Owning Your Career - The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz. Join them as they discuss software engineering compensation, how to ace your performance reviews, and what "getting things done" means!

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The Software Engineer's Guidebook by Gergely Orosz
https://amzn.to/3C503GQ (paid link)


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Newsletters mentioned in this episode

The Pragmatic Engineer (Gergely Orosz)
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer....

Lenny's Newsletter
https://www.lennysnewsletter.com

Byte Byte Go
https://blog.bytebytego.com

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00:00 Intro
02:26 About the Book
06:02 Thoughts on the Book
12:17 Career Fundamentals and choosing your path
19:31 Exploring Comp Tiers
29:45 Dual-Track careers, Work Logs, and Performance Reviews
51:14 The Competent Software Developer
01:02:15 The Well-Rounded Senior Engineer
01:09:38 Final Thoughts

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