Cheat sheet · Career
Job search cheat sheet
Resume, applications, offers.
Chapters
- 1Know your target
- 2Your resume
- Proof of work
+ 5 more
- 8 chapters
- 55 concepts
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Career cheat sheets
Career cheat sheets for software engineers: job search, LinkedIn and personal branding, open source, growth and leadership, as practical checklists.
- 76 sheets
- 5120 concepts
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Cheat sheet · Career
LinkedIn and personal branding cheat sheet
Profile, posting, network.
Chapters
- 1Your niche and story
- 2Your profile as a landing page
- Write posts people read
+ 3 more
- 6 chapters
- 46 concepts
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Open source cheat sheet
First contribution to programmes.
Chapters
- 1How open source works
- 2Git and GitHub for contributors
- Your first merged pull request
+ 3 more
- 6 chapters
- 51 concepts
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Mid-level to senior cheat sheet
Scope, ownership, influence.
Chapters
- 1Seniority as scope, with a clear bar
- 2Ownership and leverage
- Own the design: write to decide
+ 3 more
- 6 chapters
- 47 concepts
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Staff and leadership cheat sheet
Staff engineer or manager.
Chapters
- 1Owning architecture across teams
- 2Leading projects
- Leading incidents and postmortems
+ 1 more
- 8 chapters
- 53 concepts
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Your first tech job cheat sheet
First 90 days, reviews, growing fast.
Chapters
- 1Before day one
- 2The first two weeks
- 3Working with your team
+ 5 more
- 8 chapters
- 64 concepts
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Masters and scholarships abroad cheat sheet
Programmes, funding, SOPs, visas.
Chapters
- 1Decide whether, why and what
- 2Your 12 to 18 month plan
- 3Choose programmes and supervisors
+ 5 more
- 8 chapters
- 71 concepts
FreeCheat sheet · Career
Switch into tech cheat sheet
From another field or no degree.
Chapters
- 1An honest reality check
- 2A target role that fits your background
- 3Money, risk and the people around you
+ 5 more
- 8 chapters
- 56 concepts
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Tech roles beyond coding cheat sheet
Product, business analysis, writing and devrel.
Chapters
- 1Tech roles beyond coding
- 2Technical literacy
- Your portfolio
+ 2 more
- 7 chapters
- 55 concepts
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Forward deployed and solutions engineering cheat sheet
Customer-facing engineering roles.
Chapters
- 1The roles compared
- 2Core engineering you still need
- Discovery and the customer's problem
+ 7 more
- 10 chapters
- 73 concepts
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Layoffs and AI cheat sheet
Stay hard to cut, and recover if laid off.
Chapters
- 1What AI is really doing to tech jobs
- 2Read the signals and your own exposure
- 3Be hard to cut at work
+ 4 more
- 7 chapters
- 71 concepts
FreeCheat sheet · Career
Tech jobs abroad cheat sheet
Relocate for work: Gulf, Europe, UK, East Asia.
Chapters
- 1Decide if, and where
- 2Visas and work permits
- 3Degrees, attestation and documents
+ 4 more
- 8 chapters
- 66 concepts
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