Leading Effective Engineering Teams
Lessons for Individual Contributors and Managers from 10 Years at Google

Lots of repeated bullet points Overall this book presents interesting management topics and some relevant studies. Unfortunately most of the information is structured in often repetitive bullet points and the « case studies » lack depth and complexity. I would have liked the author to structure the b......more

Not horrible, but still very banal. Probably useful for a first time manager, but otherwise there is nothing much to be gained reading this. The author sometimes had strong opinions and at other times vacillated between different actions. What I found was that the specific times he did either, I fel......more

This book is a nice go-to list with lots of good ideas paired with real-world examples. I especially liked the antipattern list, this makes it way easier to have look for this kind of behaviour and to reflect. Overall the book is well structured and entertaining to read and if you follow every mentio......more

Quite coprehensive manual of what makes an effective engineering manager. Due to the nature of the topic, the book is a bit borring at times, since there is no common narrative or storyline, albeit author did try to include some (fictional) stories in explaining relevant concepts. But all in all, thi......more

It’s one of the best books for engineering managers I’ve ever read. In my own rating I’d set it at the same level as Elegant puzzle and recommend both as must have read for EMs. Both books extend each other.......more