"[...] pleasantly free of bullshit." Golem.de Your hard skills landed you the management position, but it’s your soft and management skills that will drive your success. Numerous books cover architecture and processes, "Amazing CTO" stands out as the essential guide for managing effectively, authored by influential CTO Coach Stephan Schmidt. From Stephan's coaching practice and management career more and more rules on how to be successful with management practices and soft skill materialized. The book contains those 140 easy to follow rules. These range from "Set people up for success not failure" to "Delegates everything" and "Is a storyteller". A large appendix with lists and models give practical advice. Lists include checklists for hiring, onboarding, security and more. Models in the books help understand drivers and effects for CTOs and help the CTO explain development concepts to others. "This book condenses knowledge and experience of decades in easy to apply rules. They are thought provoking and challenge the CTO in you with one specific become an even better CTO tomorrow." David Gebhardt, CTO mobile.de "This book is everything I looked for when I've started but also enjoy reading today. 140 topics rolled into one book. Every topic clear and to the point … everything to initiate the thought process and challenging the status quo" André Neubauer, CTO Trusted Shops