There's a good book I read recently called Developer Hegemony, and I think you might like it.

It breaks down the archetypes within companies, talks about what it takes to succeed as an employee or an executive, and then discusses an alternative route that we software engineers might be able to take.

Here's a blog about the book [0] and the book itself [1].

[0]: https://www.daedtech.com/developer-hegemony-the-crazy-idea-t...

[1]: https://leanpub.com/developerhegemony