Reading List. Week 26, 2025

Here are some things I’ve read recently, related to work, that caught my attention, shared without comment.

• In Praise of “Normal” Engineers
• Managing Up: Debugging the most critical relationship in your work life & Working Better with an imperfect boss
• Rolling the Ladder Up Behind Us
• Complex, AI-generated software projects will never happen
• In command
• 5 Steps for Leading a Team You’ve Inherited
• It’s Time to Be the Bad Guy
• Developer Joy: a Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity
• Why Engineers Hate Their Managers (And What to Do About It)