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Personal blog · read.highgrowthengineer.comcareerprogramming

Jordan Cutler writes High Growth Engineer, a personal blog at read.highgrowthengineer.com about career and programming. Since 2024, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “How to lead projects from start to finish as a software engineer”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-18, and you can follow it by feed.

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31mentions?
14HN people?
2024–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 27 in 2024

Grow faster in your software engineering career with actionable tips you can use right away. Written by a Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Pinterest.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How to lead projects from start to finish as a software engineer
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-03-10
  2. What to Say in Code Reviews
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-04-07
  3. Lessons I learned the hard way from 10 years as an engineer
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-11-03
  4. Google Staff Engineer shares why more engineers should read whitepapers
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-28
  5. Big Mistakes That Almost Cost Me My Promotion (and How You Can Avoid Them)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-26
  6. Communicate like a Senior: Use clear deltas in your communication
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-12
  7. MCP (Model Context Protocol): Simply explained in 5 minutes
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. jordancutler · 2024-04-21

    Submitted Never struggle to give feedback again as a story · 49 points

    HN discussion
  2. jordancutler · 2024-04-14

    Submitted I setup my terminal for max productivity as a story · 36 points

    HN discussion
  3. jordancutler · 2024-06-23

    Submitted How to get promoted: From an ex-Amazon VP as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  4. jordancutler · 2024-05-26

    Submitted Onboarding Tips from an Apple Staff Engineer as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. jordancutler · 2024-04-28

    Submitted Google Staff Engineer shares why more engineers should read whitepapers as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. kiyanwang · 2024-04-14

    Submitted What to Say in Code Reviews as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. wslh · 2025-03-29

    Submitted MCP Explained in 5 Minutes as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. kiyanwang · 2025-03-25

    Submitted MCP (Model Context Protocol): Simply explained in 5 minutes as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. jordancutler · 2024-05-12

    Submitted Communicate like a Senior: Use clear deltas in your communication as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. fagnerbrack · 2024-04-05

    Submitted How to lead projects from start to finish as a software engineer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. ben_s · 2024-03-12

    Submitted How to lead projects from start to finish as a software engineer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. jordancutler · 2025-02-23

    Submitted Engineer to CEO in 3 years: These key lessons got me there as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. mooreds · 2024-09-08

    Submitted Framework to never get down-leveled in your behavioral interviews again as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. akshaykarthik · 2024-08-26

    Submitted Big Mistakes That Almost Cost Me My Promotion (and How You Can Avoid Them) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. jordancutler · 2024-07-07

    Submitted Managing up: things I wish I realized sooner as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. jordancutler · 2024-06-09

    Submitted Guide to becoming a rockstar product engineer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. lauriswtf · 2024-05-13

    Submitted Communicate like a Senior: Use clear deltas as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. onra87 · 2024-05-07

    Submitted Why reading whitepapers takes your career to the next level (and how to do it) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. redbell · 2024-05-05

    Submitted What to Say in Code Reviews as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. jordancutler · 2024-04-07

    Submitted What to Say in Code Reviews as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. jordancutler · 2024-03-10

    Submitted How to lead projects as a software engineer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. duck · 2025-09-30

    Submitted Levels of Communicating Impact as an Engineer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. saikatsg · 2024-11-09

    Submitted Five lessons I learned the hard way from ten years as a software engineer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. hckrofalltrades · 2024-11-04

    Submitted Lessons I learned the hard way from 10 years as a software engineer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. jordancutler · 2024-11-03

    Submitted Lessons I learned the hard way from 10 years as an engineer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. mooreds · 2024-10-28

    Submitted How to get past "no" and beat cross-functional friction as a software engineer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. mooreds · 2024-09-04

    Submitted Mistakes That Almost Cost Me My Promotion (and How You Can Avoid Them) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. fagnerbrack · 2024-05-16

    Submitted What to Say in Code Reviews as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. jordancutler · 2024-03-31

    Submitted How to get deep technical expertise as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. sarimkx · 2024-03-29

    Submitted From Junior To Senior Engineer in 2 years as a story · 1 points

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