Managing Humans

Michael Lopp is a veteran engineering manager who has never managed to escape the Silicon Valley. In over 20 years of software development, Michael has worked at a variety of innovative companies, including Apple, Netscape, Symantec, Borland International, and a startup that slowly faded into nothingness. In addition to his day job, Michael writes a popular technology and management weblog under the nom de plume "Rands," where he discusses his management ideas, worries about staying relevant, and wishes he had time to see more of the world. His weblog can be found at RandsinRepose.com. Michael lives in northern California, never far from the ocean.

• The Management Quiver.- Don’t Be a Prick.- Managers Are Not Evil.- The Monday Freakout.- Agenda Detection.- Mandate Dissection.- Information Starvation.- Subtlety, Subterfuge, and Silence.- Managementese.- Technicality.- Avoiding the Fez.- Your Resignation Checklist.- Saying No.- The Process is the Product.- I.O.- Taking Time to Think.- The Soak.- Malcolm Events.- Capturing Context.- Status Reports 2.0.- Trickle Theory.- Versions of You.- A Glimpse and a Hook.- Nailing the Phone Screen.- Ninety Days.- Bellwethers.- NADD.- A Nerd in a Cave.- Meeting Creatures.- Incrementalists and Completionists.- Organics and Mechanics.- Inwards, Outwards, and Holistics.- Free Electrons.- Rules for the Reorg.- Offshore Risk Factor.- Joe.- Secret Titles.