Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#1

Post by santy-gegen » Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 10:07 PM UTC

Curious on the community take. Thanks so much :)

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#2

Post by OhMeadhbh » Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 1:38 AM UTC

Mythical Man Month & Peopleware are my favorites for organizational management of engineering groups.

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#3

Post by santy-gegen » Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 1:39 AM UTC

OhMeadhbh wrote: post #2

Mythical Man Month & Peopleware are my favorites for organizational management of engineering groups.

oh thank you so much. i've heard a lot about mythical man month, i'll try to rent it at the local library. thanks :)

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#4

Post by caprock » Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 7:08 PM UTC

Managing Humans by Michael Loop

Many of the chapters are derived from his blog posts if you want to get a feel for it.

https://managinghumans.com/pitch.html

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#5

Post by santy-gegen » Sat, Apr 19, 2025, 7:51 PM UTC

caprock wrote: post #4

Managing Humans by Michael Loop Many of the chapters are derived from his blog posts if you want to get a feel for it. https://managinghumans.com/pitch.html

thanks so much caprock! i hadn't heard about this resource, i guess it's gonna really help me in my career. thanks again

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#6

Post by OhMeadhbh » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 5:10 PM UTC

OhMeadhbh wrote: post #2

Mythical Man Month & Peopleware are my favorites for organizational management of engineering groups.

And I even nano-blogged about it so future generations will know my preference: https://www.bi6.us/content/nano/week_20250413.html#/20250419

Re: Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

#7

Post by santy-gegen » Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

OhMeadhbh wrote: post #6

OhMeadhbh wrote: post #2

Mythical Man Month & Peopleware are my favorites for organizational management of engineering groups.

And I even nano-blogged about it so future generations will know my preference: https://www.bi6.us/content/nano/week_20250413.html#/20250419

loved it, specially the cadence, seems like you really got the machine running. eg: i see lots of post in 2025!