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Last week I finished Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp. This was a very relevant book for me as it focused on engineering management, particularly the type of job I do in Silicon Valley software companies. The author is a highly experienced engineering leader, currently an executive in Apple and… Continue reading Managing Humans by Michael Lopp →

. A few days ago I finished another leadership business fable The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do by Mark Miller. Through the character Debbie Brewster and her mentor Jeff Brown, the author reveals to us the secrets of high performing teams In this book what we find is that there are three pillars… Continue reading The Secret of Teams by Mark Miller →

Today I finished The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace by Beatrice Chestnut. In this book, the author talks about Enneagram and how it is relevant to leadership styles. The Enneagram is a system of nine personality types combining traditional wisdom with modern psychology - a powerful tool for understanding ourselves and… Continue reading The 9 Types of Leadership by Beatrice Chestnut →

Today I finished The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition). This is one of the 2 books that I have been procrastinating for two decades to read. The other book is The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. When pragmatic programmer came out 20 years back, it was a phenomenon… Continue reading The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition →

At my office today we had the evening of Night Of Passions where 9 people presented on 9 passions/hobbies for 10 to 15 minutes each. Yours truly was was one of them. I presented, no surprise, Play Chess to appeal this game to my colleagues.