I just launched `Team Lead 101: How to Manage and Grow Engineering Teams in Small Startups`
Hello Indie Hackers! 👋
I just published Team Lead 101: How to Manage and Grow Engineering Teams in Small Startups
This book is for software engineers who have been entrusted to lead their teams but haven’t received a guide on how to do this. It’s perfect for engineering teams of 3-8 people in small startups, where the structure of startups is flat with at most 3 levels: developers, leads, and C-level executives.
What it took me to write 103 pages of the book
- One journal page and a couple of hours to collect ideas for book chapters (~34)
- 12 days to start writing
- 19 days to write the draft
- 2-4 hours to make the cover
- 22 days and $346.12 to edit; first I had edited chapters myself and then had passed them to an editor for review, proofreading, and editing
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I have already received positive feedback from early readers and reviewers and each time it made me walk with a big smile for a long time.
I wrote everything I know and have experienced. If you are in a leadership position in a software engineering team, my hope is that the ideas from this book will help you have more moments of joy in your day-to-day work.
You can read sample chapters here:
- What a Good Team Lead Does and Doesn’t Do
- One-on-One Meetings: The Most Important Tool For Engineering Team Leader
- Code Review Time
Right now It is 50% off at $14 until August 9. https://gumroad.com/l/team-lead-101
Thanks! I'll be around to answer any questions.
