Strategize Your Career

👋 Why I Started This

Hi, I am Fran, the engineer behind this newsletter.

At some point, my weekly 1:1s with my manager weren’t enough to explore everything I wanted to talk about: growing my career, learning faster, and becoming the most productive engineer.

So I started writing.

Strategize Your Career is where I share everything I’ve learned (and keep learning) about building a high-impact, high-autonomy software engineering career.

💡 What You'll Get

Every week, I share a concise, practical post to help you:

• 💵 Increase your salary by growing in scope and leveling up

• 🕒 Save time with repeatable systems and mental models

• 🚀 Learn faster through curated content and structured learning tracks

If you’re an engineer who wants to be more intentional about your career, this newsletter is for you.

🔒 Premium Subscriber Benefits

If you ever decide you are ready to invest in your growth, I also created a premium version of this newsletter.

Premium subscribers get full access to the systems I used to grow my career at Amazon and beyond.

I want you to:

• Get a higher salary with a promotion or by changing jobs.

• Work with high productivity and achieve the most impact without burnout.

• Learn faster and stay up to date with every new technology.

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🎁 Premium Subscribers Get:

• 🛠 9+ Templates and Tools. (Resume, interview prep, project planning, and more)

• 📚 8+ Structured Learning Tracks. (Getting promoted, learning faster, working smarter, and more)

• 📝 80+ Deep-Dive Premium Posts. (Full archive access)

• 🔐 1+ Exclusive New Post every month.

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No pressure at all. The free version will keep delivering tons of value every week.

💬 What People Are Saying

Don't just take my word for it. Here’s what other engineers are saying about the newsletter:

These stories remind me why I started writing in the first place.

My goal is to help more engineers take control of their careers with clarity and confidence.

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🧾 Appendix: Reimburse with your L&D Budget

Many subscribers use their Learning & Development budget to pay for the annual plan.

Go ahead and ask your manager to reinburse with the template below

Hey {manager},

Hope you're doing well!

I wanted to ask if it would be possible to expense a subscription to a software engineering newsletter as part of my Learning & Development budget.

The newsletter is called Strategize Your Career, and it focuses on topics like growing in the role, becoming more productive, learning faster, and improving technical communication. It also covers leadership and mentorship.

The annual subscription is €120. I think it would be really valuable for my growth and development, especially in areas that directly support our work and team goals.

Would it be okay to reimburse this?

Thanks,
{Your Name}