Engineering Career Growth: The Story Behind this Newsletter
Navigating Your Software Engineering Journey
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This is Engineering Career Growth, a newsletter with lessons, stories and, hopefully, some wisdom about a career path in software engineering.
My name is Alex Navasardyan. I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Auditboard. I have been doing software engineering for 15 years, made mistakes, and had some successes. Reflecting on my career path, I see that few "career in software engineering" materials were available (compared to what you can find now.) Even now, the subject is still complex to navigate with all the information on Twitter and YouTube.
My career path was far from straightforward - I wrote a lengthy note about it.
I wish someone had explained how to have a successful career and enjoy life at a slightly different pace back then: work responsibly and develop interests outside of work. It is great to be able to sprint sometimes, but you have to sprint to something. Sprinting for the sake of being ahead is pointless? When do you stop?
This newsletter is right for anyone who wants to learn and grow their career, whether you're just starting out or ready to take your career to the next level.
Students or recent college grads.
Aspiring/junior software engineers.
Senior and Staff software engineers.
Software engineers who are looking to become engineering managers.
Engineering managers.
In this newsletter, I’ll share the important lessons I’ve learned in my career, stories, anecdotes and the things I am still figuring out.
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