How to write a book

manager-book
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My notes on writing books, mostly from Write Useful Books

Appendix

Book sources

  • Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction Kindle Edition

Conversation on the manager book title

Had with a GPT simulation of my best friends, a senior staff engineer

  • Igor:I’m wondering about turning my “manager book” blog postinot a book.
  • aGPT:Do it. You got nothing to lose.
  • Igor:What does this title inspire/ ake you think of “How to EM: Why they do what they do, and how to be one”
  • aGPT:It makes me think you’re an EM telling other people how to be an EM. But that’s not what you’re going for
  • Igor:Oh? What do you think it should be?
  • aGPT:I think you want to inspire people to think about what an EM does and how to do it. Because there’s a missing piece about why do we care?
  • Igor:Hymn, can you go into that more?
  • aGPT:When you say why they do what they do, do you mean why do they do the things they do within management? Or why do they do
  • management?
  • Igor:The former
  • aGPT:Ok. I think you need to make that more clear.
  • Igor:What woudl you change the title to?
  • aGPT:How about:
  • How to EM: How to do what managers do
  • Igor:I notice I ten dto share it with engineers when I’m trying to do something, so explaing some of the why is important. But probably not to too much.
  • aGPT:Or:
  • How to EM: The inside scoop on management
  • Igor:Oh, that’s good. Give me a few more
  • aGPT:How to EM: Open up the black box of management
  • Igor:made something about how it’s different from the technical side
  • aGPT:How to EM: Management is different, and here’s how
  • Igor:I kind of like Beyond the code, can you work that in?
  • aGPT:How to EM: Beyond the code, how to manage like a pro
  • Igor:Meh. Say you’d refer it to your new EM. What would you want the titlet o be
  • aGPT:How to EM: A hacker’s guide to management
  • Igor:Oh.. That’s not bad
  • aGPT:How to EM: The manager’s manager’s handbook
  • Igor:Hym that’s too much like what I’d give an M2
  • aGPT:How to EM: Be the manager everyone wants
  • Igor:That’s awesome!
  • aGPT:How to EM: The secret to being a great manager