Technical Management

Technical management seems a contradiction in terms. Software is everywhere, but hardware and firmware create a somewhat different game.

Category: Recommendations

These recommendations are the books, podcasts, articles, videos, and audiobooks I most frequently recommend to tech folks in a variety of life situations.

  • Resources for an engineer trying to work themself out of a bad mental space

    killall -i negative-daemon-process Technical people tend to be comfortable with systems and rules, but sometimes those standard mental patterns lead to our getting stuck when things aren’t looking up. Most of us know intellectually that processing a down point in life takes some self-examination, but where do we start? What are the processes our minds… Read more

  • My top media recommendations for techies

    Regardless of what your current struggle in life, these are the things I recommend most often as the technologically inclined need to interact with others, and get things done in life. As a technical person I can get focused on things and how they work. The real magic for moving life forward tends to be… Read more

  • Books, Articles, Videos, Podcasts that I have found useful in twenty different life situations

    My media recommendations for your situation Isaac Davenport 2023.12.04 1. My top recommendations Power Weekend Six Rules for Success Speech Getting Things Done The revised psychology of human misjudgement Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Difficult Conversations: How to discuss what matters most Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary 2. You’re in your first technical… Read more