jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook

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Mindmap

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  root((Senior Engineer Handbook))
    Resource Types
      Newsletters
      Books and courses
      Podcasts and YouTube
      Communities
    Topic Areas
      System design
      Leadership
      Career growth
      Communication writing
    Audience
      Mid-level engineers
      Aspiring senior staff
    Format
      Curated link list
      Markdown document

mindmap root((Senior Engineer Handbook)) Resource Types Newsletters Books and courses Podcasts and YouTube Communities Topic Areas System design Leadership Career growth Communication writing Audience Mid-level engineers Aspiring senior staff Format Curated link list Markdown document

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Find newsletters, books, and podcasts for improving system design skills on the path to senior engineer.

USE CASE 2

Discover communities and YouTube channels focused on engineering leadership and career growth.

USE CASE 3

Build a structured reading list covering communication, storytelling, and technical writing as an engineer.

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In plain English

Path to Senior Engineer Handbook is not a piece of software, it is a curated list of resources collected in a single GitHub repository. The description and intro both put it the same way: it gathers all the resources you need to reach Senior Software Engineer and beyond. So instead of code, what you get when you open it is a long, organised set of links pointing to material made by other people. The README's table of contents shows how the material is sliced up. There are sections for newsletters, books, courses, papers, YouTube channels, podcasts, communities, LinkedIn accounts, platforms, and other catalogs. Each section is then split by theme. Newsletters, for example, are grouped under general software-engineer growth, staying up-to-date, frameworks and smart thinking, system design, reliability engineering, leadership, and web-dev specific. The books section is broken into communication and writing, storytelling, career growth and promotions, engineering, software engineer overall, system design, and leadership. Inside each subsection are direct links to the named resources, such as newsletters on Substack, books on Amazon, or other catalogs on GitHub. Someone would use this when they are a working software engineer who wants ideas for what to read, watch, or follow in order to grow towards a senior or staff-level role, particularly in the areas the README emphasises: communication, system design, leadership, and career strategy. There is no language or tech stack to speak of since the repo is a Markdown document, not an application, the topics field tags it as an awesome-list-style career handbook. The full README is longer than what was provided.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm a mid-level software engineer aiming for senior in the next 12 months. Using the Path to Senior Engineer Handbook structure, give me a 3-month learning plan covering system design, communication, and leadership.

Prompt 2

From the handbook's recommended newsletters, which ones focus on reliability engineering and system design? Summarize what each one covers.

Prompt 3

I want to improve my engineering communication skills for performance reviews. Which books from the Path to Senior Engineer Handbook should I read first and why?

Prompt 4

Help me pick 3 communities from the handbook to join for networking on my path to a staff engineer role and explain what each community focuses on.

Prompt 5

Based on the Path to Senior Engineer Handbook's career growth section, what are the key differences between a senior engineer and a staff engineer role?

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