Louie Bacaj has an impressive story. Coming from poverty, he put himself through college to become a software engineer, joined Jet.com as a senior engineer, and became the youngest Senior Director of Engineering at Walmart. He then quit his corporate career – waving goodbye to close to $1M/year in compensation – to become an entrepreneur.
I wanted to learn more from Louie after I purchased and watched his course Timeless Career Advice for Software Engineers. In only 90 minutes of video, Louie shares so many of his accumulated insights from over a decade’s worth of hard-earned experience – and does so with radical transparency.
This radical transparency is why I wanted to link up with Louie. He has no immediate plans to go back to working a corporate job, and I latched on to the opportunity to get his unfiltered story and advice on how he traveled a path which many software engineers hope they might do, one day.
I was not disappointed. I highly recommend both following Louie on Twitter where he shares much more unfiltered advice, and to buy his Timeless Career Advice for Software Engineers course, which is a bargain at $25, considering it not only comes with 90 minutes of video content, but also includes Louie’s complete income progression guide, and another 4 bonus topics on how to ask for a raise, switching teams, switching disciplines and finding mentors.
In this issue, Louie shares his story and learnings via the following steps:
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From new grad engineer to senior software engineer
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From senior engineer to engineering manager
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Being an engineering manager
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From engineering manager to director
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From director to senior director
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Staff promotions advice from a senior director
As usual, per my strict no sponsorship policy, I have no affiliation with Louie’s course and I’m not paid to advertise it.
Over to Louie:
