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Raising Engineers: A Founder's Guide to Building a High-Performing Engineering Team
Written by David D. Dettmer
Narrated by Marco Cammarota
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You have the idea, the drive, and now the capital to create the company you’ve always envisioned. Now comes the most important part: assembling a team of high performers.
To build a sustainable business, you need engineers who can execute on common goals. Who do you hire, and how do you hire the people you need? What qualities are you looking for? How will you motivate these engineers and inspire their best work?
In Raising Engineers, David Dettmer helps you create a culture that reflects your business, establish a working process to cultivate a strong team, and hire the right people to build impactful products. As the leader of Product and Engineering of many successful startups, David has developed a methodology that can help any startup build a high-performing engineering team. Now, he’s helping others discover the iterative cycle for developing teams that will take their business to the next level. This book is your chance to learn from other founders just like you, gain concrete strategies you can use for life, and align your company in the pursuit of common goals.
To build a sustainable business, you need engineers who can execute on common goals. Who do you hire, and how do you hire the people you need? What qualities are you looking for? How will you motivate these engineers and inspire their best work?
In Raising Engineers, David Dettmer helps you create a culture that reflects your business, establish a working process to cultivate a strong team, and hire the right people to build impactful products. As the leader of Product and Engineering of many successful startups, David has developed a methodology that can help any startup build a high-performing engineering team. Now, he’s helping others discover the iterative cycle for developing teams that will take their business to the next level. This book is your chance to learn from other founders just like you, gain concrete strategies you can use for life, and align your company in the pursuit of common goals.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book. Good for Technical and non-technical people who interact with engineers. And the advice is probably applicable for any knowledge workers, not just engineers.