{"product_id":"hr-management-in-it-mike-pritula-9798183577761","title":"HR Management in IT: A Field Guide for People Professionals New to Tech","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI've built HR inside a game studio, an edtech startup, and a SaaS company - and trained more than150,000 HR professionals, many of them in tech. The same pattern repeats in company after company.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp HR manager arrives from a bank, a retailer, an agency. Week one, they roll out the annual review. Weekthree, a dress-code policy. By month two, the engineers have quietly decided HR is the compliancedepartment - and nobody tells them anything anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt isn't incompetence. These are good HR people running methods that worked everywhere else. The trouble isthat \"everywhere else\" didn't pay in equity, didn't plan in OKRs, and didn't have a staff engineer who out-earnsthree managers and knows it. Tech runs on different fuel, and the old playbook loses the room before you'velearned anyone's name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat works: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Three Company Types\u003c\/b\u003e - read startup vs product vs outsourcing before you change a thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Engineer Motivation Map\u003c\/b\u003e - learn what your best people actually optimize for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Equity Conversation\u003c\/b\u003e - explain vesting and options without sounding like Legal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe OKR Operating Rhythm\u003c\/b\u003e - replace the annual review with something engineers respect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat doesn't: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnnual reviews in a company that ships before lunch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeading with policy instead of credibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopying a FAANG perk list you can't afford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the field guide for making the move into tech without starting your career over. 57 ready-to-usetemplates inside - no downloads, no email walls, just turn the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaszlo Bock's \u003ci\u003eWork Rules!\u003c\/i\u003e (about $19) tells you how Google did it. A tech HR consultant charges $200+ anhour to translate that to your company. This book hands you the working system for the price of lunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead it before your first all-hands - not after.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Pritula\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183577761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Mike Pritula","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173869297919,"sku":"9798183577761","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hr-management-in-it-mike-pritula-9798183577761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}