Appendix A References for The Eng Exec's Primer

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These are the references from Appendix A in The Engineering Executive’s Primer (Buy on O’Reilly or Amazon):

  1. Finite and Infinite Games: https://www.amazon.com/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse-ebook/dp/B004W3FM4A/
  2. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency: https://www.amazon.com/Slack-Getting-Burnout-Busywork-Efficiency-ebook/dp/B004SOVC2Y/
  3. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams: https://www.amazon.com/Peopleware-Productive-Projects-Teams-3rd/dp/0321934113/
  4. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done: https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Harperbusiness-Essentials-ebook/dp/B01F1WZGNC/
  5. Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations: https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations-ebook/dp/B07B9F83WM/
  6. The Manager’s Path: https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897/
  7. The E-Myth Revisited: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280/
  8. High Output Management: https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove-ebook/dp/B015VACHOK/
  9. Resilient Management: https://resilient-management.com/
  10. Thinking in Systems: A Primer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603580557
  11. The Phoenix Project: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business-ebook/dp/B078Y98RG8/
  12. The Unicorn Project: https://www.amazon.com/Unicorn-Project-Developers-Disruption-Thriving-ebook/dp/B082XJPDBB
  13. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Difference-Matters-ebook/dp/B004J4WKEC/
  14. The First 90 Days: https://www.amazon.com/First-Days-Updated-Expanded-Strategies-ebook/dp/B00B6U63ZE/
  15. EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products: https://www.amazon.com/EMPOWERED-Ordinary-Extraordinary-Products-Silicon-ebook/dp/B08LPKRD5L
  16. INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love: https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers-ebook/dp/B077NRB36N/
  17. The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation-ebook/dp/B012BLTM6I/
  18. The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth: https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Solution-Creating-Sustaining-Successful-ebook/dp/B00E257S7C/
  19. How to plan?: https://kellanem.com/notes/how-to-plan
  20. Software and its Discontents: https://laughingmeme.org/2023/01/16/software-and-its-discontents-part-1.html
  21. What planning is like at…: https://increment.com/planning/what-planning-is-like-at-netflix-mailchimp-and-more/
  22. Measuring Engineering Productivity: https://abseil.io/resources/swe-book/html/ch07.html
  23. Escaping The Build Trap: https://lethain.com/notes-escaping-the-build-trap/
  24. DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3595878
  25. On Sizing Your Engineering Organizations: https://kellanem.com/notes/on-team-size
  26. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756
  27. Fierce Conversations: https://www.amazon.com/Fierce-Conversations-Achieving-Success-Conversation-ebook/dp/B000P28V2M/
  28. How to build a startup engineering team: https://increment.com/teams/how-to-build-a-startup-engineering-team/
  29. Building a First Team Mindset: https://www.attack-gecko.net/2018/06/25/building-a-first-team-mindset/
  30. Surviving being senior (tech) management: https://kellanem.com/notes/surviving-being-senior-tech-management
  31. How to Spend Your First 30 Days in a New Senior-Level Role: https://larahogan.me/blog/first-30-days-new-role/
  32. Pay fair: https://increment.com/teams/pay-fair/
  33. The process: How Twilio scaled its engineering culture: https://increment.com/teams/how-twilio-scaled-its-engineering-structure/
  34. Hire a VP of Engineering: https://a16z.com/2017/05/26/hire-a-vp-of-engineering/
  35. Never Search Alone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B75PK2XJ/
  36. VP Engineering Vs CTO: https://avc.com/2011/10/vp-engineering-vs-cto/
  37. On Better Meetings: https://larahogan.me//blog/better-meetings/
  38. Death by Meeting: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Meeting-Leadership-Business-Lencioni-ebook/dp/B008L03W7O/
  39. Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency: https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/reaching-peak-meeting-efficiency-f8e47c93317a
  40. A guide to distributed teams: https://increment.com/teams/a-guide-to-distributed-teams/
  41. How To Build and Run a Geographically Distributed Engineering Team: https://medium.com/initialized-capital/how-to-build-and-run-a-geographically-distributed-engineering-team-609ffc897a79
  42. The Fundamentals of Building and Managing a Distributed Engineering Team: https://blog.gitprime.com/managing-distributed-engineering-teams/
  43. Building a Distributed Engineering Team: https://blog.brunomiranda.com/building-a-distributed-engineering-team-85d281b9b1c
  44. Six Virtues for Distributed Offices: https://medium.com/@Mr.P/six-virtues-for-distributed-offices-94f9dd897413