The Proven System To Get Tech Promotions

Ever felt lost about how to move up at work? It's tough to watch others move ahead while you're stuck, even if you're really good at what you do. You might wonder: Am I doing the right things to get promoted, or am I just wasting my time?

Your boss might see when others do well, but they might miss the extra things you do. Like when you stay late, help your team, or do more than asked. Maybe you're not great at showing off your work, or you're tired of office drama. Does it feel like others get the cool jobs and you get the boring ones?

There's a lot of job advice on the internet, but it doesn't always fit your situation. If you ask online about getting promoted, it could work, or it could be a waste of time. It's also hard to find someone at work who can help and guide you the right way.

That’s where I come in

My name is Steve Huynh and I have trained more than a thousand people how to conduct technical interviews and evaluate technical levels at Amazon, I’ve trained hundreds of people on how to think about their career growth within the company, and personally mentored dozens of people to get to the next level, including to L7 Principal Engineer.

How much is an early promotion worth?
At big tech in the US, a promotion for software engineers can increase your salary by more than $100,000-150,000 per year.

Your career will last decades. The faster you get promoted, the more money you’ll make, and the faster you can retire. You’ve probably spent 10s of thousands of dollars and countless hours to get to where you’re at now with school or boot camps. Why not make an investment in yourself that will pay dividends over the course of your career, with a proven method, with experts who are interested in your success?

Introducing Speedrun To Promotion

Speedrun to Promotion is an innovative program designed to help tech workers minimize the time it takes to get to the next level. It consists of live instruction to teach you concepts, a community of ambitious peers to encourage you and keep you accountable, and office hours to ask questions face to face. No other program exists that provides a structured approach to your next tech promotion.

Stuck At Level

Have you been stuck at your current level for a while? With Speedrun I’ll help you create a personalized and actionable plan to jump start your upward trajector and make sure you make progress on your journey.

Getting To The Top

Are you trying to crack the Staff, Senior Staff, and Principal levels? Getting into the top 1% of ICs has special considerations. Our premium package includes membership into an intimate mastermind group and a 1-1 with me so you have as much support as you need to reach the top.

Lateral Role Change

Are you trying to make a role change, such as from QA -> SDET or SDET -> SDE? This type of move is very similar to being promoted in role. Speedrun will help you navigate the nuances of this process, as well as set you up for success in your new role.

Speedrun to Promotion is for tech worker individual contributors (ICs) that are interested in being promoted to the highest levels as quickly as possible.

You are an ambitious tech IC, like a software developer, who wants the status, bigger scope, and money of those at the next level, and you’re impatient for others to see your potential. You’re ready to put the work in and invest in yourself.

Getting to the next level may feel like you’re in an open world game with no instructions. You’ll figure it out eventually, but you get the sense that there are fundamental concepts and principles that if you understood and internalized today, would greatly decrease your time to the next level.

This program will not only shorten the time to the next promotion, but will give you the tools to achieve high-performance at your new level and shorten the time for your next promotion.
This program isn’t just a roadmap and some generic advice. It’s a systematic way to reverse engineer the promotion process, a method to understand what gaps you have and skills you need to demonstrate, and a community of people to cheer you on. This program will not just get you promoted faster, but will ensure that your performance reviews will always be stellar, and you’ll know how to tackle your next promotion.

Speedrun to Promotion is:

  • A community of like-minded and ambitious technical professionals where you will find:

    • A group of people hell-bent on getting to the next level so that you have support from others for your journey.

    • A place to share resources and helpful information so that you are armed with everything you need for your quest.

    • A place to get a answers and with a wide-perspective so you can get your questions answered.

    • A mechanism for accountability so that you stay on track and don’t get discouraged.

    • With the Premium version, an intimate mastermind so that you can get deep support from true peers so that you aren’t alone in your quest to crack the highest levels of tech.

  • A live course that guides you through:

    • Reverse-engineering the promotion process and creating a systematic approach so that you don’t just do a random walk to get promoted.

    • How to identify your gaps and areas of improvement, and ways to turn your weaknesses into strengths so that you don’t just do the things you’re comfortable with and are already good at.

    • Proven strategies for documenting your work and highlighting your achievements so that you’re work isn’t forgotten about and lost when putting together your promotion packet.

    • Techniques to revolutionize your time management so you don’t overwork yourself and burn out.

    • Ways to ensure feedback providers give you supportive promotion feedback so that you to maximize your chances for promotion.

  • A classroom where you can attend:

    • Regular office hours so that you can get answers to your questions and listen to questions others have that might be relevant to you.

    • Interviews with folks who’ve been promoted exceptionally fast and industry-insiders, so you can get a sense for what worked for others, and how related experts think about promotion.

    • Resources to help you on your quest, including worksheets, guides, and templates so that you can record your thoughts, track your progress, and have a durable artifact of your work in this program.

Instead of winging it and following random advice that may not be applicable to you to grow your career, you can take a systematic approach tailored to your situation.

There’s a lot of advice out there. In fact, there’s more advice that you can probably follow, and it’s hard to know what to do. With Speedrun, you’ll
reverse-engineer the promotion process and take a systematic approach that takes into account your personal circumstance. You’ll break down the big, ambiguous problem of how to get promoted into a smaller set of smaller, well-defined set that will give you confidence that you are making progress.

I have trained more than a thousand people how to conduct technical interviews and evaluate technical levels at Amazon, I’ve trained hundreds of people on how to think about their career growth within the company, and personally mentored dozens of people to get to the next level, including to L7 principal engineer.

You can figure it all out on your own. Or, you can draft off of my extensive experience, lessons learned, and method to catapult your career forward in as little time as possible. Why take years of your life to reach the same spot?

Testimonials

  • "Steve helped me get to principal engineer in the shortest possible amount of time by teaching me how to make the most of my first big project, which I used for my promotion packet. He also coached me on my presence and communication during meetings with upper-management and non-technical audiences. Most of all, he instilled a mental model that I needed to become a technical leader, not just a deep technical expert. I might still be a senior engineer now without his help!"

    Vinh Tran
    Principal Engineer
    Amazon

  • "Steve's structured approach helped me get promoted months, maybe even a year ahead of time. He opened my eyes to exactly what it takes to get promoted. Many engineers have the technical ability but take years longer to get promoted than they should. Steve showed me that if you put in the effort to create an effective plan, you can avoid being stuck at a lower level than you're supposed to be."

    Mitch Tabian
    Coding With Mitch YouTube Channel
    Senior Engineer
    Square

  • "Steve was instrumental in me getting promoted to principal engineer on my first attempt, which is rare. His insights were invaluable to navigating the promotion process and succeeding in the role. He helped me take stock of where I was, which was both illuminating and provided structure for the rest of the process. He changed my mental model about what it took to get promoted, and with his help, it was just a matter of addressing the gaps. Working with him definitely helped me get promoted faster, and I’m sure it will help you too."

    Paul Martin
    Principal Engineer
    Amazon

  • "Steve's mentorship extended beyond generic advice–he equipped me with key tools and tailored strategies to pinpoint and address my specific areas of growth. He expertly guided me on how to choose the right things to work on and the level and scope of the problems to solve, and how to show and document progress for those growth areas. He had a structured approach, his advice was logical and the next steps were always clear. Under his guidance, I not only achieved the promotion I aspired to but also gained invaluable insights into my career path. "

    Rohit Agarwal
    Principal Engineer
    Amazon

Join The Speedrun To Promotion Founders Cohort

Membership into the Founders Cohort is heavily discounted.
This program will open up again in 2024 but will not be discounted.

Your tech career is going to last decades. Why not aim to up-level yourself as quickly as possible?

Why not give yourself access to the best resources you can get your hands on?

Why not connect yourself with experts with decades of experience and a community with centuries of experience?

And why not give yourself every opportunity to make the most of it?

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STANDARD PACKAGE

3 Monthly Payments of

$1399.99

OR

One payment of

$3999.99

($4999.99)

The standard package is tailored for tech worker ICs who are interested in fast promotion and trying to get to the senior level. This includes those that have been stuck in-level for several years, or just landed their first job and are trying to set themselves up for success. The standard package includes.

  • One Year of access to the Speedrun community ($99.99/month thereafter)

  • Access to live courses, recordings, and course updates for a year

  • Access to office hours, interviews with experts for a year

PREMIUM PACKAGE

3 Monthly Payments of

$2799.99

OR

One payment of

$7999.99

($10,000)

The Premium Service package is tailored for senior-level ICs who are targeting promotion to, staff, senior staff, and principal levels, or those that want to set themselves up for these levels eventually in their career.

LIMITED SPOTS - 32 TOTAL

The premium package includes:

  • Lifetime access to the Speedrun community

  • Lifetime access to live courses, recordings and course updates

  • Lifetime access to office hours and interviews with experts

  • Membership into an promotion mastermind where you will be matched with others at your level and where you will get intimate access to me.

  • (BONUS) 1-1 call with me. As a bonus for premium members, you will receive a 1-1 call with me. (I do not offer 1-1 coaching outside of this program)

30 Day Money-Back Guarantee

If you don’t think that Speedrun to Promotion will accelerate your time to promotion, or that this program isn’t right for you, we are offering a 30 day money back guarantee from the date of purchase. Terms and Conditions apply.

My name is Steve Huynh, I am a YouTuber, a Principal Engineer, a productivity junkie. I believe that if we take a structured and engineering approach to our lives and careers we can achieve anything we want.

My mission is to help technology workers develop a growth mindset so they can get promoted as quickly as possible. I do this by things connecting people with a community of ambitious and like-minded individuals, weekly calls, and hours of in-class instruction where I distill the lessons I've learned from over 17 years in the tech industry.

Meet your instructor

Steve Huynh

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