Foreword

Reading this wonderful book by Rahul brought back early memories of my career. It was nearly 15 years ago that I became a manager, almost by accident. Back then I had always prided myself in my creativeness and technical ability. I had this wonderful opportunity working for an exciting startup in the Silicon Valley with three other code wizards. I discovered that while I may never be as good a programmer as they were, I had this innate ability to see the big picture and mobilize everyone to achieve results. After a large company acquired our startup and my leaders quit, my team expected me to lead the integration with the large company. I was elated and petrified at the same time about the important responsibility that I had in my hands ...

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