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Career Change To Tech

Career change to code? Learning to code is not enough. Not even close. Just like learning how to dribble doesn't make you a pro ball player. There are 7 steps. So you need 7 campaigns. My newsletter is your unfair advantage on each. You also get access to my Podcast and other free resources - each of which help you understand exactly how I went from 37yo lawyer to Google Engineer.

You're Learning to Code All Wrong: Why Hard Work Doesn't Guarantee Success

Have you ever wondered why so many hard-working, focused, and committed people still fail to get their dream job as a professional software engineer? The worst explanation is luck. Because that means you might as well just give up and wait to get lucky. The best answer? They knew what to do. Bec...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 28, 2025

The Real Reason You're Not a Professional Coder (It's Not What You Think)

When learning to code, there are a dozen things each week that will derail you. I’m going to tell you how to be unstoppable at that. Meaning that you cannot be stopped. But…truth is, a million things will get in your way. They’ll stop you dead in your tracks. If you’re not prepared. I know what ...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 26, 2025

Mastering Code Reviews (There's More!)

The code review is a fundamental ritual in modern software development. It's the moment where a solitary act of coding becomes a collaborative act of engineering. For this process to be truly effective, both the developer submitting the code and the reviewer scrutinizing it must operate with shar...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 23, 2025

Mastering the Art of Code Review

Code reviews are a cornerstone of modern software development, but they are often misunderstood. Even though it may appear otherwise, the goal is not to find fault with your code. The goal is to collaborate on creating better, more maintainable code. Here's what I’ve learned works really well w...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 21, 2025

Becoming the Engineer Every CTO Fights For

If you want to become the kind of engineer every company fights to keep, you need to master one skill above all others: the ability to rapidly become productive and contribute to complex codebases with complex tooling. That’s three things. Productive. Contribute to complex code. Be familiar with ...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 18, 2025

How to Drastically Improve Your Coding Skills Without Writing More Code.

If you want to accelerate your growth as a developer, you need to master one skill that nobody teaches: reading code. Why? Because the engineers who thrive—especially in growing and established tech companies —spend most of their day reading, reviewing, and investigating code. Not writing code....

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 16, 2025

The Slow ‘n’ Steady Path to Becoming A Coder

You start learning to code with excitement, but a couple of months later: You’ve jumped between 3 languages (was Python the right choice? Wait, now everyone’s talking about Go...Rust…) What do you do? Every option feels overwhelming because you just don’t know what’s right . And you don’t want to...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 09, 2025

The Secret Skill FANG-level Engineers Master (and You're Ignoring)

Ever wondered how to truly accelerate your journey from mid-career professional to thriving software engineer? It's not what you think. While every bootcamp and online course hammers home "writing code," the real secret, the skill that separates junior developers from seasoned pros (especially ...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 06, 2025

From Lawyer to Google: How to Learn Coding and Actually Land a Tech Job

I’m going to show you how to succeed in learning to code even if you’re a busy mid-career professional. You know coding bootcamps are expensive. They’re rushed. They don’t offer guidance tailored to your goals. They’re generally taught by students who haven’t found jobs. And the career services...

by Zubin Pratap — Aug 05, 2025

The FANG Interview Myths: How to Actually Crack Top Tech and Accelerate Your Mid-Career Pivot

In this newsletter, I'm going to explain how to strategically prepare for and land interviews at top tech companies like Google, even if you're a mid-career professional feeling like you're starting from scratch. Why should you want to learn how to do this? Because securing a role at a leading t...

by Zubin Pratap — Jul 27, 2025

Beyond the Code: How I Landed a Google Engineering Job After 15 Years in Law

If you're anything like I was a few years ago – a mid-career professional pouring everything into learning to code, dreaming of that exciting tech role – you might be hitting a wall. You've sacrificed nights and weekends, mastered new languages, built projects... and yet, the interviews aren't ha...

by Zubin Pratap — Jul 23, 2025

Another Bootcamp Grad? Why Engineering Managers Worry

"Another bootcamp grad?" That's the question that silently echoes in the minds of engineering managers as they sift through stacks of resumes. I t's not a question of malice, or prejudice. It's purely a question of "too much to do, too little time". They're not trying to dismiss you, diss you o...

by Zubin Pratap — Jul 20, 2025

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