Most development teams are only as good as their leader. In this practical guide, you’ll explore all aspects of the software engineering manager’s job, from operational practices to the core skills of handling humans.

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

is full of all the skills you’ll need to thrive in software leadership, including:

People and performance management

Empathy and feedback

Delegation and learning to let go

Hiring amazing engineers and handling attrition

Collaborating with cross-functional partners

Managing expectations at all levels

Implementing engineering and operational excellence

Time and organizational change management

Experienced team leader Akanksha Gupta helps you explore whether software engineering management is the right move for your career, guides you through preparing for the position, and gives you all the tools you need to thrive in the role. Thought-provoking exercises help you apply what you learn to your daily professional life, and prepare you for making the big decisions about software.

About the technology

A software engineering manager needs to be an amazing communicator, an effective decision maker, and a thoughtful mentor. Your success depends on your ability to evaluate and manage projects, motivate and lead your team, and coolly handle whatever crisis each new day brings. It’s a big transition, and this book will guide you every step of the way.

About the book

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager

teaches you how to hire, train, and lead a successful development team. You’ll start with building and managing your team to maximize performance. You’ll then quickly progress to strategies for delivering large scale projects, cultivating excellence in your projects, and managing change. Author Akanksha Gupta’s battle stories and industry anecdotes from her work at Amazon, Audible, Robinhood, and Microsoft reveal how the experts handle the biggest engineering management challenges.

What's inside

People and performance management

Hiring amazing engineers and handling attrition

Collaborating with cross-functional partners

Practice for success with insightful exercises

About the reader

For new and aspiring software engineering managers.

About the author

Akanksha Gupta

is an engineering leader at Amazon AWS. She has served as an engineering manager at Robinhood, Audible, and Microsoft and passionately champions the cause of empowering women within the tech industry.

The technical editor on this book was

Bruce Bergman

Table of Contents

PART 1

1 Exploring the engineering manager role

2 Individual contributor to engineering manager

3 Managing people, teams, and yourself

4 Managing performance

5 Delegation: Learn to let go

6 Rewards and recognition

7 Hiring

8 Handling attrition

PART 2

9 Working with cross-functional partners

10 Project management, execution, and delivery

11 Managing expectations

PART 3

12 Engineering and operational excellence

13 Organizational change management

14 Time management

15 Beyond this book: Grow yourself

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