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Re: Ask HN: What books should I read as a software manager?

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Post by SeanKilleen » Tue, Jun 30, 2015, 3:34 AM UTC

brettlangdon wrote: post #20

njones wrote: post #17

I'd recommend the Phoenix Project - very easy read. http://www.amazon.com/The-Phoenix-Project-Helping-Business/d...

Seconded, really great book, super easy read.

Thirded. The narrative form threw me off at first, but I think it really lays out a lot of the concepts in a digestible way.

Re: Ask HN: What books should I read as a software manager?

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Post by SeanKilleen » Tue, Jun 30, 2015, 3:36 AM UTC

These recommendations are great, but I'll add one I haven't seen here yet: "Notes to a Software Team Leader" by Roy Osherove. I think it's a great read on how to empower your teams to succeed on their own. And it's written from the perspective that is likely to be shared (at least in part) by your dev leads, so it'll likely have helpful insight in that way as well.

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