High Growth Engineer

Use the power of storytelling in tech to get promoted faster

Communication techniques that build your executive presence

Jan 18 • Jordan Cutler and Mark Bayer

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What The Best Engineers Do—and What Actually Got Them Promoted, from an Amazon VP

Guest post by Amazon VP, Ethan Evans

Jan 4 • Jordan Cutler and Ethan Evans

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December 2025

How to Build Your First ChatGPT App

Take advantage of 800 million weekly active users. Build an app that gets in front of millions of people.

Dec 14, 2025 • Jordan Cutler and Colin Matthews

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November 2025

My weekly tech industry intake routine as a Staff Engineer

How I stay up-to-date, find impactful opportunities, and grow from 25+ mentors

Nov 30, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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Top 5 Communication Frameworks for Engineers You Must Remember

Be convincing, be strategic, be heard

Nov 16, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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Never forget how to delegate. This is the easiest framework for engineers.

How the most common type of document maps to delegation

Nov 2, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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October 2025

My 2025 Software Engineering Desk Setup

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Oct 19, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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A One-Pager Is All You Need

The highly valuable tool for influence and moving solutions forward as an engineer

Oct 12, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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September 2025

Operating Principles That Guided Me to Staff Engineer (Part 2: Expanding Influence)

Deliver more results through influence, relationships, and stronger communication

Sep 21, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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Operating Principles That Guided Me to Staff Engineer (Part 1: Driving Impact)

Make more impact, get more done, and grow faster

Sep 7, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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August 2025

5 Tiny Phrases Every Engineer Should Use With AI

How to prevent "AI Slop"

Aug 24, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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How to tell when AI is lying to you

AI is only good if you can trust what it gives you. Here's how to tell

Aug 10, 2025 • Jordan Cutler

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