How This Course Works

Congratulations on breaking into tech as an engineer! Let's get you off to a great start. Here are the core parts of the lesson:

• Your instructor Alex Chiou walks you through his extensive 10+ year Silicon Valley background with rapid career advancement, ending up as a high-performing tech lead making $750k at Robinhood. More importantly, he goes through how he was able to grow his mentees to lightning fast promotions, particularly at Meta where he grew 10+ junior engineers (E3) to mid-level engineers (E4) in just 1 year!

• You'll understand what it means to be a junior vs. a mid-level engineer in the market, including the interview space

• We walk you through the course objectives. By the end of the course, you will understand:

  • 💡 Truly understand the difference between a junior engineer and a mid-level engineer

  • 🛠️ Learn to code like a mid-level engineer

  • 💪 Know what it means to be truly independent

  • 🧠 Have the right mindset to act as a mid-level

  • ✅ Define a clear roadmap to mid-level

If you haven't already, we recommend taking the overall promotion course here: Nail Your Promotion As A Software Engineer