Engineers Survival Guide: Advice, tactics, and tricks
Merih Taze, Senior Software Engineering Lead at Facebook (previously Microsoft and Snapchat), is the author of Engineers Survival Guide.
There are plenty excellent technical publications available. But what about your professional life as an engineer? What is your interaction style with others? How satisfied are you with your job? Are you sick of having to put on a fake confidence act? Do you have trouble persuading others? Do you want to advance in your career? Are you busy and unable to obtain the assistance you require? Are you afraid of what your peers may say? Do you find yourself in disagreements with no end in sight? Do you want to know how to make your boss work for you? Do you want to establish a career you'll be pleased to talk about?
If you've been feeling isolated on your path and wishing you had a friend or mentor from whom you could seek non-technical assistance, look no further!
Working in a tech company, whether new or experienced, may be isolating. School will not teach you how to persuade intelligent technical people, manage your career, or operate complex systems. In Engineers Survival Guide, Merih has been exceedingly open and gracious in sharing his experience, his own imposter syndrome, and his own victories and disappointments, making the lonely road in technology more tolerable and even pleasant. Get a better understanding of how the system operates by looking at a variety of real-world instances.
Inside, you'll find a summary of advice, techniques, and methods learned the hard way over many years of working on mission-critical components, complex system architectures supporting billions of users, and collaborating with thousands of the world's most talented engineers. It has a survival strategy for the majority of circumstances you'll face as an engineer, and learn how to play the long game.
Topics Covered: Conflict resolution, finding mentors, prioritization, interviews, importance of data, visibility, failures, consensus, design discussions, how to drive meetings, adaptability, ambiguity, networking, meetings with your managers (one on ones), biggest regret, perfectionism, system design, calendar, focus blocks, office jargon, diversification, positive surroundings, being the happy coworker, working at a startup, office politics, playing for the long game
Author: Merih Taze
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Survival-Guide-Facebook-Microsoft/dp/B09MBZBGFK/
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