Ask HN: What books or blogs do you suggest to manage a team of techies

I read Managing Humans twice, both before starting to manage a team, and after having managed a team for a year. The book was great both times, but the second time, when I had more experience, it was insanely better. Suddenly, everything talked about in the book made sense - I had real-life people and situations straight out of the book, and I could understand exactly what Rands was saying.

My advice - read the book. It's amazingly accurate. Then read it again once you have experience; you'll be able to appreciate it a whole lot more.

I've heard that in the late 80s Microsoft had a policy of handing out copies of Peopleware to every new manager. And then asking them enough questions about it to ensure they actually read it.

Microsoft no longer does this. It shows.

BTW Here's the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects...

His Becoming a Technical Leader (http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/btl.html) is directly addressed at this issue.

I think its good, but it's been so long since I was at this stage and read it (late '80s) I'm not 100% sure.

That said, I've not regretted one bit reading every apropos book Weinberg had written through the '90s (which is about when I stopped reading these sorts of books).

You lead -good- people. You manage the rest.