Path to Staff Engineer

Tool School: GitHub 101 (GitHub is the New Google Drive)

Everything you need to start using GitHub: setup, workflow, and an interactive lesson where you learn GitHub by using GitHub.

Published on In the Weeds • Mar 1

February 2026

How to Stay Valuable When AI Writes All The Code

A breakdown of Anthropic CEO’s “Powerful AI” essay — and how engineers can prepare in a post-AI world

Feb 7 • Sidwyn Koh

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January 2026

Death of the Coding Machine: The Archetypes Replacing It You Need to Know

New Staff Archetypes in the Age of AI

Jan 24 • Sidwyn Koh

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What To Do When Layoffs Hit Your Company

A playbook for surviving 2026's layoffs

Jan 17 • Sidwyn Koh

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Turn Chaotic Reviews Into Clear Decisions

The write-then-meet framework for running great technical reviews

Jan 10 • Sidwyn Koh

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December 2025

Make Hard Choices Easy to Understand

Clarify tradeoffs with one simple trick

Dec 21, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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Mastering Communication (Part 1 of 4)

How to Deliver Value Every Time

Dec 13, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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November 2025

Growth Takes Time

What you can do today if your career stalls

Nov 29, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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The Art of Framing Discussions

How to make every discussion feel like progress

Nov 2, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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September 2025

Leveraging CARL Method in Behavioral Interviews

How to crush your next behavioral interview

Sep 20, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh and Austen McDonald

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An Engineer's Guide to Influence (Part Two)

Six concrete tips on how to turn your ideas into reality

Sep 13, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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An Engineer's Guide to Influence (Part One)

How to turn your ideas into reality – even without authority

Sep 6, 2025 • Sidwyn Koh

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