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Career cheat sheets

Career cheat sheets on Sefism, written by Tauseef Fayyaz: every concept in plain words, why it is used and the pitfall that catches people out.

  • 76 sheets
  • 5120 concepts

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Foundations

1

Start here if you are new or your basics are patchy.

  • Cheat sheet · Foundations

    University to job-ready cheat sheet

    Semester by semester plan for CS students.

    Chapters

    1. 1Programming and object-oriented design
    2. 2Software engineering practice and Git
    3. Data structures and algorithms

    + 6 more

    • 10 chapters
    • 70 concepts
    Opens with credits

Specialise

1

Go deep in one area of engineering.

  • Cheat sheet · Specialise

    AI governance cheat sheet

    Inventory, oversight, EU AI Act, ISO 42001.

    Chapters

    1. 1Regulations and frameworks
    2. 2AI inventory and ownership
    3. Data foundation

    + 4 more

    • 7 chapters
    • 63 concepts
    Opens with credits

Career

11

Get hired, get seen and grow.

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Job search cheat sheet

    Resume, applications, offers.

    Chapters

    1. 1Know your target
    2. 2Your resume
    3. Proof of work

    + 5 more

    • 8 chapters
    • 55 concepts
    Opens with credits

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Open source cheat sheet

    First contribution to programmes.

    Chapters

    1. 1How open source works
    2. 2Git and GitHub for contributors
    3. Your first merged pull request

    + 3 more

    • 6 chapters
    • 51 concepts
    Opens with credits

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Mid-level to senior cheat sheet

    Scope, ownership, influence.

    Chapters

    1. 1Seniority as scope, with a clear bar
    2. 2Ownership and leverage
    3. Own the design: write to decide

    + 3 more

    • 6 chapters
    • 47 concepts
    Opens with credits

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Staff and leadership cheat sheet

    Staff engineer or manager.

    Chapters

    1. 1Owning architecture across teams
    2. 2Leading projects
    3. Leading incidents and postmortems

    + 1 more

    • 8 chapters
    • 53 concepts
    Opens with credits

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Switch into tech cheat sheet

    From another field or no degree.

    Chapters

    1. 1An honest reality check
    2. 2A target role that fits your background
    3. 3Money, risk and the people around you

    + 5 more

    • 8 chapters
    • 56 concepts
    Free

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Layoffs and AI cheat sheet

    Stay hard to cut, and recover if laid off.

    Chapters

    1. 1What AI is really doing to tech jobs
    2. 2Read the signals and your own exposure
    3. 3Be hard to cut at work

    + 4 more

    • 7 chapters
    • 71 concepts
    Free

  • Cheat sheet · Career

    Tech jobs abroad cheat sheet

    Relocate for work: Gulf, Europe, UK, East Asia.

    Chapters

    1. 1Decide if, and where
    2. 2Visas and work permits
    3. 3Degrees, attestation and documents

    + 4 more

    • 8 chapters
    • 66 concepts
    Free

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