An Elegant Puzzle

This book helped me transition and it's one I push on all of our leads. While we as PMs don't manage people directly we architect the whole system – and this book is an insightful (I buy it for all the team's leads) lens on how big teams where personal alignment and corporate alignment problems need to be negotiated.

on HN, 2022

Does "CTO" mean you are leading an org that is too large to be hands-on with tech, and need to build an effective structure and culture? Then I second the recommendation for "an elegant puzzle" by Will Larson.

on HN, 2023

"An Elegant Puzzle" by Will Larson[0] is revelatory when it comes to leading a software engineering team. There is a solution to every organizational problem I've encountered in companies from single digits to thousands.

on HN, 2023

Will Larson's An Elegant Puzzle is the best book on management specifically tailored for engineering managers. I find most management books to be useful in terms of thinking about general people management. I had takeaways from An Elegant Puzzle that I could directly apply to my day to day work. That's more valuable than anything else.

on HN, 2021

non-fiction: an elegant puzzle: systems of engineering management -- i'm debating whether to change into management and this one really helped me understand a bit more what goes into engineering management.

on HN, 2021

I found "An Elegant Puzzle" brilliant because the advice was so specific and concrete on a wide range of topics.

on HN, 2022

For being immensely practical, I'm a big fan of 1. "An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management"

on HN, 2019