How to Be Intentional About Career Growth as an Engineer
summary
Breaks growth into three measurable buckets—career, intellectual, personal—and recommends specific practices: ask for timely feedback (Google Form or a virtual coffee), block calendar time for focused work, track progress in Quip, use Strava for discipline, and take targeted courses (AI/NLP for a voice assistant for CRM project). Uses a flexible 30/40/30 split as a heuristic, cites hacking on a project that turns into a new team, and notes team scale surprises (one team grows 5 → 55) as a signal to document and delegate.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:20Career Growth
- 4:37Intellectual Growth
- 10:20Ideal Scenario
- 11:45Network
- 15:45Audience Questions
- 17:20Tips for Networking
- 20:15Leading Indicators
- 21:55What to do when the company doesnt recognize your effort
- 23:50What to do if you want to go into management
- 25:30How to find passion projects
- 27:30What makes a good manager
- 28:55Coaching junior engineers
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