I remember the day where I knew that I wanted to become an engineering manager, but I had no idea where to start. There were very little resources out there that I was able to find. And the ones that I did manage to find were so theoretical and abstract that I didn’t know what to do with it.

In his book, Oren Ellenbogen aims to help those folks who are going through the same experiences as I have by providing them with practical ideas, which upon reading, you immediately can put into practice.

I especially enjoyed the “Captain’s Log” where Oren recommends that we take note of the dilemmas we encounter on a day to day basis. Not always might we know immediately how to react in such situations, but in order to do better next time, we could take a note of what happened, so that we can replay it against another manager with more experience then ourselves. This is a brilliant idea!