Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager • James Stanier & Gergely Orosz

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James Stanier - Director of Engineering at Shopify & Author of "Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager"
Gergely Orosz - Writing The Pragmatic Engineer & Author of "The Software Engineer's Guidebook"
RESOURCES
James
https://twitter.com/jstanier
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jstanier
https://github.com/jstanier
https://www.theengineeringmanager.com
https://www.theengineeringmanager.com/management-101/contracting

Gergely
https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyorosz
https://www.pragmaticengineer.com
https://github.com/gergelyorosz

DESCRIPTION
Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments.
In your career, you’ll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory.
How do you decide whether this career move is right for you?
And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed?
Where do you start?
How do you know that you’re doing it right?
What does “it” even mean?
And isn’t management a dirty word?
This book will share the secrets you need to know to manage engineers successfully.
* Book description: © Pragmatic Programmers:
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Kapitel

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. The real stories behind the book (00:02:26)

3. Journey to become an engineering manager (00:13:21)

4. Prescriptions vs tools: Why this book is different (00:16:00)

5. Getting into management: How to make it happen (00:23:52)

6. Trends in engineering management (00:28:40)

7. 3 Must-have tools in management (00:37:05)

8. Book recommendations (00:44:28)

9. Outro (00:45:41)