How to become a “10x engineer”

“10x engineer” is a controversial term that may elicit negative reactions from many. Controversies aside, there are indeed huge variances in productivity among software engineers, including those with comparable amount of experience. It’s a worthy endeavor to strive to become a 10x engineer with an extraordinarily high level of productivity and impact. 10x engineers are … Continue reading How to become a “10x engineer”

General advice for engineers

In this blog, we’ll share some advice helpful to most in our field regardless of their career goals and paths. They’re applicable to professionals in many other fields too, but are particularly meaningful to software engineers, due to the highly dynamic nature of the software field and the huge performance variances among people in our … Continue reading General advice for engineers

Introduction

Software engineering is a dynamic and exciting place as a career choice. Software is eating the world, as the famed technologist/entrepreneur/VC Marc Andreessen said. AI and the COVID pandemic only accelerate the pace of software revolution. There has been an insatiable demand for talent in the field, and the trend will continue in many years … Continue reading Introduction