Archive - The Hustling Engineer

The Fastest Way to Earn Trust From Leadership

Become someone your team relies on, even when you're not in the room

5 hrs ago •

July 2025

The Career-Boosting 1:1 Format I Wish I Used Sooner

A tested template for driving 1:1s for accelerating career growth

Jul 27 •

The Lazy Engineer’s Guide to Understanding Whitepapers

Using Google NotebookLM to understand a whitepaper

Jul 20 •

Make Your First $1000 with an AI Product

Doing a side hustle has never been easier

Jul 16 •

This Tool Helped Me Move Faster

Managing task list in an easy and efficient manner

Jul 5 •

June 2025

How to Index Your Career Database?

How to avoid repetitive decision making

Jun 28 •

Launching a Mentorship Cohort for Mid-Level Engineers

Helping you land your next job at $300K+ in the US or 50L+ in India

Jun 23 •

8 Lessons After Failing 10+ System Design Interviews

Lessons from failing System Design Interviews

Jun 22 •

🎯 Why 9-to-5 Engineers Have a Hidden Advantage in the Creator Economy

Why 9 to 5 engineers are in the perfect spot to make side hustle as creator

Jun 16 •

How to Run a Successful Design Review

Guide for Senior Software Engineers and Tech Leads to efficiently drive and run a design review discussion

Jun 7 •

Zero to ₹5 L/month : Freelance Formula

For all the freelancers, 9 to 5 creatives & side-hustlers figuring out the business side of their service.

Jun 4 •

May 2025

🧠 How to Be a Better Prompt Engineer

Crafting better prompts to get 10x better results from AI tools

May 24 •

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