An Elegant Puzzle

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.