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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lopp, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 3rd ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Business.; Management information systems.; Software engineering.; Computer science.; Computers.; Business and Management.; Software Management.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; The Computing Profession.; Software Engineering.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PART I The Management Quiver
• Chapter 1 Don't Be a Prick
• Chapter 2 Managers Are Not Evil
• Chapter 3 Stables and Volatiles
• Chapter 4 The Rands Test
• Chapter 5 How to Run a Meeting
• Chapter 6 The Twinge
• Chapter 7 The Update, the Vent, and the Disaster
• Chapter 8 The Monday Freakout
• Chapter 9 Lost in Translation
• Chapter 10 Agenda Detection
• Chapter 11 Dissecting the Mandate
• Chapter 12 Information Starvation
• Chapter 13 Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence
• Chapter 14 Managementese
• Chapter 15 You’re Not Listening
• Chapter 16 Fred Hates the Off-Site
• Chapter 17 A Different Kind of DNA
• Chapter 18 An Engineering Mindset
• Chapter 19 Tear It Down
• Chapter 20 Titles are Toxic
• Chapter 21 Saying No
• PART II The Process is the Product
• Chapter 22 1.0
• Chapter 23 The Process Myth
• Chapter 24 How to Start
• Chapter 25 Taking Time to Think
• Chapter 26 The Value of the Soak
• Chapter 27 Capturing Context
• Chapter 28 Trickle Theory
• Chapter 29 When the Sky Falls
• Chapter 30 Hacking Is Important
• Chapter 31 Entropy Crushers
• PART III Versions of You
• Chapter 32 Bored People Quit
• Chapter 33 Bellwethers
• Chapter 34 The Ninety-Day Interview
• Chapter 35 Managing Nerds
• Chapter 36 NADD
• Chapter 37 A Nerd in a Cave
• Chapter 38 Meeting Creatures
• Chapter 39 Incrementalists and Completionists
• Chapter 40 Organics and Mechanics
• Chapter 41 Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics
• Chapter 42 The Wolf
• Chapter 43 Free Electrons
• Chapter 44 The Old Guard
• Chapter 45 Rules for the Reorg
• Chapter 46 An Unexpected Connection
• Chapter 47 Avoiding the Fez
• Chapter 48 A Glimpse and a Hook
• Chapter 49 Nailing the Phone Screen
• Chapter 50 Your Resignation Checklist
• Chapter 51 Shields Down
• Chapter 52 Chaotic Beautiful Snowflakes
• Glossary.