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Part I – Career Chapter 1: The Big Picture If You Only Take Away One Thing What Is the Job What it Means to Grow Ten Principles Your Relationship With Your Employer Chapter 2: Landing Jobs The Basics of Hiring Processes Working With Recruiters Resumes Passing Engineering Interviews Recruiters Levels, Titles, and Compensation at Tech Companies Chapter 3: Learning and Growing Read Every Day Mentorship Imposter Syndrome is Underrated Having Your Own Project Ideas Performance Reviews Stop Worrying About Title Chapter 4: Changes On Fear, Confusion, and Self-Loathing: Starting New Jobs When to Change Jobs How to Change Jobs Maintenance is For Suckers: Choosing Teams and Projects The Transition to Management Adaptability is Everything Burnout and Bouncing Back Part II – Day to Day At the Office Chapter 5: Professional Skills Project Management Effective Meetings Productivity and Organization Hiring Engineers: Interviewing From the Other Side of the Table Chapter 6: Working With Humans Social Skills Feedback Working With Your Manager Working With Platform Owners Chapter 7: Shining in an Engineering Organization Reputation and Personal Brand Helpfulness Running Toward Fires Politics and Political Capital Professionals Maximize Business Value Saying No is Not Your Job Personal Reliability Knowing Our Limits: The Epistemology of Software Engineering Chapter 8: Leading Others Helping a Team Succeed Mentorship Chapter 9: Adversity Managing Your Emotions Yes, Things are Broken Conflict Resolution and Dealing With Difficult People Dealing With HR Making Mistakes Chapter 10: Professional Conduct A Word About Complaining A Word About Gossip A Word About Office Dating Decorum and Political Correctness Alcohol With Colleagues Part III – Communication Chapter 11: A Holistic Look at Engineering Communication Chapter 12: Technical Writing Chapter 13: Effective Email Chapter 14: Describing Problems and Asking Questions Chapter 15: Public Speaking Part IV – Technical Skills Chapter 16: Professional-Grade Code Chapter 17: Debugging Chapter 18: Building for Reliability Chapter 19: Mastering the Command Line Chapter 20: Operating Real Software
