An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

MANAGEMENT TRACK RECORD: Will Larson is a longtime senior engineering leader at tech giants Digg, Uber, Stripe, and Calm. His second book, Staff Engineer, also inspired a podcast.

MUST-READ FOR TECH WORKERS: Not only for engineering managers, An Elegant Puzzle lays out leadership principles and problem-solving strategies that can be just as valuable for product managers and software engineers at high-growth tech companies. PEOPLE-FIRST: Larson balances the practical and strategic advice in An Elegant Puzzle with thoughtful, human-centric considerations that emphasize creating a rewarding team environment. ENGAGED COMMUNITY: Stripe Press has a sizable community of avid fans-who run the gamut from startup founders to executives at some of the world’s largest companies-who eagerly await each new title. Many readers tweet about our books-the Stripe Press shelfie is a genre unto itself-as do the founders of Stripe and many Stripe employees.