The Coding Career Handbook

Guides, principles, strategies and tactics for Jr to Sr devs

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Guides, principles, strategies and tactics for Jr to Sr devs

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The Coding Career Handbook is distilled Tacit Knowledge on building an exceptional and *sustainable* coding career. Career Guides, Principles, Strategies, and Tactics to take you from Code Newbie to Junior to Senior Developer! Includes Community & Workshops!

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The Coding Career Handbook is easily the most practical guidebook for developers looking to level up their careers that I've ever read. Shawn talks about things that experienced engineers and managers learn "the hard way" or by having "already made it" -- but in a way that is accessible for people at all levels of experience. Things that NO ONE talks about, until now. If you are looking for actionable, to-the-point information on how to take the next step in your career, I can't recommend Shawn's book strongly enough. It's a resource you can keep coming back to year after year for advice. Congrats @swyx for shipping this!

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6yr ago

smol developer

Maker

@monicalent soookind of you Monica! thank you so much for your encouragement and support through all this!

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6yr ago

smol developer

Maker

Hi! I have been writing since April, but this book has been *years* in the making. So glad to launch it today! There are a lot of advice books on how to crack the coding interview, and on becoming a manager, or quitting your job to be a founder. Nobody really talks about how to go from Junior to Senior. Nobody really talks about how to excel as an individual contributor. Nobody explains to developers how their code has business value! This is all the tacit knowledge "everybody" knows, for written down in one place for the first time! Since I switched careers from finance and started doing freeCodeCamp in 2017, I have been studying the principles, strategies, and tactics that make great developers successful and applying it to my own career. This has helped me get hired at a Senior level at AWS in just 3 years. While between jobs, I decided to take the time to write down everything I've learned about the tech industry - everything I wish I had known, everything I believe to be true, everything I think an individual contributor developer needs to build an exceptional career: - Going from Junior to Senior - Learning in Public - Tech Strategy (the Business of Software) - Why You Should Write (A Lot!) - Engineering Career Ladders - Developer's Guide to Twitter - Marketing Yourself (without Being a Celebrity) - and more! There's a launch discount applied to everything on the site; I hope you enjoy it!

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6yr ago

Centered Groups

@swyx congrats on the launch! I bought the book yesterday and skimmed through it a bit. My initial impressions: it has 0% of the fluff and the density of useful material is absolutely mind boggling. Anyone serious about their careers in tech owe to themselves to buy this book.

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6yr ago

smol developer

Maker

@fardeemm thats what i'm trying to go for! inf act i think there is still fluff to cut. My hope is to come back to this and cut 10% every year in length and gain clarity! thanks for supporting the book!

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6yr ago

Congratulations on the launch! Please consider removing the background color shift. I thought my eyes were going bad with the subtle green to red shift. Very unsettling and uncomfortable.

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6yr ago

smol developer

Maker

@rayliverified hi Ray! I'm sorry i ddint think about this earlier. I agree with you and its done! check out the new design :)

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6yr ago

Robin Wieruch

I had the pleasure to read the book from start to finish and I must say it's just packed with information! A great read for everyone starting a career as a developer :-) Congrats on the launch Shawn.

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6yr ago

smol developer

Maker

@rwieruch thanks so much for all the helpful and detailed feedback!! it was an honor to have the book reviewed by someone I have learned so much from 🙇‍♂️

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6yr ago

How Much to Make

Joel Hooks from egghead always talks about mentorship and how he receives it from others. But it's not the kind of "let's schedule an hour where you help me." It's more of the reading and having discussions with people you look up to. Shawn is one of those people for me and this book is packed with good advice. I purchased the book on presale and have been watching behind the scenes as he's been working on this. I am so impressed with how much time and effort he has put into this. It's one of those books where you sit down and only get through 5 pages because he links to so many good papers and articles to back up his claims. No matter what step of the career ladder you're on right now, you'll find value in the advice and strategies in this book.

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6yr ago

Polywork

I pre-ordered this book early because I thought It's one of those resources I need and have followed Shawn's progress. Lots of great insights shared on how I can level up my career I can't wait to put them into practice. Congrats on the book release!

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