The Engineering Leader: Strategies for Scaling Teams and Yourself

· Gildan Media · Narrated by Kate Zane
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13 hr 51 min
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About this audiobook

Great engineers don't necessarily make great leaders—at least, not without a lot of work. Finding your path to becoming a strong leader is often fraught with challenges. It's not easy to figure out how to be strategic, successful, and considerate while also being firm. Whether you're on the management or individual contributor track, you need to develop strong leadership skills.



This practical book shows you how to become a well-rounded and resilient engineering leader.



● Understand what it means to be the driving force behind your career



● Learn how to self-manage and avoid the pitfalls that many newer managers face



● Establish evolving practices and structures to best scale your team



● Define the impact of your team and its core mission and values

About the author

Cate Huston has had a global career in technology, focused on scaling teams and leaders within fast-growing engineering organizations. She currently works as an engineering director at DuckDuckGo, and previously worked at Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com), both globally distributed companies. Kate Zane hails from Mystic, Connecticut. She has narrated the work of several popular authors, including C. F. Bentley, Sharon Lynn Fisher, Carla Cassidy, and Belle Aurora.

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