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

3 santy-gegen 6 4/18/2025, 10:07:49 PM

Curious on the community take. Thanks so much :)

Comments (6)

OhMeadhbh · 11d ago

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

OhMeadhbh · 10d ago

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

santy-gegen · 9d ago

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

santy-gegen · 11d ago

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 :)

caprock · 11d ago

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

santy-gegen · 11d ago

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

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