May you please add me as well, Alex? Thanks!

Junior frontend dev, hungry to learn everything!

Kedar

Engineers are surprisingly terrible at taking care of themselves. Never forget: A healthy personal life is the foundation for a successful career, not the other way around.

[Taro Top 10] Work-Life Balance

As a software engineer, you are going to work across many, many different teams and companies across your career. This means that it's vital for you to get good at onboarding, so you can hit the ground running at any new job.

[Masterclass] How To Succeed At A New Team Or Company As A Software Engineer

I asked every step of the IC engineering ladder a simple question: "What is the most important skill for success at your level?"

The result is an engineer from each of the 7 levels sharing their candid reflections about the most important skill, along with advice. Companies represented: Meta, Slack, Qualcomm, Gusto, Instacart, Cruise, and Pinterest.

Asking 7 Levels Of Engineers The Most Important Skill

Personal

If you're a software engineer, you can't progress in your career by simply doing what you're told. Over time, you need to learn how to create you own scope, especially as you reach senior and staff levels.

[Taro Top 10] How To Create Scope As An Engineer

Building side projects is one of the most organic and powerful ways to both get jobs by boosting your portfolio and level up your performance on the job by leveling up your coding skills and product sense.

[Taro Top 10] Building Impressive Side Projects

Ace getting your return offer as a Meta SWE intern! Created by Alex Chiou, who spent 4 years at Meta as a TL, raised an intern to an Exceeds Expectations (EE) offer, and mentored many other interns.

Meta Intern Success Series

Communication is a skill that software engineers often underestimate in terms of importance, and being good at it is effectively a senior engineer requirement. In this series, Alex breaks down the principles and tactics he uses to communicate effectively.