Book · 2019 · Business
An Elegant Puzzle
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And and so so positively or I I remember the both the elegant puzzle and staff engineer. I read it and I took I took a lot of guidance from it.
The best things said about it
Then I want to say it was some combination of Elegant Puzzle, Dream Machine and Get Together.
Why people recommend it
An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson is a respected guide on engineering management that offers practical frameworks and systems thinking for scaling engineering organizations. On The Pragmatic Engineer, Gergely Orosz endorsed the book alongside Larson's other works, noting that he had personally read it and taken a great deal of valuable guidance from its pages. Brie Wolfson mentioned the book on How I Write while discussing the early publishing lineup of Stripe Press, highlighting its place among influential works designed to support modern knowledge workers and leaders. Together, these mentions emphasize the book's practical utility for technology leaders navigating the complexities of organizational design, team dynamics, and engineering management philosophy in fast-paced environments.
Every mention
Gergely Orosz And and so so positively or I I remember the both the elegant puzzle and staff engineer. I read it and I to… 1
“And and so so positively or I I remember the both the elegant puzzle and staff engineer. I read it and I took I took a lot of guidance from it.”
Brie Wolfson Then I want to say it was some combination of Elegant Puzzle, Dream Machine and Get Together. 1
“Then I want to say it was some combination of Elegant Puzzle, Dream Machine and Get Together.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And then, um wrote my first book, kind of the culmination of the things I'd written at Stripe and Elegant Puzzle, and then got a lot of momentum. I think a total of four books.”