书籍介绍
这本书最鲜明的立场,是它把开发者从'成本项'重新定义为'创造力来源'。作者Jeff Lawson本人从程序员一路做到CEO,再进入AWS观察成熟技术公司如何运作,因此他笔下的程序员不是计件的工厂工人,而是能解决重大商业问题、打造爆款产品的创意阶层。书中反复强调的几个做法——'分配问题而非任务''让开发者贴近用户''用两比萨就能养活的小团队'——并非新鲜口号,却被他放进'不改变即死亡'的数字化语境里,有了紧迫感。它特别适合两类人:正在考虑'转码'、想理解技术岗位真正价值的人,以及非技术背景、却必须决定'建团队还是买系统'的管理者。争议也在此:有读者觉得它不过是Lean Startup加上技术管理的浅化版。但正是这种'把技术讲给人听'的克制,构成了它独特的位置。
作者简介
Jeff Lawson is a co-founder and CEO at Twilio. He is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. Prior to co-founding Twilio, Jeff was Founder & CTO of NineStar, Founding CTO of Stubhub.com and Founder, CEO & CTO of Versity. He was also one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services.
At every business, Jeff identified the fundamental need for a platform for developers and companies to easily build communications-based business solutions.
Jeff grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, started his first company in middle school, and earned his BS in Computer Science & Film/Video from University of Michigan.