Gergely Orosz writes The Pragmatic Engineer, a newsletter for software engineers, AI engineers, and engineering leaders that covers how Big Tech and startups build software, along with The Pulse, a series on tech-industry trends, and weekly podcast episodes. The newsletter states that it takes no sponsorships. Gergely is the author of four books, including The Software Engineer's Guidebook, Building Mobile Apps at Scale, Growing as a Mobile Engineer, and The Tech Resume Inside Out. Before writing full-time, Gergely worked as an engineer and engineering manager at Uber, Skyscanner, and Skype/Microsoft.123
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Career
Gergely Orosz worked as a software engineer at Skype and Microsoft, including on Skype for Xbox One and Skype for Web, and at Skyscanner. Orosz spent four years at Uber in charge of mobile, web and backend teams, and helped ship part of the company's payments system.2
After leaving Uber in October 2020, Orosz set aside time to finish The Software Engineer's Guidebook and, in 2021, launched The Pragmatic Engineer as a paid newsletter on Substack.4
Channel and publications
Orosz began The Pragmatic Engineer blog in 2015, writing about software development, and added a periodic email digest in July 2019. The newsletter publishes Tuesday deepdives and, since its second year, a Thursday column called The Pulse (formerly The Scoop) on trends in Big Tech and startups.41
In 2024 Orosz started The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, with interviews on software engineering, AI engineering and engineering management. The newsletter states that it runs no advertisements or sponsorships, while the podcast has limited sponsor slots.41
Books
Orosz has published four books. The Software Engineer's Guidebook, which took four years to write, covers senior, tech lead, staff and principal roles; Building Mobile Apps at Scale collects 39 engineering challenges of large native iOS and Android apps; Growing as a Mobile Engineer gives career advice for mobile engineers; and The Tech Resume Inside Out covers resumes for software professionals.3
Work and contributions
The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter Show, channel or publication
Writes deepdives, long-form educational articles, and The Pulse series on software engineering and the tech industry, and publishes podcast episodes through the newsletter.1
The Software Engineer's Guidebook Show, channel or publication
Author of the book on navigating senior, tech lead, staff, and principal engineering roles; also author of Building Mobile Apps at Scale, Growing as a Mobile Engineer, and The Tech Resume Inside Out.3
Timeline
- Started The Pragmatic Engineer blog, focused on software development.4
- Began an email digest that became The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter.4
- Left Uber to finish writing The Software Engineer's Guidebook.4
- Launched The Pragmatic Engineer as a paid newsletter on Substack.4
- Added The Pulse, a weekly Thursday column on tech-industry trends.4
- Started The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast.4
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- Engineering manager for mobile, web, and backend teams, Uber2
- Software engineer, Skype (Microsoft)2
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