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Linear: move fast with little process (with first engineering manager Sabin Roman)
On today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by fellow Uber alum, Sabin Roman, now the first Engineering Manager at Linear.
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Gergely Orosz
1:11:56
Hiring software engineers and engineering leaders from Big Tech (Part 2)
Tactics and approaches for startups to hire software engineers with Big Tech experience, and why Amazon is a leading source of talent for early-stage…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #115: LLM improvements slowing down?
Several signs indicate that improving LLMs with more training/compute is no longer efficient. Also: dev charged $1,100 after following a tutorial, a…
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Gergely Orosz
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How to debug large, distributed systems: Antithesis
A brief history of debugging, why debugging large systems is different, and how the “multiverse debugger” built by Antithesis attempts to take on this…
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse #114: What does Trump’s win mean for Tech?
More influence for Musk and VCs, potentially reversing Section 174, pro-crypto, uncertainty for Big Tech, and more. Also: a third embarrassing security…
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Gergely Orosz
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Promotions and tooling at Google (with Irina Stanescu, Ex-Google)
In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Irina Stanescu, a seasoned engineer with over 14 years in software engineering and…
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Gergely Orosz
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How to become a more effective engineer
The importance of soft skills, implicit hierarchies, getting to “small wins”, understanding promotion processes and more. A guest post from software…
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Gergely Orosz
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Cindy Sridharan

October 2024

The Pulse #113: Engineering culture at Google vs Meta
Also: AI now generates 25% of code at Google; Deep cuts at profitable companies like Dropbox and Miro; Business booming at the likes of Google, Meta and…
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Gergely Orosz
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Hiring software engineers and engineering leaders from Big Tech (Part 1)
A dive into why hiring Big Tech talent can be a bad idea for startups, a look at cases when it works, what makes it hard to recruit from Big Tech, and…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #112: Similarities between AI bots using a computer and end-to-end testing
Also: Automated reasoning proves system correctness at AWS, Winamp code shows why software licenses are important, and more
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Gergely Orosz
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Twisting the rules of building software: Bending Spoons (the team behind Evernote)
You may not be familiar with Bending Spoons, but I guarantee you’ve encountered some of their well-known products, like Evernote and Meetup. In today’s…
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Gergely Orosz
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State of the software engineering job market in 2024
A deep dive into job market trends, the companies and cities hiring the most software engineers, growth areas, and more. Exclusive data and charts
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Gergely Orosz
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