{"title":"Books by Will Larson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781098149482","title":"The Engineering Executive′s Primer","description":"As an engineering manager, you almost always have someone in your company to turn to for advice: a peer on another team, your manager, or even the head of engineering. But who do you turn to if you're the head of engineering? Engineering executives have a challenging learning curve, and many folks excitedly start their first executive role only to leave frustrated within the first 18 months.   In this book, author Will Larson shows you ways to obtain your first executive job and quickly ramp up to meet the challenges you may not have encountered in non-executive roles: measuring engineering for both engineers and the CEO, company-scoped headcount planning, communicating successfully across a growing organization, and figuring out what people actually mean when they keep asking for a \"technology strategy.\"This book explains how to:Get an engineering executive job, negotiate the contract, and onboard at your new companyRun an engineering planning process and communicate effectively with the organizationDirect the core meetings necessary to operate an effective engineering organizationHire, onboard, and run performance managementManage yourself and remain effective through many challengesLeave the job when the time is rightWill Larson was the chief technology officer at Calm and the author of An Elegant Puzzle and Staff Engineer. He's also a prolific writer on his blog, Irrational Exuberance.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296256569717,"sku":"9781098149482","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781098149482_a4090fe5-738a-49ae-aba0-0f4d9b5d1c5e.jpg?v=1786017362"},{"product_id":"9781732265189","title":"An Elegant Puzzle","description":"\u003cb\u003eA human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nThere’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams—and, ultimately, between the success and failure of companies.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWill Larson’s \u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Puzzle\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management—from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning—and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management for leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes. \u003ci\u003eAn Elegant Puzzle\u003c\/i\u003e balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303831974261,"sku":"9781732265189","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781732265189_25763d60-e168-444f-8931-887b0273e90c.jpg?v=1786034382"},{"product_id":"dreher-carvings","title":"Dreher Carvings","description":"Engravers Gerd and Patrick Dreher are famous the world over for their masterly animal figures, each of which is cut from a single gemstone. In the early twentieth century, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all cut gemstones for Fabergé - mostly agate but also ruby, obsidian, aquamarine, citrine and rock crystal. Today, creations are still being meticulously made by hand using traditional techniques. The realistic miniature forms of mice, snails, toads, monkeys and hippos are designed by the two artists in multilayered and coloured gemstones so that, for example, the faces, palms of the hand or soles of the feet shine in an iridescent red-brown agate while the bodies are worked in the glossy deep black part of the stone. These unique engravings are today some of the rarest examples of the highest quality in craftsmanship, and represent fascination of the highest cultural degree in a world of increasing globalisation.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492197704053,"sku":"9783897905078","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783897905078.jpg?v=1786529025"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-will-larson.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}