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Oct 13, 2024 | 
substack.com | Jordan Cutler |Chaitali Narla
What helped me get 5 promotions in 10 years at Google
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
ai-supremacy.com | Gergely Orosz |Luca Rossi |Jordan Cutler |Alex Xu
Hey Everyone, This is an article specifically for the software engineers and developers among you. In the past year (2023-2024) professionals are finding more value in Newsletters than ever before (especially on ). đ As working from home took off, the nature of mentorship and skill acquisition has also evolved and shifted. Newsletters with pragmatic advice on our careers it turns out, are super valuable. This article is a resource list.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
read.highgrowthengineer.com | Jordan Cutler |Ian Vanagas |Raviraj Achar |Wes Kao
Hi everyone đ, Jordan here. Today, we have a special guest post from at , one of the fastest-growing tech newsletters. Product for Engineers helps engineers build product-thinking skills and 10x their impact. Itâs also written by folks at PostHog, an open-source and all-in-one suite of product and data tools. This article will give you everything you need to become a rockstar product engineer.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
read.highgrowthengineer.com | Jordan Cutler |Nicola Ballotta |Wes Kao
Imagine your best friend keeps interrupting you when you speak. Would you have a hard time telling them, “Hey, can you stop interrupting me?”Probably not. So why do you have a hard time sharing feedback with your coworkers? There is a lot more at play:They might have power over youYou might not be close to the personYou have no idea what will happen—will they write bad feedback for you? Will it be difficult to work with them afterward? I have worried about all of these. They’re all valid.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
read.highgrowthengineer.com | Jordan Cutler |Ryan Peterman |Ethan Evans
You may have heard the news, but last week I started a new job at Pinterest ūüďĆ!That‚Äôs not what this post is about, but it‚Äôs related because I had to set up my new Macbook. I had to remember everything I did 2 years ago to set up my last one, plus add in a few more new things I wanted to try. This post is about sharing how I set up my terminal and commands you may not know about that you might find useful. Previously I wrote the Top 7 workflow tips I wish I knew sooner.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jordan Cutler
A girl named Emily lived in the centre of a busy metropolis, surrounded by busy streets and tall skyscrapers. She was just a regular girl, yet she had a remarkable curiosity about the world. Emily once came into a strange contraption concealed in the shadows while investigating an abandoned laboratory outside of the city. Emily was drawn in by its elaborate design and couldn’t help but want to look into it more.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
aisupremacy.substack.com | Gergely Orosz |Luca Rossi |Gregor Ojstersek |Jordan Cutler
Hey Everyone, As some of you know Iâm a âfledgling evangelistâ for Substackâs Technology category. Iâve been advocating for it to be broken down into more sensible and specialized categories. This influx of publications in the Tech Category is still pretty awesome if you are looking for professional education and insights in things like on entrepreneurship, startup growth, product, venture capital trends, AI, career tips, emerging tech, software engineering or data engineering.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
careercutler.substack.com | Jordan Cutler |Irina Stanescu
To reach the Senior level, you need to increase your scope, impact, and ownership. One of the best ways to do that is to become a “go-to” person or an expert. You could be the “database expert”, “Python expert”, “caching expert”, “frontend expert”, “Typescript expert”, etc. You can also be an expert in specific product domains, like the “onboarding flow expert”, “payment portal expert”, “home timeline expert”, etc. Don’t believe me on the importance of this?
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Oct 8, 2023 | 
careercutler.substack.com | Jordan Cutler
Discover more from High Growth EngineerGrow faster in your software engineering career with actionable tips you can start using right awayOver 16,000 subscribers Your time matters. 1 hour of efficiency gain per day saves you 1 month per year. Iāll prove it to you:1 hour per day x 5 days per week x 52 weeks = 260 hours saved per year260 hours / 8 hours per day = 32.5 work days per year. Thatās 1 month you could be closer to promotion, relaxing, or doing whatever the heck you want.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
careercutler.substack.com | Jordan Cutler
Collaboration is hard. Especially with product managers (PMs) and designers, it’s often a difficult balance of priorities. There’s usually a deadline, a relationship, and your project impact all at play. While the above image is for fun, it’s real for many engineers. This can be tough. But in this issue, you’ll get a ton of actionable advice on how to make the collaboration between you and your PM or designer so much easier.
