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Are there alternative methods on buying your book? I don't have PayPal and I don't have a credit card.
As someone who's constantly at somewhat of a crossroads on the subject, this book's intro leads me to believe it's exactly up my tree. However, I would prefer to read a physical book — is it possible to subscribe for updates so I know when it comes out?
Congratulations on getting published! I've bought the book and read until the Delegation chapter. Up until now I find that the topics are interesting and the writing is very direct and unpretentious which I appreciate. I also like the approach you took of wrapping it in a story, I think it makes the topic a lot less dry. At the same time I feel that it doesn't go into the detail I would like. For instance I feel that…
I've been looking for something like this. Hope it's good. One thing: the description starts with "Software startups make global headlines every day". That line seems completely disconnected from the rest of the description and it seems nothing would be lacking if you started with the next sentence instead.
Looks very interesting! Can you also write one about how to go back to engineer from engineering manager? :)
I just recently did this in my company and have been mulling over giving a talk about it.
I can’t wait for it to come out of beta and be available in my O’Reilly subscription :)
As someone who's constantly at somewhat of a crossroads on the subject, this book's intro leads me to believe it's exactly up my tree. However, I would prefer to read a physical book — is it possible to subscribe for updates so I know when it comes out?
I don't know if there's a way to subscribe for updates with the publisher, but if you use Twitter I'm on there as @jstanier and I give updates on how it's going. If you're not on Twitter then I can drop you an email.
Question to CTOs - are you happy? When I see what particular CTO does day to day, assuming he/she was an engineer before - it seems quite boring. It seems they've sacrificed their engineering side in exchange for a bigger salary.
The grind of constantly learning the latest technologies eventually got boring, and now I really enjoy managing developers. For me personally, helping an unhappy or under-performing developer get out of their slump is a really rewarding experience. I don't enjoy long-winded, pointless meetings - but if you're organisation has so many of them, you'll get pulled into them anyway once you're senior enough.