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Recommended by Jordan Cutler

Accelerate your software engineering career with weekly tips. Read by engineers at Google, Netflix, Meta, and more. Written by a Software Engineer @ Google.

Kevin helps you grow as an engineer through real-world stories in a short, easy-to-read format. He's followed by 300k+ people across social media for a reason. I highly recommend subscribing!

- Jordan Cutler

Tech Books

By Orel

Like a book club, but without the annoying people. Weekly article about the best book from the Tech world.

Tech Books concisely shares how you can apply lessons from best-selling books to your growth as a software engineer. I highly recommend subscribing!

- Jordan Cutler

Elevate

By Addy Osmani

Addy Osmani's newsletter on elevating your effectiveness. Join his community of 600,000 readers across social media.

Addy is one of the top software industry voices and for good reason. He teaches you frameworks and skills in a way that's hard to get elsewhere. I highly recommend subscribing to him!

- Jordan Cutler

Front-End Focus

By Mads Brodt

Get the freshest updates from the front-end world, amazing resources to get smarter, and cool new tools worth checking out - all to help you level up your front-end skills. No spam, unsubscribe any time.

Strategize Your Career

By Fran Soto

Every Sunday, read new career growth strategies for software engineers. Written by an SDE2 at Amazon.

I LOVE Strategize Your Career. Fran makes it clear what you'll learn then concisely gives it to you. Tons of personal stories and insights too. Top quality 👌

- Jordan Cutler

Techlead Mentor

By Raviraj Achar

Being a tech lead is a lot about behaviors. I learned a lot through trial and error and want to share actionable tips with you to master these behaviors.

Raviraj takes you through his personal experiences growing to a Staff Engineer at Meta and turns it into actionable insights. Highly recommend

- Jordan Cutler

Leading Developers

By Anton

Join 11,000+ software leaders for free weekly articles on managing and growing a development team!

This is a must-read for growing engineers and managers. Anton shares amazing advice & personal stories which is a real treasure in a newsletter. I always look forward to Anton's next article.

- Jordan Cutler

Level Up Software Engineering 🚀

By Level up software engineering 🚀

Every other Wednesday, join 23,000+ engineers learning how to level up in their career. Everything you need to grow to senior engineer, tech lead and beyond.

Caleb goes beyond the advice you're used to and gives actionable strategies to become a better developer. If you're looking to level up, subscribe to his newsletter.

- Jordan Cutler

Saiyan Growth Letter

By Tiger Abrodi

Excel in your software engineering career and become a super saiyan with bite-sized actionable advice.

Tiger gives fantastic career advice in a concise, easy to read format. He's grown his career very fast and can help you do the same. I highly recommend subscribing to his newsletter.

- Jordan Cutler

Engineer’s Codex

By Leonardo Creed

Explaining tools and technologies used and created by big tech companies. Become a smarter software engineer in just 7 minutes a week.

I'm a big fan of Engineer Codex. You'll get the perfect level of depth to understand complex topics easily. Subscribe to to grow in your career and stay up to date in tech.

- Jordan Cutler

The Modern Software Developer

By Richard Donovan

Richard's combination of expertise on software development, mental health, and physical health make him a must-subscribe. His thoughtful advice will help you grow as a person and software developer. I highly recommend his newsletter.

- Jordan Cutler

EcZachly Data Engineering Newsletter

By Zach Wilson

A newsletter dedicated to talking about data engineering and technology trends

Zach is THE go-to person for data engineering. He's done it at Airbnb at Netflix, growing to Staff in just 4 years. His newsletter is a must-read for aspiring and growing data engineers.

- Jordan Cutler

Level Up by Ethan Evans

Level Up is your source for career growth solutions and community by retired Amazon Vice President, Ethan Evans. Content includes a newsletter, live podcasts/events, hours of video recording, and a private leadership networking community.

The Level Up community is a no-brainer if you're looking to grow in your career. Don't think. Just do it. Ethan shares a treasure trove of advice and stories that stick with you and you can start using right away.

- Jordan Cutler

Frontend Engineering

By Llorenç Muntaner

Bringing Order To The Chaotic World Of Frontend Development

Coding Challenges

By John Crickett

A weekly Coding Challenge to help software engineers level up.

The Developing Dev

By Ryan Peterman

Filling the gaps for engineers who don’t have dedicated mentorship in 5 minutes or less. Written by a Staff Software Engineer @ Instagram

Ryan's 5-minute posts are TOP-NOTCH 👌. He spends an insane amount of time providing clear, concise, actionable insights every week. Plus, he reached Staff Engineer at Instagram in 3 years so he's bound to have fantastic advice. I HIGHLY recommend his newsletter.

- Jordan Cutler

The Hybrid Hacker

By Nicola Ballotta

Practical advice on leveling up from Engineer to Leader. Management, Productivity, Engineering Practices—we get it all covered!

Nicola writes highly in-depth and actionable advice for managers looking to build a better team. I highly recommend subscribing to his newsletter!

- Jordan Cutler

Product for Engineers

By PostHog

Helping engineers and founders flex their product muscles

Scarlet Ink

By Dave

Tech industry career and leadership advice from an ex-Amazon GM and Tech Director.

Grow as a human and software engineer through Dave's amazing, unique insights with EXAMPLES based on real-world experience from leadership at top tech companies. Highly recommend

- Jordan Cutler

The Polymathic Engineer

By Franco Fernando

A newsletter about Algorithms, Computer Vision, and Distributed Systems

Engineering Leadership

By Gregor Ojstersek

Weekly newsletter for becoming a great engineering leader.

Gregor's Engineering Leadership posts are PACKED with value. They're concise, actionable, and give real-world examples which makes it easy to remember. If you want to learn how to become a better leader, this newsletter is for you.

- Jordan Cutler

Alex Ewerlöf Notes

Technical Leadership, System Reliability Engineering, Growth

The Caring Techie Newsletter

By Irina Stanescu

Engineering leadership is unclear and difficult. This newsletter covers all the skills you need to succeed as a leader from my hard-fought experience at Google, Uber, and startups over the last 14 years.

Irina's newsletter will help you grow your interpersonal skills, developer skills, help you gain confidence, and more. I highly recommend subscribing to her newsletter.

- Jordan Cutler

Wes Kao's Newsletter

A weekly newsletter on how to be a sharper marketer, founder, and builder. Honest insights and practical advice for operators in the arena. Written by an a16z-backed founder.

Wes's content and newsletter is top-notch 👌. It's some of the most detailed, actionable advice with tons of examples I've seen. You'll get a LOT of value from her newsletter. I highly recommend subscribing.

- Jordan Cutler

Software Design: Tidy First?

By Kent Beck

Software design is an exercise in human relationships. So are all the other techniques we use to develop software. How can we geeks get better at technique as one way of getting better at relationships?

FAANG FIRE

By Andre Nader

I help tech workers reach Financial Independence. After a decade at Meta I am now 🔥. I write about going from FAANG to FIRE, investing, personal finance, financial independence, avocados, and helping others reach FIRE.

FAANG FIRE is what you should have been taught in school but never did. Andre gives you the tools and advice to achieve financial independence and retire early. I highly recommend subscribing

- Jordan Cutler

Refactoring

By Luca Rossi

Practical advice on writing great software and working well with humans, delivered weekly to 75,000+ friends.

There's a reason Refactoring has over 40k subscribers. It's a newsletter you CANNOT miss as a software engineer. Follow the advice here and you will see huge wins throughout your career. I highly recommend the Refactoring newsletter

- Jordan Cutler

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