Hi all! Some of you have seen me posting around here, and I love helping out wherever I can. I'm not your typical dev -- I'm finishing my bachelor's in business (focusing on management) and going straight into my MBA. I don't have coding experience; rather, my job is to lead my team to creating awesome games! (And learning as much as I can about every discipline along the way to make the most informed decisions.)
In my journey, I've found several business books that I would highly recommend to anyone in a leadership role on a project. They're cheap and short, which is excellent news since we're all busy.
- The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
- The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard
Lean Startup is a fantastic book even if you're not a lead. It's about how entrepreneurs drive innovation in the modern world, and how to create a "lean" process. It's somewhat similar to agile development, but in a bigger picture perspective.
One Minute Manager is a wonderful, tiny little book filled with nuggets of management advice. It will greatly broaden your perspective on management and give you tons of practical tips on how to be an awesome manager.
I often joke that in a business education, you get the same extraordinarily simple concepts repeated in new ways under different names -- these two books, however, are anything but that. With those two, you're sure to find greater success in your endeavors!
As always, if anyone has any questions, I'm more than happy to assist you with anything you may need. If I don't respond here, I'm more likely to see a PM so try there too.
Make awesome stuff, ladies and gents, because I want to play it!