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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's popular website http://www.randsinrepose.com/. Lopp is one of the most sought-after IT managers in Silicon Valley, and draws on his experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland. Among his fans is the incomparable Joel Spolsky (author of Joel on Software), who first suggested
this book.
The book covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build lasting and useful engineering culture. The essays are biting, hilarious, and always informative.
Chapter 1: Taking Time to Think
Chapter 2: Agenda Detection
Chapter 3: Avoiding the Fez
Chapter 4: Incrementalists & Completions
Chapter 5: The Big QA Freak-Out
Chapter 6: Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics
Chapter 7: Secret Titles
Chapter 8: Deconstruction Managers, Pt. 1
Chapter 9: Deconstruction Managers, Pt. 2
Chapter 10: Deconstruction Managers, Pt. 3
Chapter 11: Deconstruction Managers, Pt. 4
Chapter 12: Reinventing the Hallway
Chapter 13: Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence
Chapter 14: Saying No
Chapter 15: Organics and Mechanics
Chapter 16: Mandate Dissection
Chapter 17: Messy Thinking
Chapter 18: 1.0
Chapter 19: The Soak
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