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Brand
Apress
Style
ABIS_BOOK
ISBN
9781590598443

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Apress L. P.
ISBN-10
159059844X
ISBN-13
9781590598443
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038680196

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
209 Pages
Publication Name
Managing Humans : Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Programming / General, Software Development & Engineering / General
Features
New Edition
Type
Textbook
Author
Michael Lopp
Subject Area
Computers
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-300269
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
658.3002/07
Edition Description
New Edition
Table Of Content
The Management Quiver.- Don't Be a Prick.- Managers Are Not Evil.- The Monday Freakout.- Agenda Detection.- Mandate Dissection.- Information Starvation.- Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence.- Managementese.- Technicality.- Avoiding the Fez.- Your Resignation Checklist.- Saying No.- The Process is the Product.- I.O.- Taking Time to Think.- The Soak.- Malcolm Events.- Capturing Context.- Status Reports 2.0.- Trickle Theory.- Versions of You.- A Glimpse and a Hook.- Nailing the Phone Screen.- Ninety Days.- Bellwethers.- NADD.- A Nerd in a Cave.- Meeting Creatures.- Incrementalists and Completionists.- Organics and Mechanics.- Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics.- Free Electrons.- Rules for the Reorg.- Offshore Risk Factor.- Joe.- Secret Titles.
Synopsis
This book is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's popular website Rands in Repose. It reveals a variety of different approaches for creating innovative, happy development teams. Lopp is one of the most sought-after IT managers in Silicon Valley., Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands in Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full of dysfunctional bright people who are in an incredible hurry to find the next big thing so they can strike it rich and then do it all over again. Among these people are managers, a strange breed of people who through a mystical organizational ritual have been given power over your future and your bank account. Whether you're an aspiring manager, a current manager, or just wondering what the heck a manager does all day, there is a story in this book that will speak to you., "Managing Humans" is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's web site, Rands In Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full of dysfunctional bright people who are in an incredible hurry to find the next big thing so they can strike it rich and then do it all over again. Among these people are managers, a strange breed of people who through a mystical organizational ritual have been given power over your future and your bank account. Whether you're an aspiring manager, a current manager, or just wondering what the heck a manager does all day, there is a story in this book that will speak to you. You will learn: What to do when people start yelling at each other How to perform a diving save when the best engineer insists on resigning How to say "No" to the person who signs your paycheck Among fans of Michael Lopp is the incomparable Joel Spolsky, cofounder and CEO of Fog Creek Software: "What you're holding in your hands in by far the most brilliant book about managing software teams you're ever going to find." This book is designed for managers and would-be managers staring at the role of a manager wondering why they would ever leave the safe world of bits and bites for the messy world of managing humans. The book covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build a lasting and useful engineering culture., Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopp's popular website Rands in Repose(www.randsinrepose.com). Lopp is one of the most sought-after IT managers in Silicon Valley, and draws on his experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland. Among his fans is the incomparable Joel Spolsky (author of Joel on Software), who first suggested this book. This book reveals a variety of different approaches for creating innovative, happy development teams. It covers handling conflict, managing wildly differing personality types, infusing innovation into insane product schedules, and figuring out how to build lasting and useful engineering culture. The essays are biting, hilarious, and always informative.
LC Classification Number
QA76.758

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