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santy-gegen commented on Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles) · Posted by u/santy-gegen

OhMeadhbh · 10 months ago

And I even nano-blogged about it so future generations will know my preference: https://www.bi6.us/content/nano/week_20250413.html#/20250419

santy-gegen · 10 months ago

loved it, specially the cadence, seems like you really got the machine running. eg: i see lots of post in 2025!

santy-gegen commented on Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles) · Posted by u/santy-gegen

caprock · 10 months ago

Managing Humans by Michael Loop

Many of the chapters are derived from his blog posts if you want to get a feel for it.

https://managinghumans.com/pitch.html

santy-gegen · 10 months ago

thanks so much caprock! i hadn't heard about this resource, i guess it's gonna really help me in my career. thanks again

santy-gegen commented on Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles) · Posted by u/santy-gegen

OhMeadhbh · 10 months ago

Mythical Man Month & Peopleware are my favorites for organizational management of engineering groups.

santy-gegen · 10 months ago

oh thank you so much. i've heard a lot about mythical man month, i'll try to rent it at the local library. thanks :)

Posted by u/santy-gegen 10 months ago

Ask HN: Best books you've read on becoming a manager (of Sales and Eng Roles)

Posted by u/santy-gegen a year ago

Ask HN: What are the best books to become a better software engineer?

santy-gegen commented on Do programmers need touch typing? blog.hakanserce.com/post/... · Posted by u/amichail

scelerat · a year ago

I hit a speed limit of around 50-60 wpm years ago, even after taking a typing class in high school and doing multiple online typing tutor courses.

I don't know what it is; i've never been able to push past it without ruining accuracy.

santy-gegen · a year ago

I've also hit that plateau. Have you tried using different ergonomic setups?

santy-gegen commented on Ask HN: How many users does the average YC founder cold call/talk to? · Posted by u/santy-gegen

ungreased0675 · a year ago

As one example, when a user describes a pain point, ask them what they’ve tried to solve it. Have they bought some other product that didn’t work out? Built internal tooling? If it’s merely annoying but not worth fixing today, that likely foreshadows a tough road ahead for a paid solution.

I like that question because it can avoid the trap of all the end users agreeing something is a problem, but not being interested in spending money on solutions. Quite a few developer SaaS tools fall into this category.

santy-gegen · a year ago

agree, i read the mom test to avoid this kind of problems. i try to ask as much as i can:

what have you done to solve this problem? when do you encounter this problem throughout the day?

thanks for the answer!

santy-gegen commented on Ask HN: How many users does the average YC founder cold call/talk to? · Posted by u/santy-gegen

b20000 · a year ago

people say a lot of things. observe what they do.

also they don’t know what they want. they only know what they don’t want.

santy-gegen · a year ago

this is a very interesting observations indeed, thanks!

u/santy-gegen

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