before shipping — but measurably, verifiably, defensibly good. Good enough to meet a contract. Good enough to trust with a critical process. Good enough to stake your professional reputation on. Most software organisations cannot answer that question with any precision. They rely on intuition, convention, and optimism. They ship, and they hope. Software Metrics is ...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN APP-BASED BUSINESS Do you have a great app idea but no coding skills? ‘How to Make an App Business’ contains no get-rich-quick talk, but just exactly what you need to go from idea to app business. ‘How to Make an App Business’ guides you all the way from idea to launching your app and making a business out of it. The book covers proven and essential steps to build a killer app, get your app off the ramp with solid marketing, and make a viable business. From this book you will learn how to: Build and test early prototypes before starting programming ...

As an engineer, ever found yourself asking the question: “What the heck is my manager doing?!”. I have, many times. Perhaps you’re on your way to becoming a manager yourself, in which case you might be asking: “What the heck am I getting myself into?!”. Of course, if you’re a manager already, chances are you’ve asked yourself at least once: “What the heck am I doing wrong?!”. No matter how you put it, the question on all of our minds at some point has been: “What should the manager be doing?”, and the only good way to answer that question, is to first answer the ...

At some point in your career, you'll realize there's more to being a software engineer than dealing with code. With more than forty stand-alone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job lifecycle, starting with the interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to move on. You'll learn how to handle baffling circumstances in your job, understand what you want from your career, and discover how to thrive in your workplace.

Every software project carries a quiet, persistent anxiety: the fear that something has been missed. A feature quietly broken. An edge case never tested. A handoff poorly documented. The consequences range from embarrassing to catastrophic — and yet, in project teams around the world, testing documentation remains the discipline most likely to be improvised, deferred, or quietly abandoned under deadline pressure. Software Test Plans: A How-To Guide for Project Staff exists to close that gap. Grounded in the rigorous framework of IEEE Standard 829 — the gold standard for software test ...

In Coaching Agile Teams, Lyssa Adkins gives agile coaches the insights they need to adopt this new mind-set and to guide teams to extraordinary performance in a re-energized work environment. You’ll gain a deep view into the role of the agile coach, discover what works and what doesn’t, and learn how to adapt powerful skills from many allied disciplines, including the fields of professional coaching and mentoring.