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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Paperback – January 1, 2016

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Apress; 3rd ed. edition (January 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1484221575
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1484221570
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.79 x 9.25 inches

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Michael Lopp is a veteran Silicon Valley-based engineering leader who builds both people and product at historic companies such as Borland, Netscape, Palantir, Pinterest, Slack, and Apple. While he's not deeply worrying about staying relevant, he writes about backpacks, bridges, people, leadership, and werewolves at the popular weblog, Rands in Repose. He currently works at Apple on "things".

Michael has three two books. His first book "Managing Humans, 3rd Edition" is a popular guide to the art of engineering leadership and clearly explains that while you will be rewarded for what you build, you will only be successful because of your people. His second book "Being Geek" is a career handbook for geeks and nerds alike. Michael's third book, "The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well" will be published in June of 2020.

Michael rides bikes in the mountains, splits wood, and drinks red wine amongst the redwoods of Northern California because staying sane is more important than staying busy.

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Wanzi

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2022

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Managing Software Engineers has some nuances compared to other fields. This book does a good job of making it easy to digest. There are some good points of humor as well as just overall good advice.

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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.

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Aaron Dunlop

you'll understand your role a little better and probably pick a few nuggets up

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 4, 2016

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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.

20 people found this helpful

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Edwin Dalorzo

I was expecting more, given its title

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2019

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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.

14 people found this helpful

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ElCapitanLV

Amazing book!

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This is an amazing book, and i wonder what would happen if employers, and managers, followed even half of the information it contains. If you are a manager, or have a manager, you should study this book. There is a wealth of information that will change the way you look at engineers and managers.

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Hunter Dishner

It's worth the read IMO

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

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Meeple Mountain

Still has good advice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2023

As someone who has just taken over a management position, this book at lots good advice. Although there are some things that I disagree with.

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Eileen

I use the insight from this book all the time ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 4, 2018

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I use the insight from this book all the time at work. It has helped me when work disaster strikes.

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Andrew Austin

Enlightening, and my go-to for management motivation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 12, 2020

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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.

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Chris Ford

Human and insightful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 11, 2019

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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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Asif Siddiqui

Good coverage of all aspects of manager’s life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 22, 2018

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

5 people found this helpful

Eva Du Lieu

Brilliant book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2019

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Enforces the way I work

Marina & Pavel Economides

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 23, 2018

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