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The Manager's Path

A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

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The Manager's Path

Written by: Camille Fournier
Narrated by: Janet Metzger
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Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

From mentoring interns to working with senior staff, you'll get actionable advice for approaching various obstacles in your path. This book is ideal whether you're a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Listen to this audiobook and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization.

  • Begin by exploring what you expect from a manager.
  • Understand what it takes to be a good mentor, and a good tech lead.
  • Learn how to manage individual members while remaining focused on the entire team.
  • Understand how to manage yourself and avoid common pitfalls that challenge many leaders.
  • And more...
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I really liked the progression from beginning to end of a tech professionals journey. I liked how practical the examples were.

From low level to high level leadership

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It was focused on IT management sometimes, but still was useful for other discipline members that want te become a manager.

A good guide

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Really recommend this book to any engineer in any level. A great way to understand the not just how to manager but how to be managed.

Incredibly eyes opening

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Reads like a career handbook with important milestones and growth opportunities. I love how thoughtful each step is and the depth to which each stage is covered. A book I plan on sharing with all aspiring developers I know.

The book steps through the typical journey from individual developer to eventually CTO. The choice between the management and technology tracks is explored well. It also helped explain why managers at tech companies need to be technical and breaks down what that might mean.

The guidance at each step is clear and actionable. Early on there is fantastic suggestions for one on ones and mentoring. Later as the options open up it becomes ideas to explore and systems to consider.

The author does a great job showing the biases and uncertainty throughout the book. They share success and failures. While much of the content is based on personal experience, the reasoning and thinking is also shared.

If it is not clear, I really liked this book. So why not a 5 stars? I struggled with this. The book is so relatable that I almost felt like I was not learning. The format definitely threw me off. At times it feels a bit shallow and makes up by providing all the references if you want to go deeper.

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Required reading for growing developers

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Loved the content the book had to offer, but the delivery was extremely monotone, and could have been soo much better.

Good content very monotone delivery

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