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Creating an early career plan that grows as you do

How to start your journey towards engineering leadership
February 23, 2021

Writing a career plan early on in your journey to engineering leadership can feel intimidating. There are a lot of questions to answer at this stage of your career, and it can be difficult to know where to start.

When I finished my undergraduate computer science program, there was a lot that I didn’t know. What part of the tech stack did I prefer? What kinds of products did I want to build? What size organization felt like it would be a good fit for me? As a new grad doing rounds of interviews, I got asked these types of questions frequently, so I began writing down the answers.

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