Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

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Think Like a Software Engineering Manager teaches you how to hire, train, and lead a successful development team. You’ll start with building and managing your team to maximize performance. You’ll then quickly progress to strategies for delivering large scale projects, cultivating excellence in your projects, and managing change. Author Akanksha Gupta’s battle stories and industry anecdotes from her work at Amazon, Audible, Robinhood, and Microsoft reveal how the experts handle the biggest engineering management challenges.

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Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

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Akanksha Gupta

June 2024
ISBN 9781633438439
352 pages

Unlock your full potential as an effective, efficient, and inspiring leader, and be the software engineering manager that your team deserves!

Most development teams are only as good as their leader. In this practical guide, you’ll explore all aspects of the software engineering manager’s job, from operational practices to the core skills of handling humans.

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager is full of all the skills you’ll need to thrive in software leadership, including:

People and performance management
Empathy and feedback
Delegation and learning to let go
Hiring amazing engineers and handling attrition
Collaborating with cross-functional partners
Managing expectations at all levels
Implementing engineering and operational excellence
Time and organizational change management

Experienced team leader Akanksha Gupta helps you explore whether software engineering management is the right move for your career, guides you through preparing for the position, and gives you all the tools you need to thrive in the role. Thought-provoking exercises help you apply what you learn to your daily professional life, and prepare you for making the big decisions about software.