💻 Tech Leadership

Guides for engineering managers, CTOs, and technical founders learning to lead teams, shape culture, and make decisions at the intersection of code and people.

Empowered

by Marty Cagan • 2020

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

4.25

4k+

📦 Product Management 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work 🗺️ Product Strategy

Empowered

Stop telling your teams what to build. Give them problems to solve, then get out of the way.

by Marty Cagan 2020

4.25

4k+ ratings

📦 Product Management 🔓 Team Autonomy 🔄 Organizational Change 🎯 Coaching At Work 🗺️ Product Strategy

The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier • 2017

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

4.25

10k+

🛠️ Engineering Management 🌱 New Managers 👥 People Management 💬 Feedback And Coaching 🏛️ Organizational Culture

The Manager's Path

You got promoted for great code. Management is a different job. Here is the manual.

by Camille Fournier 2017

4.25

10k+ ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 🌱 New Managers 👥 People Management 💬 Feedback And Coaching 🏛️ Organizational Culture

Only the Paranoid Survive

by Andrew S. Grove • 1996

Spot a tenfold industry shift, survive the chaos, and pivot before the old rules bury you.

3.98

11k+

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔀 Industry Disruption 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Strategic Pivots 🗣️ Debate Culture

Only the Paranoid Survive

Spot a tenfold industry shift, survive the chaos, and pivot before the old rules bury you.

by Andrew S. Grove 1996

3.98

11k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Strategy 🔀 Industry Disruption 🚨 Crisis Management 🔄 Strategic Pivots 🗣️ Debate Culture

Amp It Up

by Frank Slootman • 2022

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

4.01

4k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups ⚡ Execution Management ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

Amp It Up

You're moving too slow and tolerating too much. A three-time CEO's guide to fixing both.

by Frank Slootman 2022

4.01

4k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 👥 Talent Strategy 📈 Scaling Startups ⚡ Execution Management ⚔️ Competitive Strategy

The Staff Engineer's Path

by Tanya Reilly • 2022

Staff engineers lead without authority. Here is the map for navigating that ambiguous role.

4.37

2k+

💼 Software Careers 🧩 Systems Thinking 🤝 Influence Without Authority 📈 Career Advancement 🗺️ Engineering Strategy

The Staff Engineer's Path

Staff engineers lead without authority. Here is the map for navigating that ambiguous role.

by Tanya Reilly 2022

4.37

2k+ ratings

💼 Software Careers 🧩 Systems Thinking 🤝 Influence Without Authority 📈 Career Advancement 🗺️ Engineering Strategy

Site Reliability Engineering

by Betsy Beyer • 2016

Google stopped chasing perfect uptime. Its teams got failure budgets, and innovation surged.

4.21

3k+

🏗️ Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 📜 Infrastructure As Code 📋 Blameless Postmortems 👀 Observability

Site Reliability Engineering

Google stopped chasing perfect uptime. Its teams got failure budgets, and innovation surged.

by Betsy Beyer 2016

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏗️ Site Reliability 🔄 Devops Practices 📜 Infrastructure As Code 📋 Blameless Postmortems 👀 Observability

The Unicorn Project

by Gene Kim • 2019

Scapegoated for a payroll crash, an engineer is exiled to a doomed project where nothing ships.

4.06

10k+

📚 Business Novel ✊ Workplace Rebellion 🏢 Office Politics 🌱 Cultural Transformation 🌆 Corporate America

The Unicorn Project

Scapegoated for a payroll crash, an engineer is exiled to a doomed project where nothing ships.

by Gene Kim 2019

4.06

10k+ ratings

📚 Business Novel ✊ Workplace Rebellion 🏢 Office Politics 🌱 Cultural Transformation 🌆 Corporate America

Tim Cook

by Leander Kahney • 2019

They said Apple peaked with Jobs. Cook's bet on operations, ethics, and privacy tripled its value.

3.70

3k+

🍎 Apple History ❤️ Values-Driven Leadership ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 📦 Supply Chain Management 🔒 Digital Privacy

Tim Cook

They said Apple peaked with Jobs. Cook's bet on operations, ethics, and privacy tripled its value.

by Leander Kahney 2019

3.70

3k+ ratings

🍎 Apple History ❤️ Values-Driven Leadership ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 📦 Supply Chain Management 🔒 Digital Privacy

Scrum Mastery

by Geoff Watts • 2013

How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.

4.23

1k+

🫡 Servant Leadership 🏃 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🔀 Organizational Change

Scrum Mastery

How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.

by Geoff Watts 2013

4.23

1k+ ratings

🫡 Servant Leadership 🏃 Agile Coaching 🤝 Team Facilitation 🔄 Continuous Improvement 🔀 Organizational Change

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by James Stanier • 2020

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

4.35

599

🛠️ Engineering Management 👥 Software Teams 🌱 New Managers 🔄 Career Transitions 🏗️ Team Culture

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

by James Stanier 2020

4.35

599 ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 👥 Software Teams 🌱 New Managers 🔄 Career Transitions 🏗️ Team Culture

Trailblazer

by Marc Benioff • 2019

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

3.81

2k+

🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Customer Success

Trailblazer

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

by Marc Benioff 2019

3.81

2k+ ratings

🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership 🤝 Customer Success

Inside Steve's Brain

by Leander Kahney • 2008

How ruthless focus, elite teams, and total control built the world's most admired company.

3.95

5k+

🍎 Apple History 🎨 Design-Led Business ✂️ Ruthless Focus 💡 Innovation Culture 📐 Product Design

Inside Steve's Brain

How ruthless focus, elite teams, and total control built the world's most admired company.

by Leander Kahney 2008

3.95

5k+ ratings

🍎 Apple History 🎨 Design-Led Business ✂️ Ruthless Focus 💡 Innovation Culture 📐 Product Design

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun • 2013

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

3.81

3k+

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication 🎯 Results-Only Work Environment 🚀 Continuous Deployment

The Year Without Pants

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

by Scott Berkun 2013

3.81

3k+ ratings

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication 🎯 Results-Only Work Environment 🚀 Continuous Deployment

Strategy Rules

by David B. Yoffie • 2015

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

3.82

629

🎯 Strategic Management 🏗️ Platform Economics 🏛️ Organizational Design 🎲 Strategic Risk-Taking ⚡ Execution

Strategy Rules

Gates, Grove, and Jobs ran three very different companies. Their strategy playbook was the same.

by David B. Yoffie 2015

3.82

629 ratings

🎯 Strategic Management 🏗️ Platform Economics 🏛️ Organizational Design 🎲 Strategic Risk-Taking ⚡ Execution

The Steve Jobs Way

by Jay Elliot • 2009

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

3.87

5k+

🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🏆 High Performance Teams 🔍 Product Obsession

The Steve Jobs Way

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

by Jay Elliot 2009

3.87

5k+ ratings

🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🏆 High Performance Teams 🔍 Product Obsession

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

4.08

2k+

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF?

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Ask Your Developer

by Jeff Lawson • 2021

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

4.21

1k+

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development 🧠 Autonomy And Mastery 🔗 Talent Retention

Ask Your Developer

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

by Jeff Lawson 2021

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development 🧠 Autonomy And Mastery 🔗 Talent Retention

The Influential Product Manager

by Ken Sandy • 2020

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

4.14

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design 🔄 Lean Methodology ⚖️ Prioritization

The Influential Product Manager

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

by Ken Sandy 2020

4.14

71 ratings

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design 🔄 Lean Methodology ⚖️ Prioritization

Effective Programming

by Jeff Atwood • 2012

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

3.91

931

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design 🌍 Remote Teams 👥 Community Building

Effective Programming

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

by Jeff Atwood 2012

3.91

931 ratings

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design 🌍 Remote Teams 👥 Community Building

How to Think Like Steve Jobs

by Daniel Smith • 2013

The outsider mindset, the design obsession, the comeback: ten Jobs principles you can actually use.

3.62

634

💡 Innovation Culture 🎨 Design Thinking 👤 Founder Lessons 🔭 Visionary Leadership 🎤 Presentation Skills

How to Think Like Steve Jobs

The outsider mindset, the design obsession, the comeback: ten Jobs principles you can actually use.

by Daniel Smith 2013

3.62

634 ratings

💡 Innovation Culture 🎨 Design Thinking 👤 Founder Lessons 🔭 Visionary Leadership 🎤 Presentation Skills

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

by Alan Ken Thomas • 2011

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

3.28

360

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🌉 Silicon Valley

The Business Wisdom of Steve Jobs

Products over profits, simplicity as strategy, staying curious: 250 quotes from Steve Jobs.

by Alan Ken Thomas 2011

3.28

360 ratings

🗣️ Quote Collections 🎨 Design Thinking 💡 Corporate Innovation ✨ Simplicity In Design 🌉 Silicon Valley

Product Leadership

by Richard Banfield • 2017

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

3.65

1k+

📦 Product Management 🧭 Product Strategy 🤝 Stakeholder Management 📊 Data-Driven Decisions 🔍 Customer Research

Product Leadership

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

by Richard Banfield 2017

3.65

1k+ ratings

📦 Product Management 🧭 Product Strategy 🤝 Stakeholder Management 📊 Data-Driven Decisions 🔍 Customer Research

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

3.42

267

🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development 📐 Lean Methodology

Modern CTO

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018

3.42

267 ratings

🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development 📐 Lean Methodology

CTO Excellence in 100 Days

by Etienne de Bruin • 2023

100 days to earn trust, build strategy, and lead technology: the CTO playbook.

3.72

👷 Engineering Leadership 🚪 Executive Onboarding 📊 Technology Strategy 📅 First 100 Days 🤝 Collaborative Leadership

CTO Excellence in 100 Days

100 days to earn trust, build strategy, and lead technology: the CTO playbook.

by Etienne de Bruin 2023

3.72

71 ratings

👷 Engineering Leadership 🚪 Executive Onboarding 📊 Technology Strategy 📅 First 100 Days 🤝 Collaborative Leadership

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