The Startup CTO's Handbook: Essential skills and best practices for high performing engineering teams Paperback – October 16, 2023

Congrats on a very articulate and thorough guide that addresses things human-first, and integrates knowledge from a wide base of management and leadership sources. Everything is covered from hiring to tools, and with clear an actionable style. If you want to dig further, there's plenty of reading and references to core teachings and fundamental knowledge. I imagine it will be very helpful for first-time technical leaders.

You're here, reading this. You're already in a position where you're looking to learn more. Maybe it's how to manage a team, develop your tech radar, or develop some process. This book has those essential skills and pieces of advice that you're looking for and are absolutely required for success as a technical leader or even an engineer.I've had the opportunity to work with Zach and see first hand the implementation of these details. The long-running success and level of productivity is unparalleled to others. You will be hard-pressed to find another book that is as comprehensive, and at the same time as digestible, as this book.

Startups can excel while in "garage mode" (a few engineers and visionaries cranking out features to find product/market fit before reaching the end of the runway) only to fail once the product finds traction and the company grows rapidly. The time to understand what the company should look like at scale is before you write your first line of code so you can guide the growth with a deliberate plan.The Startup CTO's Handbook provides the roadmap.New CTO's will find a wealth of pragmatic advice born out of Zach's success with multiple startups, while the seasoned software leader is likely to find new perspectives on issues we all strive to optimize.

This book is like one giant cheat sheet to accelerate your career.Even if you're not on the CTO path, this book gives you frameworks that can be applied across functions and gives other functional leaders insights into how their technical partners might be thinking about things.You might also be surprised to find non-technical subject matter in this book! From management tips to general business guidance, this is a must read. Add to your list immediately.

A great handbook for current and aspiring people managers in startups and beyond. While targeted to tech leaders, I found this book is filled with actionable nuggets on leadership, people management, professional development, and decision-making that are widely applicable to many audiences.

It is great book, which helps you see if you are on a right track with what you are alredy doing or to learn something new.I would recomend it not only for CTO's, but also to technical managers that work in IT industy.

A book full of lessons and advice to help manage and engineering team. I have been lucky enough to see many of the lessons in this book practiced in real life, and can say that they do indeed work.

Tremendously helpful. Insightful, easy to read and put to use. I highly recommend this book for every engineering manager and all team members.