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30 books to help you grow as an engineer 📚
Book club announcement 🎉 + a huge list of the most popular and helpful 30 software engineering books, so you don’t have to comb the endless lists on…
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Caleb Mellas
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15 ways to Supercharge your Career Growth
After 10+ yrs of working in software engineering, here are top traits I’ve seen in the top performing engineers I’ve worked with. Work on these to…
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Caleb Mellas
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6 skills required to be a senior software engineer
I’ve seen so many senior engineers struggle with these skills during technical interviews related to system design, whiteboarding and practical coding…
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Caleb Mellas
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Staff Engineer Behaviors: Breaking the ceiling into Staff Engineering pt. 2
Key behaviors that help engineers make transformational leaps in their career and scale their impact and influence in a sustainable and meaningful way.
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Caleb Mellas
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Thiago Ghisi
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Pt.1: How to get more done when things are crazy
As an early senior, life was a bit simpler… Plan one project, and deliver it on time. It quickly became endless meetings, 3 projects at once, and lots…
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Caleb Mellas
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Breaking the Staff Engineer Ceiling
Going from Senior to a Staff-Plus marks a pivotal evolution in an engineer's career, requiring a fundamental shift in how we influence, lead, and drive…
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Caleb Mellas
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Thiago Ghisi
Level up your tech career
Many engineers spend years trying to get promoted. Without realizing that you need to focus on a different set of skills besides just coding to level up…
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Caleb Mellas
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Anemari Fiser
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Pt.2: How to get more done when things are crazy
As an early senior, life was a much simpler… Overtime as I’ve become the SME on many projects, more and more kept getting added to my plate. I felt like…
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Caleb Mellas
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Underrated daily-job software engineering skills
Focusing solely on coding is deprecated. Coding is a key part of our job as engineers, but we often we forget all the other engineering skills we need…
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Caleb Mellas
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How to get promoted this year.
7 ways to unlock the next title, promotion, and/or compensation increase this year. Including the one thing so many miss which leaves them surprised…
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Caleb Mellas
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7 Tips To Get Ahead of 99% of Software Engineers
One of WhatApp’s founding engineers and multi-millionaire engineers teaches us how to excel in your career and get ahead of 99% of other engineers.
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Caleb Mellas
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Jean
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How I went from Senior Engineer → Tech Lead
A two-part series about everything I’ve learned going from a Senior Software Engineer to Tech Lead to Engineering Manager.
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Caleb Mellas
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