Girl Geek X ELEVATE - Dec 2024

Blogging for Software Engineers: The Ultimate Career Hack

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1. Farhana Mustafa, December 4th, 2024 - Girl Geek X ELEVATE Conference Blogging for Software Engineers: The Ultimate Career Hack
2. I’m Farhana • Software Engineer @ Mercury • New Yorker living in the Bay Area • Blogging since 2020
3. In 2024 40 interviews
4. How? I blogged
5. Why should you start blogging
6. Build your personal brand Source: Wall Street Journal Source: intellizence
7. Build your personal brand
8. Improve Communication
9. How to start blogging
10. Think about… • What do people ask you about? • What are you currently learning?
11. Pick a platform Host your own Create an account
12. Where to share
13. Post where your community is
14. Generative AI • Brainstorming • Proof reading • Don’t copy the content • Don’t rely on it 100%
15. How to continue
16. Try Different Formats Source: Hubspot
17. Before the new year • Create an account on the platform of your choice • Publish your first blog post • Share it with e v e r y o n e
18. Give it your best, but don’t let perfectionism get the best of you
19. Thanks for listening! in/fmustafa/