Why reading whitepapers takes your career to the next level (and how to do it)
I’m excited to feature Micah Lerner , L6 Staff Engineer and Tech Lead at Google, and author of Micah Learns , a blog with recurring deep dives on technical topics. Micah attributes a large part of his growth to reading technical whitepapers. In today’s guest post, he will share the value he’s experienced and how you can see similar results. Hi everyone 👋, Micah here. As a tech lead at Google, one of the highest-impact activities for my growth has been reading cutting-edge academic computer science papers. For me, this practice led to redefining our team’s strategy in work I presented at the top industry conference on systems reliability, and repeatedly receiving Google’s top performance ratings. The rest of this post talks about why and how you can apply these ideas to accelerate your own growth as an engineer. There are 3 main reasons reading computer research benefits you: Scaling your impact by providing novel insight, like in team design reviews Creating a personal-growth flywheel
Why reading whitepapers takes your career to the next level (and how to do it) Guest post by L6 Staff Engineer & Tech Lead at Google Jordan Cutler and Micah Lerner Apr 28, 2024 ∙ Paid 487 28 45 Share Hi everyone 👋, Jordan here. I’m excited to feature Micah Lerner , L6 Staff Engineer and Tech Lead at Google, and author of Micah Learns , a blog with recurring deep dives on technical topics. Micah attributes a large part of his growth to reading technical whitepapers. In today’s guest post, he will share the value he’s experienced and how you can see similar results. Hi everyone 👋, Micah here.
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