# The generalist EM's reading list

DevFeed: [The generalist EM's reading list](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-generalist-em-s-reading-list-32333.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.manager.dev/newsletter/the-generalist-em-s-reading-list>)

Author: Anton Zaides

Published: 2026-06-09T06:01:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Manager.dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/manager-dev.md>)

Topics: [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

Tags: [books](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [generalist](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generalist.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-management.md>)

## AI overview

A reading list of seven books intended to help engineers and engineering managers learn the basics of adjacent technology professions, including product management, design, user research, customer experience, business, marketing, and growth. The excerpt discusses Competing Against Luck and The Design of Everyday Things.

## Source excerpt

7 books to easily catch up with non-engineering professions in tech (number 3 is a must read)