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24 alternatives to The Engineering Manager's How-To Guide

A practical guide for engineering managers at tech companies

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Engineering Manager's How-To Guide launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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I wrote a book for engineers that want to become engineering managers▲695
Hey folks. Last year I was fortunate enough to sign a deal to write a book with my favorite technical publisher, The Pragmatic Bookshelf. When I started out as an Engineering Manager many years ago, I found that there wasn't a huge amount of material that specifically and practically helped me understand how to do my job. When you learn to program there's all of these amazing tutorials, examples and guides, but what was there for new managers? In response to this, a couple of years ago I started a blog over at https://www.theengineeringmanager.com which got a decent amount of…
2020 · its alternatives →
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The CTO Field Guide▲151
A handbook to get tech leaders started
2022 · its alternatives →
3
The Product Management Guide▲271
A book on how to create and ship products that people love
2020 · its alternatives →
4
The Product Book▲353
How to become a great product manager
2018 · its alternatives →
5
How to Be a Manager▲214
The step-by-step guide for leading a team
2018 · its alternatives →
6
Lead by Writing▲177
A handbook on being a great manager by Slite and friends
2019 · its alternatives →
7
The Manager's Handbook▲108
The practical guide to becoming a great manager
2021 · its alternatives →
8
Product Manager's Guide▲83
A product manager guide from product vision to product road
2021 · its alternatives →
9
Product Management for Engineers▲264
A curated list of blog posts to learn product management
2021 · its alternatives →
10
Developer's Guide to Content Creation▲196
The book for devs who want to make quality technical content
2020 · its alternatives →
11
API for Product Managers▲286
The A to Z of APIs for product managers
2021 · its alternatives →
12
Almanac Guide to 1:1 Meetings▲151
1:1 tips and templates from 75+ tech managers
2020 · its alternatives →
13
Engineering Blogs▲163
Curated list of engineering blogs of top tech companies
2018 · its alternatives →
14
Guide for Building Engineering Teams▲83
How to take your engineering team from good to great
2018 · its alternatives →
15
The No BS Product Management Guide▲76
Insider's guide to product management, without the BS
2020 · its alternatives →
16
Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams▲136
"If you build products, you need this book."
2017 · its alternatives →
17
Manager checklist▲323
Cheatsheet of things every manager should do
2017 · its alternatives →
18
ProductManager.wiki▲246
Learn product management from the experts
2022 · its alternatives →
19
Zero To PM▲115
A handy eBook for aspiring product managers
2021 · its alternatives →
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My Book, Hands-On Software Engineering with Golang▲176
2020 · packtpub.com · its alternatives →
21
know/how Product Managers▲102
A weekly newsletter with 5 practical tweet-length PM tips
2019 · its alternatives →
22
Holloway Guide to Recruiting Engineers▲129
Learn how to find, hire, & retain technical talent.
2019 · its alternatives →
23
The Owl and The Beetle▲61
Weekly editorial newsletter on developing leadership skills
2023 · its alternatives →
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The Complete Guide to Business Process Management▲110
The first clear and comprehensive guide to BPM
2017 · its alternatives →

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