Title: Hey folks.<p>Last year I was fortunate enough to sign a deal to write a book with my favorite technical publisher, The Pragmatic Bookshelf.<p>When I started out as an Engineering Manager many years ago, I found that there wasn&#x27;t a huge amount of material that specifically and practically helped me understand how to do my job. When you learn to program there&#x27;s all of these amazing tutorials, examples and guides, but what was there for new managers?<p>In response to this, a couple of years ago I started a blog over at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theengineeringmanager.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theengineeringmanager.com</a> which got a decent amount of traction - I had a few front-pages here too, which was awesome. I improved a lot as a writer.<p>This gave me the confidence to pitch a book to numerous publishers and thankfully my ideal choice wanted to work with me.<p>The book has now been released in beta, which means you get DRM-free access to the first 240 pages (13 chapters) and more chapters will be pushed out as they get finished. I&#x27;ve written 17 out of 19 of them so far. The hard copy should be out in the Spring.<p>It&#x27;s available with free excerpts here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pragprog.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;jsengman&#x2F;become-an-effective-software-engineering-manager" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pragprog.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;jsengman&#x2F;become-an-effective-softw...</a><p>If anyone&#x27;s at all interested in learning about what it&#x27;s like to pitch a publisher with their own book idea, then I guess I&#x27;ve been successful at that now, so I&#x27;m more than happy to give you any advice. I&#x27;ve had a great time working with PragProg and my editor and the other staff there have been (honestly) fantastic.<p>I&#x27;d love to hear your feedback, and the nice part about the beta process is that the book still isn&#x27;t finished, so there&#x27;s plenty of scope for improvements.<p>Thanks all!
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