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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management is a practical management book by Will Larson, published in 2019. Drawing on Larson’s experience in engineering leadership at technology companies including Digg, Uber, and Stripe, it addresses the organizational problems that emerge as software teams and companies grow. Rather than presenting management as a set of interpersonal habits alone, the book treats it as systems design: leaders must create structures, processes, incentives, and decision rules that allow people and technical work to function together over time. Its scope ranges from team sizing, hiring, and organizational design to technical debt, performance management, culture, and succession planning. The book is organized as a collection of focused essays and frameworks, making it useful as a reference for recurring management questions. Its central purpose is not to supply universal answers, since organizational context matters, but to help engineering leaders reason more clearly about difficult tradeoffs and make deliberate interventions instead of relying on reactive habits.