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🛑 Software engineers should stop planning their days and start planning their lives.

🛑 Software engineers should stop planning their days and start planning their lives.

Most engineers stay stuck because they confuse planning with strategy. Learn how to shift from busywork to real progress with a personal career strategy.

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Hi everyone, Fran here 👋

Today’s article is the result of a collaboration with

Daniil Shykhov
, a software engineer at WiX and author of the newsletter
Growth Algorithm
.

This isn’t about tips and tricks. It’s about making a shift from purposeless motion to meaningful actions.

From planning your day to transforming your direction.

I’ll leave you with Daniil’s words. Read until the end to see our joint conclusions

Let’s dive in!

👉 If this sounds interesting, join 18,000+ engineers who speed up their careers

You've done this before.

Bought a planner. Wrote a to-do list. Made a morning routine. Maybe even color-coded your week.

It felt good. You felt in control. Like you had your life together.

But a month later?

You're still stuck. Still scrolling. Still feeling behind.

Why?

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