8.2 · Engineering Leadership — The CTO Ladder
The Manager’s Path
Written by a former CTO and structured exactly as the ladder: mentee → mentor → tech lead → manager → director → VP/CTO. If CTO is the ten-year goal, this is the map. Read it well before I need it.
High Output Management
Managerial leverage, from Intel’s CEO. Fifty years old and still the sharpest thing written on the subject.
Deepen
Section titled “Deepen”An Elegant Puzzle
Systems thinking applied to engineering organisations. Pairs directly with Fournier.
The Making of a Manager
The honest first-year-manager account. A gentler entry point than Grove.
Reference
Section titled “Reference”Team Topologies
Org design as system design. Reference when I’m actually structuring teams.
Accelerate
What actually predicts engineering performance, from multi-year survey research. Data instead of opinion — useful ammunition in any technical-leadership argument.