Hacker News with Generative AI: Career Development

Being a top programmer: Don't get stuck (medium.com)
Programmers have to solve dozens of problems every day. Most of these are trivial issues, but eventually something crops up that stumps you for 30 minutes or more. These add up to multiple hours of painful unproductive time.

Programming, Productivity, Advice, Career Development

11 points by mattsimmons01 9 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: If you had 100 hours to learn something new, what would you learn? (ycombinator.com)
As a software engineer, To boost your career in this era.

Software Engineering, Career Development, Learning

43 points by erkanerol 26 days ago | 66 comments

Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015) (kellblog.com)
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of big-company HR practices. I’m more of the First Break all the Rules type. Despite my general skepticism of many standard practices, we still do annual performance reviews at my company, though I’m thinking seriously of dropping them. (See Get Rid of the Performance Review.)

Career Development, Management, Leadership, Human Resources

545 points by AnhTho_FR 36 days ago | 252 comments

Khan Academy Engineering Career Development (docs.google.com)

Engineering, Career Development, Education

33 points by tosh 38 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How do you have effective 1:1s with your manager? (ycombinator.com)
I'm about six years into my career now and I have no clue how to make my 1:1s with my manager more effective. How do you all prepare for your 1:1s, how do you conduct them, how do you see them as a tool for improving your career?

Management, Career Development, Communication

69 points by justsocrateasin 45 days ago | 107 comments

The Staff+ Performance Cliff (sylormiller.com)
During the last several years of mentoring other Staff+ engineers I've had many conversations with many different people that go roughly the same way:

Software Engineering, Career Development, Performance Management

10 points by sciurus 46 days ago | 0 comments

Building your sense of what's important at a tech company (seangoedecke.com)
One of the most important career skills in tech is learning to recognize what work actually matters.

Tech, Career Development, Prioritization

15 points by gfysfm 50 days ago | 3 comments

What to Learn (2021) (danluu.com)
It's common to see people advocate for learning skills that they have or using processes that they use.

Learning, Advice, Career Development

20 points by adezxc 51 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Ways to progress career wise as SWE? (ycombinator.com)
I work as a software engineer and make an Ok salary (market salary). However, it seems like I'm stuck at my level.

Software Engineering, Career Development, Advice, Salaries

31 points by throwaway_32u10 68 days ago | 33 comments

Why Senior Engineers Should Stay ICs (codertocto.com)
Why the Individual Contributor path offers opportunities for technical mastery, direct impact, and meaningful career growth in modern tech organizations.

Software Engineering, Career Development, Technical Skills

29 points by kidsil 100 days ago | 22 comments

Dropbox Engineering Career Framework (dropbox.github.io)
The Engineering Career Framework is your source for how to achieve impact for your role and team and how to grow in your engineering career.

Engineering, Career Development, Dropbox, Software Development

172 points by jimminyx 114 days ago | 129 comments

Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs? (ycombinator.com)
LLMs are becoming a part of software engineering career.

Software Engineering, Career Development

530 points by throwaway_43793 131 days ago | 990 comments

New Grad to Staff at Meta in 3 years (developing.dev)
Junior to Staff at Meta in 3 years. That sentence raises eyebrows.

Software Engineering, Meta, Career Development

48 points by felixtany 133 days ago | 20 comments

The Death of the Stubborn Developer (medium.com)
I wrote a blog post back in May called The Death of the Junior Developer. It made people mad. My thesis has since been corroborated by a bunch of big companies, and it is also happening in other industries, not just software. It is a real, actual problem, despite being quite inconvenient for almost everyone involved.

Software Development, Industry Trends, Career Development

13 points by Uhhrrr 136 days ago | 2 comments

Mistakes as a new manager (terriblesoftware.org)
Moving from an Individual Contributor (IC) to a manager is a significant career step. This is especially true in the ever-evolving tech industry. This change brings new challenges and opportunities to learn.

Management, Career Development, Tech Industry

347 points by Sharpie4679 141 days ago | 148 comments

How AI Could Break the Career Ladder (bloomberg.com)
The basic logic of white-collar apprenticeship — grunt work for on-the-job learning — is suddenly at risk.

Artificial Intelligence, Career Development, Work

48 points by petethomas 160 days ago | 18 comments

Engineering career mobility Who gets promoted? (signalfire.com)
In the last ten years, the career paths of engineers have evolved in remarkable ways. With the rise of new dev tools, the proliferation of AI, the shifting of company structures, and an ever-growing demand for specialized skills, engineers are navigating more dynamic career landscapes than ever. From startups to established tech giants, the opportunities for engineers to move, grow, and take on new challenges have never been greater.

Engineering, Career Development, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence

26 points by makaimc 164 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Do you feel burnout from being less hands on as you become more senior? (ycombinator.com)
I work in a 50-60 person SaaS company and I'm taking on a head of engineering role. At this level, my whole day is spent writing out plans and proposals, responding to communications, checking on projects, connecting resources, etc. On rare occasions, if I have time, I might actually build something small.

Burnout, Career Development, Management, Software Engineering, SaaS

77 points by throwaway2478 165 days ago | 42 comments

What Developers Can Do to Continue to Program as They Age (infoq.com)
There’s a lot of pressure to stop programming as you get older, Gregory said. Many people move into management, or change careers entirely, or retire. She wants to still write code, and she wanted to explore what it is about getting older that can make it harder to remain a programmer:

Programming, Aging, Career Development, Technology

7 points by NomDePlum 169 days ago | 1 comments

How to become a more effective engineer (pragmaticengineer.com)
Hi – this is Gergely with the monthly, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer. In every issue, I cover challenges at Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. To get weekly emails like this in your inbox, subscribe here:

Software Engineering, Career Development, Management

28 points by rbanffy 171 days ago | 6 comments

How to Build Your Career in AI [pdf] (deeplearning.ai)

Artificial Intelligence, Career Development, Education

32 points by acmerfight 180 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: How can I grow beyond being an engineer that just completes tasks? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve been given the feedback that I do an excellent job completing the tasks I’ve been given, but that I could grow further by identifying proactively identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Career Development, Engineering, Feedback, Personal Growth, Software Development

12 points by lostmyotheracct 185 days ago | 6 comments

Show HN: Software Engineering Handbook – A Guide to Engineering, Life, and More (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN,<p>We’re excited to share Software Engineering Handbook – a unique book that goes beyond technical concepts and dives into the life aspects of being a software engineer. From tackling migration challenges to balancing work as a parent, this book is designed to offer practical wisdom for both personal and professional growth.

Software Engineering, Life Advice, Career Development, Software Development

14 points by yusufaytas 213 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: Is it wrong not wanting career progression beyond senior? (ycombinator.com)
I pursued computer science because of the career prospect, the fact that the salary is not capped by regulators and I had the grades to get accepted in a program.

Career Development, Software Engineering, Work-Life Balance

62 points by cloudedcordial 219 days ago | 68 comments

The 30-Year-Old Problem Still Haunting Developers (thinkbigcodesmall.io)

Software Development, Programming, Career Development

20 points by rbanffy 236 days ago | 6 comments

Four Lessons from 2023 That Forever Changed My Software Engineering Career (medium.com)

Software Engineering, Career Development, Lessons Learned

32 points by HideInNews 242 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: What are the tools to learn that could be useful for a lifetime? (ycombinator.com)

Learning, Tools, Career Development, Education

20 points by zvmaz 251 days ago | 40 comments

Ask HN: What skills/things are you learning? (ycombinator.com)

Learning, Skills, Career Development, Community

23 points by sawirricardo 255 days ago | 48 comments

Weak Soft Skills: Why you are stuck at the Senior engineer level (pathtostaff.substack.com)