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Start with the stage you are in.
A rejection does not say where the search broke. Pick the stage that sounds like your week; each one needs a different first move.
An interview is coming up
Plan the days you have left, then pick the book or practice that fits them.
Plan your preparationApplying, hearing nothing
The same silence can come from five different stages. The free guide shows how to tell them apart.
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For the next few years rather than this search: the essays, guides, tools and books for one direction, in order.
- Get hiredResume, LinkedIn, referrals, recruiter signal, negotiation and first-90-days systems.
- Pass interviewsSwift, SwiftUI, concurrency, architecture, mobile system design, live coding and behavioural answer systems.
- Lead teamsCode review, mentoring, planning, stakeholder communication, estimations and conflict resolution.
- Become staffTechnical leadership, ownership, RFCs, architecture reviews, cross-team alignment and decision making.
- Design systemsOffline-first sync, caching, modularisation, persistence, performance, platform strategy and architecture governance.
- Manage organisations1:1s, performance reviews, hiring, career growth, roadmaps, budgets and org design.
- Build with AIOn-device AI, LLM features, agents, RAG, embeddings, AI product design and mobile AI architecture.
- Work independentlyFinding clients, scoping, pricing, contracts, delivery and running multiple consulting projects.
Still cannot tell which stage it is?
Where to spend money, if you do
Everything above is free. When you want more, here is what each paid step gives you and what it costs.
