Engineers Survival Guide: Advice, tactics, and tricks After a decade of working at Facebook, Snapchat, and Microsoft

Inhaltsverzeichnis des Buches

• 1. Introduction and Who This Book Is For
• 2. First Day at Work and Imposter Syndrome
• 3. The Importance of Data to Convince Others
• 4. How Often Should You Interview?
• 5. Learning to Say No and Brutal Prioritization
• 6. Never Say No!
• 7. Finding a Mentor8. Prototype Fast. First Working Prototype Always Wins
• 8. Visibility Is Everything
• 10. Let People Fail. Help Them Fall Slowly
• 11. The Tiebreaker—Reaching Consensus12. The Importance of Allies in Design Discussions
• 13. The Power of Meeting Summary Emails
• 14. Align, Align, and Align Again15. The Power of Giving Credit
• 16. Sharing the Responsibilities17. Taking Responsibility & Ownership
• 18. How to Disarm Assholes19. Adaptability
• 20. The Importance of Tools and Patterns
• 21. Open Source Internally22. How to Get More Headcount
• 23. Side Projects and Knowing Your Surroundings
• 24. The Importance of Networking
• 25. Changing Teams—Risks, Timing, Making the Switch26. How Fast to Respond to Emails/Chats
• 27. One-on-Ones with the Leadership
• 28. Act Then Think29. Do Not Be Scared to Take the Time Off!
• 30. Biggest Regret
• 31. Perfectionism—Your Biggest Enemy
• 32. Finding an Ownership Area
• 33. Do Not Redesign a Working System
• 34. The Importance of the Culture35. Ambiguity
• 36. Hold That Question
• 37. Put it on My Tasks—Unblock Yourself
• 38. Do You Have Some Time? Ask My Calendar
• 39. Setting Focus Blocks
• 40. Make People Think It Was Their Idea
• 41. Being More Active on Interviews
• 42. What to Expect from a Brand-New Manager
• 43. Collecting Feedback44. Dogfooding
• 45. The Importance of Knowing Terms—Office Jargon
• 46. Knowing Popular Frameworks and How They Work
• 47. Never Keep All Your Eggs in The Same Basket
• 48. The Importance of Positive Surroundings
• 49. Being the Happy Coworker
• 50. Working at a Start-up51. Office Politics
• 52. How to Help Your Manager Work for You
• 53. The Importance of Intelligence
• 54. Comparative Analysis55. Power of A/B Testing56. Logs, Events, Metrics and Dashboards
• 57. Debuggers and Crash Investigation
• 58. Remember It Is Not Your Company
• 59. Playing for the Long Game
• 60. Conclusion