Managing Geeks – A Journey of Leading by Doing is now available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions!
Many people have expressed interest in obtaining an electronic copy of Managing Geeks. I’m sorry it took this long, but it is finally available. On a related note, I now know a lot more about self-publishing.
The book is based on a 57-part blog series right here at SQLBlog.com. Started in 2009, the series is titled Managing Technical Teams. That was going to be the title of the book until our excellent editor, Karen Forster (LinkedIn), worked through the material. You should read “worked through the material” to mean “made the writing coherent and flow.” Karen is awesome. When Karen reached the post titled Human Doings, she wrote this comment:
“We might want to consider making this the introduction to the book. It captures what I think the book is about…
In fact, something along the lines of ‘Human Doing: What You Are Makes You a Good Manager’ might be the germ of a new title. It needs work, but it could be a start.”
(Did I mention Karen is awesome?)
Tim Radney (Blog | @tradney) is also awesome. Tim led the publishing effort at Linchpin Press. You could say Tim launched Linchpin Press, even – he and John Sterrett (Blog | @johnsterrett) co-authored the first book published, SQL Server 2014 Backup and Recovery. Tim’s brother, Todd Radney of Yesterday’s Photography, provided the cover art for SQL Server 2014 Backup and Recovery and Managing Geeks. Tim and Karen led us through the publishing process, and Linchpin Press was born!
Thank you, Karen and Tim, for all your hard work. The results speak for themselves!
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Congrats, Andy! I always thought your blog series would be a great book!
Thanks or the kind words sir.
Hi Andy, congrats on your book.
already on my Kindle :), easy buy. Looking forward.
Regards
RQ
I loved the book. I plan to get it for other managers in my company, they need to read this too!