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Free resources, guides, templates, and toolkits to help engineers and managers level up their skills and careers.
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Never Run Out of Meaningful 1-on-1 Questions Again
30 battle-tested questions for engineering managers, organized by category. Perfect for 1-on-1 meetings.
The New Job Sprint: A Software Engineer's Playbook
Stop wasting weeks feeling lost at your new engineering job. This 3-week playbook gives you the exact questions to ask, meetings to schedule, and systems to learn
The System Design Interview Playbook
A repeatable 6-step framework for any system design question — from URL shorteners to distributed databases. Includes trade-offs, common question patterns, and communication scripts.
How to Get Promoted as a Software Engineer
A practical, no-fluff guide to accelerating your career progression. Covers high-leverage work, making your impact visible, navigating the promo process, and a 6-month checklist.
The AI-Augmented Engineer's Toolkit
10 practical AI workflows to 10x your engineering output — from code review and debugging to writing design docs and learning new tech faster.
The Behavioral Interview Playbook for Software Engineers
Frameworks, scripts, and story-bank templates for answering any behavioral question. Covers the STAR+ method, 6 core question categories, and scripts for the trickiest interview moments.
Writing for Impact: The Engineer's Communication Playbook
The writing skill that separates good engineers from great ones. Covers the BLUF principle, design docs, PR descriptions, Slack messages, incident post-mortems, and executive updates.
The Feedback Playbook for Engineering Managers
How to give feedback that actually changes behavior. Covers the SBI model, scripts for difficult conversations, upward feedback, and building a team culture where feedback flows both ways.
The Engineering Roadmap Planning Playbook
How to run a planning process your team trusts and stakeholders understand. Covers capacity calculation, planning session structure, honest estimation, and communicating the roadmap at every level.
The AI Toolkit for Engineering Managers
8 concrete AI workflows for EMs — from preparing for difficult conversations and writing performance reviews to pressure-testing decisions and structuring stakeholder updates.