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Career and job search roadmaps

Career roadmaps for software engineers: getting your first job, job search, LinkedIn, open source and growing to senior and beyond, step by step.

  • 56 paths
  • 3295 topics

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  • Roadmap · Career

    Job search roadmap

    Resume, applications, offers

    The path

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

    + 4 more

    • 7 stages
    • 54 topics
    • ~7 months
    Opens with credits
  • Roadmap · Career

    Open source roadmap

    First contribution to programmes

    The path

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

    + 3 more

    • 6 stages
    • 46 topics
    • ~7 months
    Opens with credits
  • Roadmap · Career

    Mid-level to senior roadmap

    Scope, ownership, influence

    The path

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

    + 3 more

    • 6 stages
    • 47 topics
    • ~7 months
    Opens with credits
  • Roadmap · Career

    Staff and leadership roadmap

    Staff engineer or manager

    The path

    1. 1Owning architecture across teams
    2. 2Leading projects and incidents
    3. Communication and influence across the organisation

    + 2 more

    • 5 stages
    • 38 topics
    • ~8 months
    Opens with credits
  • Roadmap · Career

    Switch into tech roadmap

    From another field or no degree

    The path

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

    + 5 more

    • 8 stages
    • 55 topics
    • ~7 months
  • Roadmap · Career

    Tech roles beyond coding roadmap

    Product, business analysis, writing and devrel

    The path

    1. 1The landscape of non-coding tech roles
    2. 2Technical literacy
    3. Discovery, prioritisation and specs

    + 4 more

    • 7 stages
    • 49 topics
    • ~8 months
    Opens with credits
  • Roadmap · Career

    Layoffs and AI roadmap

    Stay hard to cut, and recover if laid off

    The path

    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 stages
    • 49 topics
    • ~6 months
  • Roadmap · Career

    Tech jobs abroad roadmap

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

    The path

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

    + 4 more

    • 7 stages
    • 41 topics
    • ~4 months

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Each of these is its own page: the foundations, the ones that build products, the ones that specialise, the career paths and the ways to earn independently.

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