As a software engineer, you recognize at some point that there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? Tell your boss he’s a jerk? Join that startup? Author Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Netscape, and Symantec in Being Geek -- an insightful and entertaining book that will help you make better career decisions.
With more than 40 standalone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job life cycle, starting with the job interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to find another gig. Many books teach you how to interview for a job or how to manage a project successfully, but only this book helps you handle the baffling circumstances you may encounter throughout your career.
<ul>
<li>Decide what you're worth with the chapter on "The Business"</li>
<li>Determine the nature of the miracle your CEO wants with "The Impossible"</li>
<li>Give effective presentations with "How Not to Throw Up"</li>
<li>Handle liars and people with devious agendas with "Managing Werewolves"</li>
<li>Realize when you should be looking for a new gig with "The Itch"</li>
</ul>

Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook

Business & Money

Lopp, Michael

Job Hunting & Careers

O'Reilly Media

At some point in your career, you'll realize there's more to being a software engineer than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? Or join a startup? In this insightful and entertaining book, Michael Lopp recalls his own make-or-break moments with Silicon Valley giants such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Symantec to help you make better, more mindful career decisions. 
With more than 40 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. Learn how to navigate areas of your job that don't involve writing code Identify how the aspects you enjoy will affect your next career steps Build and maintain key relationships and interactions within your community Make choices that will help you have a deliberate career Recognize what's important to your manager and work on things that matter

The Software Developer's Career Handbook: A Guide to Navigating the Unpredictable

The humor and insights in the 2nd Edition of Managing Humans are drawn from Michael Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, among others. This book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other and occasionally throw chairs. It is a place full of dysfunctional bright people who are in an incredible hurry to find the next big thing so they can strike it rich and then do it all over again. Among these people are managers, a strange breed of people who, through a mystical organizational ritual, have been given power over the future and bank accounts of many others. 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 amongst the general craziness.
Lopp's straight-from-the-hip style is unlike any other writer on management. He pulls no punches and tells stories he probably shouldn't. But they are massively instructive and 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.
This second editions expands on the management essentials. It will explain why we hate meetings, but must have them, it carefully documents the right way to have a 1-on-1, and it documents the perils of not listening to your team.
Writing code is easy. Managing humans is not. You need a book to help you do it, and this is it. What you’ll learn<ul>
<li>How to lead geeks </li> <li>How to handle conflict </li> <li>How to hire well </li> <li>How to motivate employees </li> <li>How to manage your boss </li> <li>How to say no </li> <li>How to handle stressed people freaking out </li> <li>How to improve your social IQ </li> <li>How to run a meeting well </li> <li>And much more </li>
</ul>Who this book is for This book is designed for managers 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. Table of ContentsSection 1: The Management Quiver 1. Don't Be a Prick 
2. Managers Are Not Evil 
3. The Rands Test 
4. How to Run a Meeting 
5. The Twinge 
6. The Update, The Vent, and the Disaster 
7. The Monday Freakout 
8. Lost in Translation 
9. Agenda Detection 
10. Mandate Dissection 
11. Information Starvation 
12. Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence 
13. Managementese 
14. Fred Hates It 
15. DNA 
16. An Engineering Mindset
17. Three Superpowers 
18. Saying No 
Part 2: The Process is the Product 
19. 1.0 
20. How to Start 
21. Taking Time to Think 
22. The Soak 
23. Managing Malcolm Events 
24. Capturing Context 
25. Trickle Theory 
26. When the Sky Falls 
27. Hacking is Important 
Part 3: Versions of You 
28. Bored People Quit 
29. Bellwethers 
30. The Ninety Day Interview 
31. Managing Nerds 
32. NADD 
33. A Nerd in a Cave 
34. Meeting Creatures 
35. Incrementalists and Completionists 
36. Organics and Mechanics 
37. Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics
38. Free Electrons 
39. Rules for the Reorg 
40. An Unexpected Connection
41. Avoiding the Fez 
42. A Glimpse and a Hook 
43. Nailing the Phone Screen 
44. Your Resignation Checklist 
Glossary

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Management & Leadership

Apress

Managing Humans

Springer

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 Learn <ul>
<li>Lead engineers 
</li>
<li>Handle conflict 
</li>
<li>Hire well 
</li>
<li>Motivate employees 
</li>
<li>Manage your boss 
</li>
<li>Discover how to say no 
</li>
<li>Understand different engineering personalities 
</li>
<li>Build effective teams</li>
<li>Run a meeting well</li>
<li>Scale teams</li>
</ul>
 Who This Book Is For Managers 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.

<div> In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author Michael Lopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important software companies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies across Silicon Valley such as Apple, Slack, Pinterest, Palantir, Netscape, and Borland detail the experiences of bright software engineers in an ever-changing industry This revised edition of Managing Humans expands on the previous editions' explorations of management essentials including handling stress, building diverse teams, running inclusive meetings, and how to lead in times of crisis. The education of a great leader never stops, and Lopp applies crucial insights to help continue your never-ending leadership education. Whether it is approaching a myriad of engineering personalities or handling unexpected conflict, you will come away with wisdom to handle any team situation. The engineering culture of a company can determine the difference between a product's ultimate success or failure. Managing Humans is here to guide managers and aspiring managers into the intimidating world of people and their vastly different personalities. Handle conflict, infuse innovation into your approach, and be the most confident manager you can be after reading this book. What You Will Learn </div> <div> <div> <ul> <li>Lead engineers </li> <li>Handle conflict</li> <li>Understand different engineering personalities</li> </ul> </div> <div>Who This Book Is For</div> <div>Managers 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.&nbsp; </div> </div>

Managing Humans: More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

<div> Many people think leadership is a higher calling that resides exclusively with a select few who practice and preach big, complex leadership philosophies. But as this practical book reveals, what's most important for leadership is principled consistency. Time and again, small things done well build trust and respect within a team. Using stories from his time at Netscape, Apple, and Slack, Michael Lopp presents a series of small but compelling practices to help you build leadership skills. You'll learn how to create teams that are highly productive, highly respected, and highly trusted. Lopp has been speaking and writing about this topic for over a decade and now maintains a Slack leadership channel with over 13,000 members. The essays in this book examine the practical skills Lopp learned from exceptional leaders--as a manager at Netscape, a senior manager and director at Apple, and an executive at Slack. You'll learn how to apply these lessons to your own experience. </div>

The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well

Business Culture

Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's popular website Rands in Repose(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. This book reveals a variety of different approaches for creating innovative, happy development teams. It 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.

Springer, India, Private Ltd

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