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Managing humans - biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manag

Michael Lopp (Author)
Print Book, English, 2016
Apress, 2016
331 sidor ; 15.7 cm
9781484221570, 1484221575
1023160934
PART I The Management QuiverChapter 1 Don't Be a PrickChapter 2 Managers Are Not EvilChapter 3 Stables and VolatilesChapter 4 The Rands TestChapter 5 How to Run a MeetingChapter 6 The TwingeChapter 7 The Update, the Vent, and the DisasterChapter 8 The Monday FreakoutChapter 9 Lost in TranslationChapter 10 Agenda DetectionChapter 11 Dissecting the MandateChapter 12 Information StarvationChapter 13 Subtlety, Subterfuge, and SilenceChapter 14 ManagementeseChapter 15 You’re Not ListeningChapter 16 Fred Hates the Off-SiteChapter 17 A Different Kind of DNAChapter 18 An Engineering MindsetChapter 19 Tear It DownChapter 20 Titles are ToxicChapter 21 Saying NoPART II The Process is the ProductChapter 22 1.0Chapter 23 The Process MythChapter 24 How to StartChapter 25 Taking Time to ThinkChapter 26 The Value of the SoakChapter 27 Capturing ContextChapter 28 Trickle TheoryChapter 29 When the Sky FallsChapter 30 Hacking Is ImportantChapter 31 Entropy CrushersPART III Versions of YouChapter 32 Bored People QuitChapter 33 BellwethersChapter 34 The Ninety-Day InterviewChapter 35 Managing NerdsChapter 36 NADDChapter 37 A Nerd in a CaveChapter 38 Meeting CreaturesChapter 39 Incrementalists and CompletionistsChapter 40 Organics and MechanicsChapter 41 Inwards, Outwards, and HolisticsChapter 42 The WolfChapter 43 Free ElectronsChapter 44 The Old GuardChapter 45 Rules for the ReorgChapter 46 An Unexpected ConnectionChapter 47 Avoiding the Fez Chapter 48 A Glimpse and a HookChapter 49 Nailing the Phone ScreenChapter 50 Your Resignation ChecklistChapter 51 Shields DownChapter 52 Chaotic Beautiful SnowflakesGlossary