How to write a book
manager-bookMy 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