Hey everyone 👋🏽 Today we’ll cover:

1. Taro is live on Product Hunt!

2. 3 Traits Of The Fastest Growing Software Engineers

3. Our next event from Cat Chen (Staff Engineer) this Saturday

Product Hunt Launch

After weeks of preparation, we just launched on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/taro-tech-career-mentorship. If you’ve gotten any value from Taro, we’d love for you to take 30 seconds to upvote and leave a comment!

We’re designing the career growth platform that we wish we had as we started our software engineering careers. Your feedback is so valuable – thanks to many of you who replied to last week’s email about creator incentives!

I think there’s a “proper” way to solicit feedback on Product Hunt (something about having prior activity?), but honestly we’d just love your support, however it comes 🥰

Let’s make more people aware of Taro!

3 Traits Of The Fastest Growing Software Engineers

My most recent YouTube video is about the patterns of the fastest growing software engineers I’ve ever worked with.

1️⃣ They act as feedback sponges.

These engineers seek out feedback, act on it quickly, and close the loop with the person who gave the feedback. Instead of just asking “how am I doing?”, they ask deeper questions to get more thoughtful answers.

2️⃣ They have an amazing ability to manage time and focus.

When these engineers start the day, they act with urgency to get things done. They don’t spend hours checking email, or waiting for code to compile.They follow one of 3 patterns to ensure meetings are actually valuable.

3️⃣ They have very clear communication, written + verbal.

The byproduct of clear, consistent communication is that you build strong relationships and trust. That trust leads to likability, which leads to faster career growth.

More details in the video!

Live Event with Cat Chen on October 22

Cat Chen is a very senior engineer who has worked at top companies like Robinhood, Meta, and Baidu. His level of fame reached a point within Facebook where he actually had a “Cat Chen fan club” 🙀

Cat had an astonishing ability within the company to share perspectives and stories which resonated with 1000s of employees. He’ll talk about building influence, working with cross-functional partners, and navigating multiple organizations. Details are in the LinkedIn event.

This live event with Cat is for Taro Premium members. Going forward, we’ll have events with talented engineers + managers every few weeks.. 

Get the details by joining us.

When you work with enough technologies + frameworks, you don’t get scared as easily :)

Rahul & Alex

https://jointaro.com/membership