Resources · Career guide for software engineers
Good work isn’t enough
Five questions to help software engineers understand the value of their work, explain their contribution and build career options.
The guide includes examples, ways to find evidence when you don't have the numbers, and a worksheet for your next one-to-one.
Download the guide (PDF, 14 pages)
Bring this to your next one-to-one.
The worksheet helps you separate what you know from what you're assuming, then choose one gap to work through with your manager.
You don't need all five answers before you start. Pick one question, bring what you can find and ask your manager to help you check your thinking.
Try asking: “Could we work through this together? I’d like your help checking my assumptions and choosing a next step.”
Worksheet preview · Page 13 of the guide
For engineering managers
Use this to help your team have better career conversations. Work through a question together, help people find useful evidence and agree a practical next step.