Writing on Mentorship
Articles on Mentorship from Tauseef Fayyaz: practical writing on engineering, AI and tech careers, drawn from leading a team and mentoring engineers.
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9 posts tagged “mentorship”
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How to Find a Mentor in Tech: A Practical Guide for 2026
Where to find a mentor in tech in the US, UK, Europe and Japan (or remotely from anywhere), how to ask without making it awkward, and how to keep a mentoring relationship useful when junior roles are scarce.Sep 28, 202629 - job search
No Job After BSCS? A 90 Day Plan for Unemployed CS Graduates
No job after BSCS and months of silence? A structured 90 day plan: diagnose where your search is failing, build one strong project, apply with focus, network without cringe, handle family pressure, and use QA, support and trainee roles as bridges.Sep 25, 202622 - career growth
Returning to Software Engineering After a Career Break: A Realistic Plan
A realistic plan for returning to software engineering after a career break: what changed, which path to pick, what to learn before applying, portfolio ideas, how to explain the gap and where to find returnships.Sep 15, 202628 - career growth
Left Your Job to Learn? How Experienced Developers Should Use the Gap
Left your job to learn? What to learn as an experienced developer: pick a direction before topics, set a runway and time box, build proof, explain the gap well and start applying at the halfway point.Sep 15, 202637 - career growth
Twelve Moves That Take You From Mid Level to Senior
Going from mid level to senior software engineer is about scope, not years. Twelve moves that actually get you there: leverage over volume, a written promotion bar, design docs, multiplying through others and choosing a direction.Sep 8, 202657 - career growth
The Habits That Make an Engineer Worth Routing Work Through
The habits of great software engineers are mostly about reliability, not brilliance. Fifteen learnable habits, from estimating in ranges to labelled review comments and weekly notes, that make you the person work gets routed through.Sep 8, 202641 - career growth
MS in Computer Science Abroad from Pakistan: Countries, Scholarships and Timeline
Thinking about an MS in computer science abroad from Pakistan? An honest guide to whether to go now or work first, Germany vs UK vs US vs Canada, fully funded scholarships with official links, the timeline and the documents you need.Sep 7, 202635 - career growth
What to Do When You Are Stuck Learning to Code
Stuck learning to code? The problem is rarely the material. Sixteen things to do when you hit a wall, a stuck timer to pin by your editor, how to use AI without losing the learning, and a four week reset plan.Aug 3, 202644 - career growth
Ten Books That Fill the Gap a CS Degree Leaves
Ten books for software engineers that a computer science degree skips, from Ousterhout and Kleppmann to Feathers and Brooks, grouped by the problem each solves and when in your career it will land.Jul 23, 202635
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