The Coding Career Handbook
240 Lessons
28 Quizzes
517 Illustrations
Course Overview
The non-coding part of being a successful software engineer is very important, but also happens to be very under-discussed.
This is a course about getting great coding jobs and doing well at coding jobs. Especially if you're earlier in your career, there's a lot here that you might ot...
How You'll Learn
Hands-on coding environmentsYou don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
Faster than videosVideos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.
No set-up requiredStart learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can showBuilt in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
Hands-on coding environmentsYou don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
Faster than videosVideos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.
No set-up requiredStart learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can showBuilt in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
Course Contents
Introduction: Your Coding CareerPrinciples Over TitlesCompany TypesCareer LayersDiversityThe Five Career StagesQuiz Yourself on Your Coding CareerIntroduction: The (First) Job HuntDo the MathDo the WorkStaying Motivated While You SearchGetting the InterviewTypes of InterviewsOutside the InterviewQuiz Yourself on the (First) Job HuntIntroduction: Junior DeveloperFinding Your GrooveMaking MistakesAdding ValueGrowing Your KnowledgeQuiz Yourself on Junior DeveloperIntroduction: From Junior to SeniorActing for the Job You WantMarketing Yourself as a Senior EngineerJunior Engineer, Senior EngineerTo Stay or to GoQuiz Yourself on From Junior to SeniorIntroduction: Senior DeveloperSolutions vs. PatternsVelocity vs. MaintainabilityTechnical DebtPrudent DebtReckless DebtMentorship, Allyship, and SponsorshipBusiness ImpactQuiz Yourself on Senior DeveloperIntroduction: Beyond your Coding CareerEngineering ManagementProduct ManagementDeveloper RelationsDeveloper EducatorEntrepreneurshipQuiz Yourself on Beyond your Coding CareerPrivate vs. PublicGetting StartedBut I’m ScaredTeach to LearnMentors, Mentees, and Becoming an ExpertWhy it WorksQuiz Yourself on Learn in PublicIntroduction: Know your ToolsAvoid Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)Beyond the ToolQuiz Yourself on Know your ToolsIntroduction: Specialize in the NewTechnology ComplementsLindy CompoundingQuiz Yourself on Specialize in the NewIntroduction: Open Source your KnowledgeOpen KnowledgeOpen-Source KnowledgePersonal AnecdoteWhy Open Source YOUR KnowledgeTipsQuiz Yourself on Open Source your KnowledgeIntroduction: Spark JoyWhy it WorksSparking Joy in CodeSparking Joy in PRs and IssuesSparking Joy in DocsSparking Joy in Demos and ProductsThe Extra MileQuiz Yourself on Spark JoyIntroduction: Good Enough is Better than BestThe Problem with Seeking “The Best”The Dangers of False ConfidenceQuiz Yourself on Good Enough is Better than BestIntroduction: First Principles ThinkingLogicEpistemologyApplicationsQuiz Yourself on First Principles ThinkingIntroduction: Write, A LotWhy Developers WriteDocumentationCareer CapitalWhat Writing Does for YouHow to Become a Good Public WriterGoing PublicThe DIY Ph.DCommitting to WritingQuiz Yourself on Write, A LotIntroduction: Pick Up What They Put DownWhat happens when you do this?Why does this work on them?Why does this work on you?Quiz Yourself on Pick Up What They Put DownStrategy in Your Coding CareerWhat is Strategy?How Do I Use Strategy?Quiz Yourself on Intro to StrategyIntroduction: Specialist vs. GeneralistLeverage vs. Self SufficiencyThe “Full-Stack” Developer“T Shaped” and “Pi Shaped”Look Inside, Not OutWhen in Doubt, SpecializeQuiz Yourself on Specialist vs. GeneralistIntroduction: Betting on TechnologiesData-Driven InvestingHow to be EarlyThe Value of ValuesQuiz Yourself on Betting on TechnologiesIntroduction: Profit Center vs Cost CenterDefinitions: Profit, Cost, and Investment Center“Close to the money”Profit Center, Cost CenterThe Developer’s ChoiceQuiz Yourself on Profit Center vs. Cost CenterIntroduction: Engineering Career LaddersWhen and Why to LadderWhat Companies WantIndividual Company LaddersQuiz Yourself on Engineering Career LaddersIntroduction: Intro to Tech StrategySoftware is Eating the WorldHorizontal vs. VerticalBusiness ModelsPlatforms and AggregatorsOther Strategic PerspectivesQuiz Yourself on Intro to Tech StrategyIntroduction: Strategic AwarenessConcern vs. InfluenceLevels of ConcernBias to ActionUnderstanding Technology AdoptionTechnology Value ChainSystems ThinkingOther Strategies for Strategic AwarenessQuiz Yourself on Strategic AwarenessIntroduction: MegatrendsDefinitionsExamples of MegatrendsBuilding Your List of MegatrendsQuiz Yourself on MegatrendsIntroduction: NegotiatingGeneral AdvicePatrick McKenzie on Salary NegotiationHaseeb Qureshi on Ten Rules for NegotiatingJosh Doody on Fearless Salary NegotiationIntroduction: How to Learn in PrivateImproving What You ConsumeGetting More Out of What You ConsumeGo MetaQuiz Yourself on How to Learn in PrivateDesign for Developers in a HurrySpark Joy RepoLayoutTypographyColor Palette and BackgroundsIcons and IllustrationsEaster EggsIntroduction: LampshadingWhen You’re Very SeniorWhen You’re NewStorytime!LampshadingThe Stupid Question Safe HarborIntroduction: Conference CFPsWatch a lot of TalksPick a ConferencePick a TopicPick a GenrePick a TitleWrite an AbstractBuilding a CFP ProcessExample CFPs and Peer ReviewMise en Place WritingWriting isn’t Just WritingComponents of Pre-WritingThe Pre-Writing WorkflowThe Infinite KitchenImprovisation is OkayQuiz Yourself on Mise en Place WritingIntroduction: Developer’s Guide to TwitterGetting StartedWhat Do YOU Want?What I Want from TwitterYour Twitter FeedJoin the ConversationBeing Helpful on the InternetTwitter as a Second BrainDealing with HatersDefinitely Bad IdeasFinal ThoughtsIntroduction: Marketing YourselfYou Already Know What Good Personal Marketing IsPersonal BrandingPersonal Anecdote Time!Brand TemplatesConsistencyYou Need a DomainPicking a DomainBloggingMarketing Your Business Value vs. Your Coding SkillsMarketing Yourself in PublicMarketing Yourself at WorkThings That Do Not MatterAppendix: Marketing HacksIntroduction: The Operating System of YouCoding Career HabitsYour “Hardware”Your “External Devices”Your "Scheduler"Your “Kernel”
Course Overview
The non-coding part of being a successful software engineer is very important, but also happens to be very under-discussed. This is a course about getting great coding jobs and doing well at coding jobs. Especially if you're earlier in your career, there's a lot here that you might ot...
How You'll Learn
Hands-on coding environments
You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
Faster than videos
Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.
No set-up required
Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can show
Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
Hands-on coding environments
You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.
Faster than videos
Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.
No set-up required
Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.
Progress you can show
Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.
Course Contents
Introduction: Your Coding CareerPrinciples Over TitlesCompany TypesCareer LayersDiversityThe Five Career StagesQuiz Yourself on Your Coding Career
Introduction: The (First) Job HuntDo the MathDo the WorkStaying Motivated While You SearchGetting the InterviewTypes of InterviewsOutside the InterviewQuiz Yourself on the (First) Job Hunt
Introduction: Junior DeveloperFinding Your GrooveMaking MistakesAdding ValueGrowing Your KnowledgeQuiz Yourself on Junior Developer
Introduction: From Junior to SeniorActing for the Job You WantMarketing Yourself as a Senior EngineerJunior Engineer, Senior EngineerTo Stay or to GoQuiz Yourself on From Junior to Senior
Introduction: Senior DeveloperSolutions vs. PatternsVelocity vs. MaintainabilityTechnical DebtPrudent DebtReckless DebtMentorship, Allyship, and SponsorshipBusiness ImpactQuiz Yourself on Senior Developer
Introduction: Beyond your Coding CareerEngineering ManagementProduct ManagementDeveloper RelationsDeveloper EducatorEntrepreneurshipQuiz Yourself on Beyond your Coding Career
Private vs. PublicGetting StartedBut I’m ScaredTeach to LearnMentors, Mentees, and Becoming an ExpertWhy it WorksQuiz Yourself on Learn in Public
Introduction: Know your ToolsAvoid Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)Beyond the ToolQuiz Yourself on Know your Tools
Introduction: Specialize in the NewTechnology ComplementsLindy CompoundingQuiz Yourself on Specialize in the New
Introduction: Open Source your KnowledgeOpen KnowledgeOpen-Source KnowledgePersonal AnecdoteWhy Open Source YOUR KnowledgeTipsQuiz Yourself on Open Source your Knowledge
Introduction: Spark JoyWhy it WorksSparking Joy in CodeSparking Joy in PRs and IssuesSparking Joy in DocsSparking Joy in Demos and ProductsThe Extra MileQuiz Yourself on Spark Joy
Introduction: Good Enough is Better than BestThe Problem with Seeking “The Best”The Dangers of False ConfidenceQuiz Yourself on Good Enough is Better than Best
Introduction: First Principles ThinkingLogicEpistemologyApplicationsQuiz Yourself on First Principles Thinking
Introduction: Write, A LotWhy Developers WriteDocumentationCareer CapitalWhat Writing Does for YouHow to Become a Good Public WriterGoing PublicThe DIY Ph.DCommitting to WritingQuiz Yourself on Write, A Lot
Introduction: Pick Up What They Put DownWhat happens when you do this?Why does this work on them?Why does this work on you?Quiz Yourself on Pick Up What They Put Down
Strategy in Your Coding CareerWhat is Strategy?How Do I Use Strategy?Quiz Yourself on Intro to Strategy
Introduction: Specialist vs. GeneralistLeverage vs. Self SufficiencyThe “Full-Stack” Developer“T Shaped” and “Pi Shaped”Look Inside, Not OutWhen in Doubt, SpecializeQuiz Yourself on Specialist vs. Generalist
Introduction: Betting on TechnologiesData-Driven InvestingHow to be EarlyThe Value of ValuesQuiz Yourself on Betting on Technologies
Introduction: Profit Center vs Cost CenterDefinitions: Profit, Cost, and Investment Center“Close to the money”Profit Center, Cost CenterThe Developer’s ChoiceQuiz Yourself on Profit Center vs. Cost Center
Introduction: Engineering Career LaddersWhen and Why to LadderWhat Companies WantIndividual Company LaddersQuiz Yourself on Engineering Career Ladders
Introduction: Intro to Tech StrategySoftware is Eating the WorldHorizontal vs. VerticalBusiness ModelsPlatforms and AggregatorsOther Strategic PerspectivesQuiz Yourself on Intro to Tech Strategy
Introduction: Strategic AwarenessConcern vs. InfluenceLevels of ConcernBias to ActionUnderstanding Technology AdoptionTechnology Value ChainSystems ThinkingOther Strategies for Strategic AwarenessQuiz Yourself on Strategic Awareness
Introduction: MegatrendsDefinitionsExamples of MegatrendsBuilding Your List of MegatrendsQuiz Yourself on Megatrends
Introduction: NegotiatingGeneral AdvicePatrick McKenzie on Salary NegotiationHaseeb Qureshi on Ten Rules for NegotiatingJosh Doody on Fearless Salary Negotiation
Introduction: How to Learn in PrivateImproving What You ConsumeGetting More Out of What You ConsumeGo MetaQuiz Yourself on How to Learn in Private
Design for Developers in a HurrySpark Joy RepoLayoutTypographyColor Palette and BackgroundsIcons and IllustrationsEaster Eggs
Introduction: LampshadingWhen You’re Very SeniorWhen You’re NewStorytime!LampshadingThe Stupid Question Safe Harbor
Introduction: Conference CFPsWatch a lot of TalksPick a ConferencePick a TopicPick a GenrePick a TitleWrite an AbstractBuilding a CFP ProcessExample CFPs and Peer Review
Mise en Place WritingWriting isn’t Just WritingComponents of Pre-WritingThe Pre-Writing WorkflowThe Infinite KitchenImprovisation is OkayQuiz Yourself on Mise en Place Writing
Introduction: Developer’s Guide to TwitterGetting StartedWhat Do YOU Want?What I Want from TwitterYour Twitter FeedJoin the ConversationBeing Helpful on the InternetTwitter as a Second BrainDealing with HatersDefinitely Bad IdeasFinal Thoughts
Introduction: Marketing YourselfYou Already Know What Good Personal Marketing IsPersonal BrandingPersonal Anecdote Time!Brand TemplatesConsistencyYou Need a DomainPicking a DomainBloggingMarketing Your Business Value vs. Your Coding SkillsMarketing Yourself in PublicMarketing Yourself at WorkThings That Do Not MatterAppendix: Marketing Hacks
Introduction: The Operating System of YouCoding Career HabitsYour “Hardware”Your “External Devices”Your "Scheduler"Your “Kernel”
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