Name: 21 Ways to Make Yourself a Better Engineer (From a Senior Engineer at Pinterest)
Uploaded: 2024-08-14T19:00:20+00:00
Duration: 47 min 49 s
Description: Join Taro and Jordan Cutler, a Senior Engineer at Pinterest and High Growth Engineer author to learn 21 rapid-fire ways

21 Ways to Make Yourself a Better Engineer (From a Senior Engineer at Pinterest)

Join Taro and [**Jordan Cutler**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordancutler1/), a Senior Engineer at Pinterest and [**High Growth Engineer**](https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/) author to learn 21 rapid-fire ways to become a better engineer. You'll learn the top underused tips and skills to grow in your career.

We'll cover:

- Career growth
- Influence
- Communication
- Managing up
- Leading projects
- Technical skills
- Productivity

Be ready for practical and actionable advice. No BS included.

Helpful links: 

- [Slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PEgnDJEa4wRw3bjxe22obyfP2qSm9lBB/view?usp=sharing)
- [Jordan on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordancutler1/)
- Jordan's newsletter with 68K+ subscribers: [High Growth Engineer](https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/)
- Jordan's course on Taro: [Become The Go-To Expert As A Software Engineer](https://www.jointaro.com/course/become-the-go-to-expert-as-a-software-engineer/)

Join Taro and Jordan Cutler, a Senior Engineer at Pinterest and High Growth Engineer author to learn 21 rapid-fire ways 

At the end of the day, working in tech, or anywhere really, is all about working with other human beings. Communication is the core skill necessary to make this collaboration effective.

Pinterest is an image sharing service designed to enable saving and discovery of information in the form of pinboards. Pinterest has over 430 million monthly active users and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day - The difference is that some are able to get far more out of it than others. Here's what they're doing that others aren't.

The clearest way a company can acknowledge your growth. At the end of the day, you can't solely interview your way to a principal engineer; promotion is the true foundation of your pay and career.

Senior engineers have proven themselves to be extremely capable at shipping high-quality, complex software efficiently. This collection breaks down how they operate and how you can get to this level too.

Becoming a tech lead is the most common growth path for software engineers as they grow to senior and staff levels.

Taro offers advice for tech leads who want to manage their projects or teams more effectively

A tech lead is responsible for guiding multiple software engineers throughout the execution of a project. They usually have many years of software engineer experience and system design knowledge to help them navigate through complex software engineering situations. They work with multiple stakeholders to ensure that a project is delivered on time. They also set expectations for deliverables and quality of the project.

A tech lead drives projects and teams to meet their goals

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.