Welcome to Smarter Engineers 💡
Smarter Engineers is a weekly newsletter that equips you with actionable strategies to stay creative, healthy, and sane as a tech professional.
Who Is Smarter Engineers For?
Smarter Engineers is for tech professionals who:
🚀 Want to have mastery over their craft, stay productive at work, and increase their wealth.
🧠Care enough about their health to take action right now and incorporate exercise as part of their daily lives.
🧡 Value their families and friends, and want to increase the quality time they spend with their loved ones.
Inside Smarter Engineers, we explain why these 3 aspects of life are valuable to becoming a complete professional and provide practical and actionable frameworks for improving in all of them.
Who Am I?
Smarter Engineers is written by Alberto Gonzalez (a.k.a. me).
Master’s in Computer Science
5+ years of Software Development experience
Spent 2 years teaching and researching in academia
And now I’m 2 years in as an online writer
I’m a firm believer that this is the best time to be working in tech-related fields—and to make a good living out of your work.
As long as you know how to balance your work, health, and relationships.
What Can You Expect?
I publish two free issues every week.
Each week, you'll get two essays on staying creative, healthy, and sane in the increasingly demanding field of tech.
You will go from struggling to balance work, health, and relationships to thriving in all aspects of life.
Best Issues!
Still not sure if Smarter Engineers is for you?
Here are some of our most-read issues—so you can decide for yourself!
The Four Books That Made a Better Developer, Writer, and Person: The best books I read in 2024 that will change the way you approach work and life.
How I Boosted Deep Work to 60% and Achieved More in Less Time: My system to do more meaningful work and accomplish something at the end of your days.
Your Salary is a Reflection of the Story You Tell About Your Value: How to negotiate fair compensation based on the value you provide instead of the time you invest.
And yes, when you subscribe to Smarter Engineers, you instantly get:
Exclusive posts and 100+ past issues in our archive.
Access to post members-only comments to discuss the essays with me and the community.
Invite to the Substack Chat, where I host live Q&As, and post behind-the-scenes.
Smart Circle members also get:
Invites to 1-to-1 meetings.
Full chat access with the ability to start your own threads.
Invites to monthly workshops + workshop recording archive.
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You won’t have to worry about missing anything.
As a reader, you can check for new Smarter Engineers issues here on Substack—or wait for them to hit your inbox 2x per week.
P.S… I can help you create a personal brand that draws high-value opportunities as a tech professional. If you want to work with me, reach out on LinkedIn.
