Striveworks Career Growth & Development

Give us a snapshot of what you do to stay on top of your engineering knowledge and skills.

At Striveworks, I’m learning something new almost every day. I often find myself diving deep into technical documentation, ranging from Kubernetes to Postgres. There are many domains to explore here at Strive, and we’re encouraged to explore the areas that particularly interest us. Apart from that, I stay up to date using various Slack communities for Go and Kubernetes, among others. At work, I like to learn by doing and through collaboration; on my own time, I prefer picking up a new technical book that interests me and slowly working through that. It’s always refreshing and invigorating when you can bring some of the lessons learned to apply to your day-to-day work. There is a daily focus on skill-building, both intentionally and through osmosis via the challenges we’re solving at Strive.

What are your go-to resources for keeping your engineering skills sharp?

I keep my skills sharp through a mix of Slack communities, technical books and weekly newsletters on Go and Kubernetes. I also like exploring new topics on YouTube or through articles shared by coworkers. When I’ve had the chance, attending topical conferences has been a great learning opportunity. While these are all great options for me, I’m finding more and more that I’ve been learning the most from my coworkers here at Strive. The group here is certainly one of the most talented that I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside, and I’ve been able to grow my skills easily with guidance and fostering from the team.

What does the learning culture look like at your company or on your engineering team?

At Striveworks, we all understand that regardless of where you are in your career, there is always something new to learn or to improve upon. We never stop learning in this field, and the culture here at Strive takes that to heart. We have various self-organizing groups that consistently share technical articles or news, as well as a journal club for discussing the latest relevant white papers and an engineering book club that works through a technical textbook together week by week. These are great options for driving collaboration, discussions and learning.