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🔨 Nail the 5 key areas you need to get to the senior level

Jordan Cutler

Senior Software Engineer, Author of High Growth Engineer (35k+ readers)

Mid-level to Senior for high-growth engineers

Course Outcomes- Lead your projects without all the stress.- Become an expert on your team so others look up to you.- Get your manager to want to advocate for your promotion.- Mentor others to level up your team.- Bonus module: Level up your coding skills to write senior-level code. Guests:- Irina Stanescu: Staff Engineer, Manager, Tech Lead. Ex-Uber, Google, Mnemonic- Raviraj Achar: Staff Engineer &amp; Tech Lead, Meta Course Syllabus Leading projects- How to write design docs that influence change.- How to master the art of estimates so you never miss (and handle when you do).- How to communicate so others will listen.- Templates: Technical design doc templates, 1-pager template, Project leadership checklist.- Exercises: Get feedback on your design doc, Break down an ambiguous problem statement into an estimate. Become an expert on your team- How to become known as an expert on your team.- How to bring new ideas and tech to the team.- How to stay up to date in your ownership area.- Templates: Become an expert template.- Exercises: Find out your expertise area, build a plan for becoming known as the expert. Get your manager to want to advocate for you- Understanding your manager better and aligning your goals.- Maximize your chances of being promoted.- Know how to frame your promotion so your manager wants to promote you.- Templates: Growth plan template, performance review template, 1:1 template- Exercises: Live performance review feedback, actionable plan to build a better relationship with your manager. Mentor others on your team- Good vs. bad mentorship.- How to find people to mentor.- How to level up your team.- Templates: 1:1 template, growth plan template, mentorship checklist.- Exercises: Live mentoring &amp; feedback, find out who to mentor. Senior-level code (Bonus module)- Mid-level vs. Senior code.- Senior-level coding mindset.- Getting your code approved instantly.- Exercises: Give live feedback on why one piece of code is better or worse.- Bonus resources: Personally curated books and videos to get even more. Format- Highly interactive presentations and demos.- Office hours for more direct time and personalized answers.- Templates to take with you to reference in your day-to-day. Sessions are recorded and always accessible.

Finally reach the Senior level

You're a mid-level software engineer and want a step-by-step walkthrough of what you need to get to Senior Engineer.

You're a senior software engineer and want to hone your skills with live, interactive sessions and templates to help you grow even further.

You're a junior software engineer and you want to get ahead in your career with everything you need to know to get to Senior Engineer.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Learn how to lead projects like a senior, estimate effectively, and manage stakeholder relationships. We'll do this by breaking down an ambiguous problem statement, turning it into a design doc, and going through our project leadership checklist.

Lead projects effectively

Learn how to become seen as an expert within your team, leading to tons of opportunities for growth and promotion. We'll do this by finding out the best area for you to be an expert in, then building a plan for you to start becoming known as the expert on your team.

Become known as an expert within your team

Learn how to build trust with your manager and make them want to advocate for your promotion to senior. We'll do this by aligning you and your manager's goals, then building a growth plan and performance review doc that makes it easy for your manager to advocate for you.

Get your manager on your side

Learn how to find mentees within your company and how to make them love your mentorship. We'll do this by showing the different types of mentorship, which approaches work best, and how to mentor using that approach.

Mentor your peers

Learn the biggest differentiators that will get you writing code like a senior, allow you to ship faster, and get your code approved right away. We'll do this by going through live code examples, discussing the decisions to make, what to think about, and sharing live feedback.

Ship senior-level code

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After the main session is over, there is an optional office hours to ensure you can get answers to your specific situation. Office hours goes until 7:30pm PST (usually 30 min - 1 hour).

Tuesdays & Thursdays - Jan. 23rd, 25th, 30th and Feb. 1st

You'll receive a summary, recording, and templates to take with you.

Optimized for busy schedules

Writing Senior level code bonus session (Saturday, Feb 3rd)

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This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You'll walk away knowing exactly how to move forward in your career

Interactive and project-based

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