Mid-level to Senior for high-growth engineers
Cohort-based Course
🔨 Nail the 5 key areas you need to get to the senior level
Mid-level to Senior for high-growth engineers
Cohort-based Course
🔨 Nail the 5 key areas you need to get to the senior level
Course overview
Finally reach the Senior level
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.
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 & 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.
Who is this course for
01
You're a mid-level software engineer and want a step-by-step walkthrough of what you need to get to Senior Engineer.
02
You're a senior software engineer and want to hone your skills with live, interactive sessions and templates to help you grow even further.
03
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.
What you’ll get out of this course
Lead projects effectively
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.
Become known as an expert within your team
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.
Get your manager on your side
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.
Mentor your peers
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.
Ship senior-level code
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.
Mid-level to Senior for high-growth engineers
Course syllabus
Week 1
Week 1
Dec 5—Dec 10
Events
- Dec
6
Mid-level to Senior (Intro & Leading Projects)
Mid-level to Senior (Intro & Leading Projects)
Wed, Dec 6, 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC
- Dec
6
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Wed, Dec 6, 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM UTC
- Dec
8
Mid-level to Senior (Become an expert on your team)
Mid-level to Senior (Become an expert on your team)
Fri, Dec 8, 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC
- Dec
8
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Fri, Dec 8, 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM UTC
Modules
- Overview of the 5 areas you need to grow to become a Senior engineerOverview of the 5 areas you need to grow to become a Senior engineer2 Lessons
- 1. Lead projects like a Senior Engineer1. Lead projects like a Senior Engineer3 Lessons • 2 Projects
- 2. Become known as an expert on your team2. Become known as an expert on your team3 Lessons
Week 2
Week 2
Dec 11—Dec 17
Events
- Dec
13
Mid-level to Senior (Get your manager to advocate for you)
Mid-level to Senior (Get your manager to advocate for you)
Wed, Dec 13, 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC
- Dec
13
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Wed, Dec 13, 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM UTC
- Dec
15
Mid-level to Senior (Learn to mentor effectively)
Mid-level to Senior (Learn to mentor effectively)
Fri, Dec 15, 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC
- Dec
15
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Fri, Dec 15, 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM UTC
Modules
- 3. Get your manager on your side3. Get your manager on your side3 Lessons • 2 Projects
- 4. Become a trusted mentor4. Become a trusted mentor3 Lessons
Week 3
Week 3
Dec 18—Dec 20
Events
- Dec
20
Mid-level to Senior (Writing Senior-level code)
Mid-level to Senior (Writing Senior-level code)
Wed, Dec 20, 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC
- Dec
20
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Optional: Mid-level to Senior (Office hours)
Wed, Dec 20, 2:30 AM - 3:30 AM UTC
Modules
- 5. Shipping senior-level code5. Shipping senior-level code3 Lessons
Bonus module for those interested in senior-level coding practices
What people are saying
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Elena Giuli
Alex Chiou
Meet your instructor
Jordan Cutler
Senior Software Engineer, Author of High Growth Engineer (25k+ readers)
Jordan loves seeing engineers grow and achieve their goals.
He's obsessed with personal growth and spends most of his time learning how to become a better engineer.
He's excited to be giving this course, which takes the most important lessons he's learned through his journey to Senior Engineer in just 2 years and passes them onto you.
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Mid-level to Senior for high-growth engineers
Course schedule
3-5 hours per week over 2 weeks
Tuesdays & Thursdays (Dec. 5, 7, 12, 14)
5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
8:00pm - 9:30pm EST
Office hours
6:30pm - 7:30pm PST
9:30pm - 10:30pm EST
If you have additional questions after the session, I'll stick around for an hour afterward to ensure you know how to move forward.
Optimized for busy schedules
Sessions will be recorded
You'll receive a summary, recording, and templates to take with you.
Senior-level code bonus module (Tuesday, December 19)
5:00 pm - 6:30pm PST
8:00pm - 9:30pm EST
Office hours for 1 hour afterward.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You'll walk away knowing exactly how to move forward in your career
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you