About Fran Soto
The System for Productive Engineers
To the engineer who feels maxed out:
If you are working full capacity but your career is standing still, this is for you.
Hi, I’m Fran Soto.
At Amazon and other tech companies, I realized that “working harder” was a trap. At some point, I was drowning in meetings, code reviews, and slack messages. I had zero idle time, yet I wasn’t making progress towards a promotion.
Most engineers think the solution is to “learn faster” or just “write more code.