The Effective Engineer
出版信息
Edmond Lau / The Effective Bookshelf, Palo Alto, CA. / 2015-3-19 / USD 39.00
内容简介
Introducing The Effective Engineer — the only book designed specifically for today's software engineers, based on extensive interviews with engineering leaders at top tech companies, and packed with hundreds of actionable habits and techniques to accelerate your career.
Plus, the Effort to Impact companion guide, a step-by-step guide that walks you through how to build a system to increase your impact week-over-week. And The Tactical Toolkit, a collection of tactics, checklists, and questions to help you be more effective at the most common engineering activities.
作者简介
E dmond Lau is an engineer at Quip, where he’s building a productivity suite to make teams more effective.
Previously, he was an early engineer at Quora, where he led the engineering team on user growth and built the onboarding and mentoring programs for new engineers. Before Quora, he worked as the tech lead of analytics at Ooyala and as an engineer on search quality at Google. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Computer Science at MIT.
He lives in Palo Alto, CA. Visit him at www.theeffectiveengineer.com, where he shares more lessons, stories, and habits to help engineers be more productive and effective.
He’s passionate about helping engineering teams build strong cultures, and his writing has been featured on Forbes, Slate, Fortune, Inc., and Times. He’s guest lectured at MIT and Stanford, and he also speaks at startups about build- ing great engineering culture.
The Effective Engineer is his first book. He’d love to get your thoughts and feedback over Twitter (@edmondlau) or over email (ed- mond@theeffectiveengineer.com).
目录
Foreword ix Introduction 1
Part 1: Adopt the Right Mindsets 7
1. Focus on High-Leverage Activities 9
2. Optimize for Learning 19
3. Prioritize Regularly 41
Part 2: Execute, Execute, Execute 61
4. Invest in Iteration Speed 63
5. Measure What You Want to Improve 83
6. Validate Your Ideas Early and Often 107
7. Improve Your Project Estimation Skills 127
Part 3: Build Long-Term Value 153
8. Balance Quality with Pragmatism 155
9. Minimize Operational Burden 173
10. Invest in Your Team's Growth 193
Epilogue 215
Appendix 217 Acknowledgments 221 Notes 223 About the Author 247
