# jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook

All the resources you need to get to Senior Engineer and beyond

Repository: https://github.com/jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook
Homepage: https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: career, senior-engineer, software-developer, career-growth, awesome, path-to-senior
Last push: 2026-08-08T11:23:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 72
- inputs: {"age_days": 1013, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18074, forks 1671 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.295806+00:00)

## What it is
A curated handbook of resources (newsletters, books, courses, papers, podcasts, and communities) for software engineers aiming to reach senior level and beyond. It is an awesome-list style repository maintained by Jordan Cutler with an MIT license.

## Use cases
- find resources to grow from mid-level to senior software engineer
- discover newsletters and podcasts about engineering career growth
- find books and courses on system design and leadership
- get recommendations for staying up-to-date as a software engineer
- find communities for engineering career mentorship
- prepare for a tech lead or senior engineer promotion

## When to choose
- you are a software engineer planning your career progression to senior or staff level
- you want a single curated list of career-growth learning materials
- you are looking for system design, leadership, or SRE learning resources

## When to avoid
- you need executable software, a library, or a tool rather than reading material
- you want structured interactive training rather than links to external resources
- you need resources for non-engineering careers

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: career-growth, awesome-list, senior-engineer, curated-resources, career-development

## Member repositories
- jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.295806+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:02:10.189299+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jordan-cutler/path-to-senior-engineer-handbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.295806+00:00, sha 33532875ea35)
  - homepage: https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:37.544689+00:00, sha 2fcfda86d086)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.