Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager 3rd Edition by Michael Lopp (PDF)

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Read 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.Whether you’re an aspiring manager, a current manager, or just wondering what the heck a manager does all day, there is a story in this book that will speak to you—and help you survive and prosper amid the general craziness of dysfunctional bright people caught up in the chase of riches and power. Scattered in repose among these manic misfits are managers, an even stranger breed of people who, through a mystical organizational ritual, have been given power over the futures and the bank accounts of many others.Lopp’s straight-from-the-hip style is unlike that of any other writer on management and leadership. He pulls no punches and tells stories he probably shouldn’t. But they are magically instructive and yield Lopp’s trenchant insights on leadership that cut to the heart of the matter—whether it’s dealing with your boss, handling a slacker, hiring top guns, or seeing a knotty project through to completion.Writing code is easy. Managing humans is not. You need a book to help you do it, and this is it.What You’ll LearnLead engineersHandle conflictHire wellMotivate employeesManage your bossDiscover how to say noUnderstand different engineering personalitiesBuild effective teamsRun a meeting wellScale teamsWho This Book Is ForManagers and would-be managers staring at the role of a manager wondering why they would ever leave the safe world of bits and bytes for the messy world of managing humans. The book covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build a lasting and useful engineering culture.

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⭐I was re-reading edition 2 of this book and got halfway through. Realized there was a third edition and went back and re-read the new one. There isn’t a huge difference and there’s a ton of value to be mined with either version but the new one has several new chapters – including one that was very much worth it.No matter where you are in your career, read this book. As an employee, you’ll understand your boss and other teams. As a leader, you’ll understand your role a little better and probably pick a few nuggets up.

⭐I bought this book mainly because I had read another book from this author that I enjoyed a lot: Being Geek. However, this time I found the title of the book too sublime for the contents of its actual pages.The book appears to be a collection of blog posts or small articles from the author’s experience as an engineering manager. There’s a lot of oversimplification and generalizations in its pages and perhaps that’s why I didn’t find it easy to identify with author’s perspective in many of its chapters.That being said, it is very obvious the author does have a lot of experience as a manager. The book does contain some sort of raw “street” wisdom and I found a few valuable, or at least, interesting stories, here and there, scattered throughout its pages. I also enjoyed the author’s direct and uncensored style of writing.Not among the best books I’ve read this year, but it wasn’t an entire waste of time either. I did learn a thing or two.

⭐Highly recommended for first time managers. It has many examples and scenarios for first time managers. Very interesting read. Again, must read for first time managers.

⭐Outline of Book: There are about ~50 mini subjects (separated as chapters) about random scenarios. The author talks about his experience as an engineer and as a manager.Analysis: A lot of time, he talks about nonsense before he gets to the point. He could have shortened many pages by a paragraph or two. Some of the contents are great, however, he just adds bloated content, effectively wasting my time.Conclusion: Overall, as an engineer and as a manager, I did not get much value from this book.

⭐Awesome and entertaining.

⭐This books tries to treat engineers as objects I think empathy is completely missing. Its good for Managers not for Leaders.

⭐The book is easily readable and has many eye opening moments. Some chapters were very insightful and made me self-reflect on many practices I do/don’t as a team leader, while few chapters were not as good. Overall, Rands (the author) is a gifted writer with a fresh writing style mixing frankness and humor in a delightful way.

⭐It’s been a good book. I’ve recommended it to a few people now

⭐In this book, Michael Lopp talks about (amongst many other things) the notion of “the scrub” – reading that designed to encourage the mind to be creative, to start thinking about problems, and in doing so build up the motivation to start the tasks that are hanging over you.This book is my version of the scrub. The chapters are short and only tangentially related, but reading each one gives me a spark of inspiration about my management style and my team, and often I run away from it to immediately jump back into work.I highly recommend for any new software managers or engineers who are making the jump over.

⭐- Specific do’s and don’t are good- Some chapters were ramblings- Initial chapters were more interesting and then start getting boring

⭐I don’t always have the same perspective as the author (I work in an organisation without managers), but I always find what they have to say interesting and on point. In particular, I recommend this book to people who want to level up their 1-2-1s.

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⭐Enforces the way I work

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