[Ebook] The Coding Career Handbook

The Missing Manual For Junior To Senior Devs​

“The book could've been called Hacker News: The Good Parts. All the experience-based advice for career success, none of the toxic nonsense.” - Forrest Brazeal, AWS Serverless Hero

What's in The Book​

10 hours of audio. 40 chapters. 450+ pages. 1,400+ links to original sources curated over 3 years. Priceless insights from dozens of developers at the top of their fields. Proven ideas, tested by personal experience, backed by solid theoretical foundations.

Career Guides​

Specific advice on every career stage from Code Newbie to Junior Dev to Senior Dev, and every transition after: the First Job Hunt, going from Junior to Senior, and Beyond.

Principles​

The best investments are in things that don't change. We discuss timeless rules for successful default behavior. Learn to grow your network and expertise, while you learn.

Strategies​

Everything to do with making big moves, from Betting on Technologies, to Career Ladders, to Software Business Models. Grow your business and personal impact!

Tactics​

Important, self-contained skills that you can repeatedly call on throughout your career, from Negotiating to Side Projects to Twitter to Writing.

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What's in The Book​

10 hours of audio. 40 chapters. 450+ pages. 1,400+ links to original sources curated over 3 years. Priceless insights from dozens of developers at the top of their fields. Proven ideas, tested by personal experience, backed by solid theoretical foundations.

Career Guides​

Specific advice on every career stage from Code Newbie to Junior Dev to Senior Dev, and every transition after: the First Job Hunt, going from Junior to Senior, and Beyond.

Principles​

The best investments are in things that don't change. We discuss timeless rules for successful default behavior. Learn to grow your network and expertise, while you learn.

Strategies​

Everything to do with making big moves, from Betting on Technologies, to Career Ladders, to Software Business Models. Grow your business and personal impact!

Tactics​

Important, self-contained skills that you can repeatedly call on throughout your career, from Negotiating to Side Projects to Twitter to Writing.

About The Author​

Hello, I'm @swyx! I started this project because I noticed a severe lack of advice about going from Junior to Senior in dev careers.
I've climbed the career ladder twice - first going from sell-side junior trader to buy-side hedge fund analyst, then again from doing freeCodeCamp at age 30 to working as a Senior (L6) at Netlify and AWS. I am now Head of Developer Experience at Temporal.io.
I've helped hundreds of thousands of developers via my writing, speaking, teaching and Twitter and decided the only way to really scale my advice is to write down the best of it in a book and offer it to those who care enough to invest in their professional growth.
You can find the usual biographical stuff on my About page.