I confess that some advices in part 3 (the one more into "engineering") sound horrible to me, quite misaligned with the way I understand product development based on software.

It's imperative that we as managers learn as much as we can and work on ourselves, so that our teams may enjoy a healthy working life and strong relationships. She’s an award-winning speaker, author of SVG Animations from O’Reilly, Vue core team emeritus, and co-organizer of ConcatenateConf.The strength of the book lies in its practicality; Drasner does not shy away from addressing common issues encountered in the field of engineering management.

Very readable and thoughtful guide for new team leads and managers with references for further reading. Maybe my expectations from Sarah were to high but I felt some topics were discussed too lightly, almost as stating common sense for people that have a few year of experience working in teams. Have you ever heard the phrase " when you think you're 90% of the way there, you're really only halfway there. All in all, "Engineering Management for the Rest of Us" is a useful read and is grounded in relatable reality.Engineering for the Management for the Rest of Us is a book that will gear you up for a journey into engineering management (or honestly kind of management, frankly) by highlighting a lot of common technical aspects of the career.

I would strongly recommend this book not just for engineering managemers but for Individual contributors as well. As for key points and advice, I gained: align personal values, embrace curiosity, and strive to create clarity. Even though the author makes some assumptions about the reader — they work in tech, are engineering managers, and look forward to making themselves better — it never underestimates or overestimates the reader. I recommend this book for both engineering managers and people that work with engineering managers, such as developers, product owners etc. This book won’t answer all the questions you might have as an engineering manager, but it covers a good deal of them and does an excellent job at that.Additionally, the advice provided is often oversimplified and fails to address the complexities of managing teams in a rapidly changing technology landscape. Part of the job I learned from my peers, part of it from books I read over the years, but most of the time I improvised as I went, inspired by former managers I admire the most and guided by my very own idea of what good management looks like.