Akanksha Gupta

Akanksha Gupta is an experienced EM who has worked at several big tech firms, including Amazon-AWS, Audible, Microsoft, and Robinhood, where she led full stack teams. She holds a master’s degree in computer science from Columbia University in New York. She served as a jury member for several esteemed awards and is an active mentor in the GrowthMentor, Plato, and First Round Fast Track mentorship programs. She has spoken at multiple global tech conferences and is a big advocate for women in technology. To find out more about her, find her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akankshaguptamgr).

books by Akanksha Gupta

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager
  • June 2024
  • ISBN 9781633438439
  • 352 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development / Software Engineering / Software Engineering Management

Think Like a Software Engineering Manager teaches you how to hire, train, and lead a successful development team. You’ll start with building and managing your team to maximize performance. You’ll then quickly progress to strategies for delivering large scale projects, cultivating excellence in your projects, and managing change. Author Akanksha Gupta’s battle stories and industry anecdotes from her work at Amazon, Audible, Robinhood, and Microsoft reveal how the experts handle the biggest engineering management challenges.