Career Playbook to Navigate Your First 8 Years in Tech

Effective steps to turn you into a T-Shaped Software Engineer

🧠 What’s a “T-Shaped” Career?

The T-shaped model represents:

• Vertical Stroke (|): Deep expertise in one technical domain (e.g., backend, security, ML, systems).

• Horizontal Stroke (—): Breadth across disciplines like product, design, infra, business context, and cross-functional collaboration.

In simple terms: Deep enough to build and wide enough to lead