Fast track to Senior Engineer
4.4
(9 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Save years of trial and error and become a highly-demanded Senior Engineer in a fraction of time!⏱
Fast track to Senior Engineer
4.4
(9 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Save years of trial and error and become a highly-demanded Senior Engineer in a fraction of time!⏱
Course overview
Design and start using your Career Growth Operating System to grow much faster!
💡 Start doing what most Software Developers unknowingly ignore to grow much faster.
✅ It's enough to write working code and solve problems to get paid and be "a real programmer".
⛔️ It's not enough to write great code and solve hard problems to grow your engineering career.
Who is this course for
01
Software Developers who want to have a bigger impact and be paid according to the value they bring without burning out
02
Junior Developers who has just started in Tech and feel lost and anxious about the future.
03
Experienced Software Engineers who are sick of being undervalued and do not understand why they can’t get promoted or find a better job
What you’ll get out of this course
Clearly understand the details of building a career in Tech 💡
You will understand what factors influence your position in Tech:
- Market and industry dynamics
- Software Engineering Levels
- What affects your Salary and Compensation
- How to measure your seniority outside a single company
- Harmful myths
- And many more..
Set up and start using your Career Growth Operating System (CarGOS) 💪
You will design and start using a proven system that will propel you to the Senior title faster than majority of your colleagues.
⏱ Estimated saving is 2-5 years, depending on your effort and current context.
Chart your Journey to Mastery 🗺
You will compose a plan and a set of strategies of how to grow in the directions that are meaningful for you and lead you towards your dreams.
You will clarify what actions and habits can lead you towards the goals you have and what actions and habits you may abandon.
Start creating a solid foundation to become Industry-ready 😎 🏆
You will acquire a set of transferrable skills and knowledge that you will use throughout your career (even if you decide to pivot)
This will allow you to become a highly-demanded professional, who can choose employers and use your career as a tool for personal dreams and goals.
Tame your Impostor Syndrome and FOMO ⚡️🧠⚡️
You will understand how to manage expectations (both yours and expectations of your employer/client) and how to be confident that you are "a real engineer".
You will know how to objectively measure your current level based on real world achievements and market feedback.
Get help, advice and actionable feedback 📣
You will receive an actionable feedback and get all your questions answered. On every step.
🧑🔬👩🏽🔬 This course is heavy on real-world experimentation: you will try things "in the wild" and will act upon the feedback you get from the coach, your peers and the real world.
Fast track to Senior Engineer
What people are saying
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Fabio Rosato
Mikolaj Burawski
Adel Dubinnikova
Frequently Asked Questions
I am not a Software Developer, can I still participate?
I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
I am a Freelancer/Consultant, and not an Employee. Can I stil get any value out of that course?
Can I get a discount?
Meet your instructor
Alex Migutsky
Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft. Early Career Advisor at Microsoft. Career and Performance Coach.
⏱ It took me 6 years to get from a no-name self-taught Junior Developer in Belarus to a Senior Engineer at Microsoft in Germany.
I will share all secrets I know with you so that you can succeed faster 🚀
🔧 I've been building software since 2010.
👨🏻🔬 I research career growth and individual performance for 10+ years.
🏢 Worked in startups, outsourcing companies and Big Tech and co-founded startups.
💪 Personally mentored and coached more than a hundred developers on technology, relocation, performance and career optimization.
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Course syllabus
01
Onboarding & Ramp-up
ℹ️ Learn the basics about the Tech career you need to understand to grow faster.
🧠 Start building a foundational system to support your growth (CarGOS).
02
Learning & Practicing
🔎 Build and start using your personal Learning and Practicing Systems.
♻️ Use it in the real world and get feedback on how to improve!
03
Impact Accounting & ManageUp
🧰 Start using the Impact Accounting system to capture your achievements and feedback.
🆙 Learn how to Manage your manager with the ManageUp system.
♻️ Use it in the real world and get feedback on how to improve!
04
LevelUp Plan
🗺 Create a clear personal plan for growth that you will be able to stick to.
♻️ Get feedback on your plan and buy-in from your manager.
Course schedule
3-4 hours on weekends + daily practice
1st Saturday
19:00 - 20:00 CET
- Onboarding session
- Most important theory
- Ramp-up (foundational practice)
1st Sunday
19:00 - 20:00 CET
- Ramp-up feedback
- Setting up Learning System
- Setting up Practicing System
Weekly project
Practice is mixed into your workday
Practice using Learning and Practicing frameworks in the real world during your work and free time (you choose when!)
2nd Saturday
19:00 - 20:00 CET
- Learning and Practicing frameworks review
- Feedback on using the frameworks
- Tweaking the frameworks to better suit your needs
2nd Sunday
19:00 - 20:00
- Setting up the Impact Accounting framework
- Setting up the ManageUp framework
Weekly project
Practice is mixed into your workday
Practice using Impact Accounting and ManageUp system on your day-to-day job
3rd Saturday
19:00-20:00 CET
- Frameworks review
- Feedback on weekly projects
- Introducing crucial elements of your growth
- Creating a personal growth plan
3rd Sunday
19:00-20:00 CET
- Future actions
- Graduation
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 be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you