Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering

I help engineers land Top Tech (FAANG+) offers without random LeetCoding. First step: Avoid the 3 fatal mistakes ⬇️ | Senior Software Eng. @ MongoDB | Ex-Amazon

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

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Because successful candidates are not the best ones but the ones that have prepared for it

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

7/7 Match their energy.

Pick one and start trying it out.

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[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

Why don't you like working with that top engineer that closes most tickets?

Why we love working with the one that usually delays us a little bit on the review instead?

It's all about a question.

A question that you ask yourself.
And that your manager asks himself about you.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

5/7 Nod: Not continuously, but from time to time. Also "Aha" from time to time. So the other half knows you're actually following.

6/7. Mirror: Deliberately imitate some of their subtle movements. A smile. Head tilt. Arms crossed.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

Dist systems.
Infra at scale.
Backend design.
Reliability.
Observability.
Cloud architecture.
Security.
Data pipelines.
Trade-offs.

If you’re targeting top tech roles, start preparing before the opportunity appears.

DM me and I’ll send you 3 questions to assess your readiness.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

10 top tech hot roles this week.

EU-heavy list.

Google.
Databricks.
Sonar.
Aircall.
Asana.
Security.
Infra.
AI.
Backend.
SRE.

Save this if you’re planning your next move. 👇️

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

9/10. Senior Software Engineer (est. 5+ YOE), Consumption Based Billing & Licensing team @ Asana. Vancouver, Canada
https://t.co/b8W3bYMtZ1

10/10. Senior Software Engineer (est. 5+ YOE), Applied AI team @ Aircall. Seattle / San Francisco, US
https://t.co/qElb01zKuw

Preparation?

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

This.

AI is changing the way engineering is delivered.

Some tasks are no longer needed.

Some others are new.

Engineers therefore will need to repurpose, minimise coding, maximise judgement and review.

Engineers are not necessarily being displaced, but adjustment is needed.

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

This is one of the clearest windows into how engineering is changing right now.

The tools are useful. The workflow is the part worth studying.

Ideas become plans. Plans become durable context. Agents run in parallel. Voice replaces typing. Notes become memory. Skills turn repeated work into leverage.

The human job moves closer to judgment. You steer, react, redirect, and decide what is good enough to keep.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

@LogWeaver I guess AI will stop being misused and we'll use it consciously.

The cost of someone greeting good morning to Opus 4.7 Max is probably a big waste and should not be a valid use case for majority of the population.

Same as private jets. Not a valid use case in general.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

@Vivek4real_ Makes sense as part of a sales strategy.

Far easier to scare ppl out while positioning their products as the only survivors than reasoning about all the ways in which AI is helpful for anyone with the right skillset. How much more productive those ppl would be and...

Oh wait ☺️

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

@LoopandPixels Are you sure even the low end of all the quotes you shared will be easily offered to someone with 21 years old?

In return of what?

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

Fear is a very effective way to get humans to behave impulsively.

I can see how those messages were part of a strategy to spread fear and uncertainty while positioning their products as the only ones surviving hence only ones worth investing into.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

THE AI BOOMERANG IS REAL

Remember when CEOs told everyone AI was coming for your job? Funny story.

Now companies are quietly rehiring after discovering that chatbots, algorithms, and AI hallucinations aren’t great at judgment, customer service, quality control, or fixing the messes they create.

• Google
• Meta
• IBM
• Salesforce
• Klarna
• Shopify
• Amazon
• McDonald’s

They replaced employees with software and then spent months realizing what the employees actually did.

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

Looking for your first role in tech?

Here's (roughly) what to expect.

So plan your career carefully.

[Deedy @deedydas]

A leaked software engineering recruiter selection guideline is going viral.

Founder and ex-L7 Facebook engineer said he believes strongly that it's real and that "top tier CS schools are the primary path to early career jobs [in software]"!

[Carlos Alonso | Software Engineering @calonso]

Interviewer asks at the end: "Do you have any questions?"

Your turn!!

Make sure you use it.

The more questions you ask, not only will you know more about your future role.

But also you'll be better prepared for negotiating your compensation package.

[taylor desseyn @tdesseyn]

most software engineers think interviews are a one-way street. you sit there, answer questions, hope for the best.

youre supposed to be interviewing them too. if youre not asking the right questions you will end up at a job you hate within a year.