Books I Recommend

2023, Oct 01 — 12 minute read

A lot of new entrepreneurs ask me what books they should read (or which ones...

2021, Nov 14 — 11 minute read

The decade between adolescence and adulthood was a transformative one for me and the lessons...

2021, May 04 — 10 minute read

Being a manager is a career milestone. On the one hand, it lets you have...

2021, Apr 07 — 11 minute read

Early in my career as an engineering manager, I wrote a long list of my...

2021, Feb 17 — 10 minute read

Being a project manager is not for everyone. The wide range of planning, financial, execution,...

2020, Dec 27 — 12 minute read

Being a good manager requires a wide range of skills that often take years to...

2020, Dec 04 — 13 minute read

As a startup founder, you get pulled in a million different directions from the moment...

2020, Nov 09 — 13 minute read

Being a great CTO requires insight and vision in both technology and business. You have...

2019, Feb 23 — 11 minute read

Software engineering management is an evolving field with a growing body of knowledge, and thousands...

2017, Apr 16 — 5 minute read

I first published this post in May 2015, but Clean Code is timeless. If you’re...

2017, Apr 14 — 3 minute read

Two years ago I read Peopleware for the first time and wrote this blog post....