# What I read and watch as a Software Engineer I am often asked how do I grow as a software engineer. Apart from using every new task as an opportunity to learn something new, I am regularly checking out the resources presented in this article. This text was originally published on Hashnode, which is a great place to get information itself. ## tl;dr * [https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship](https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship) * [https://dev.to](https://dev.to) * [https://itnext.io](https://itnext.io) * [https://hackernoon.com](https://hackernoon.com) * [https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/) * [https://towardsdatascience.com](https://towardsdatascience.com) * [https://www.indiehackers.com](https://www.indiehackers.com) * [https://twitter.com](https://twitter.com) * [https://theverge.com](https://theverge.com) * [https://medium.com](https://medium.com) ## Random tech talk channel at my company There’s a great value in people working on similar things doing initial filtering for you. In every organization’s communicator of choice there should be a channel for sharing software engineering resources. We all stumble upon an exceptional article from time to time. It’s good to share it with your fellow engineers. If you’re working at a company and you don’t have such a place - create it yourself! If you’re working alone, start a group with some friends and do the same. ## Fireship YouTube Channel [Fireship](https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship) is a great youtube channel about programming. Jeff Delaney, the host, is skilled at explaining serverless concepts, frontend and pretty much any other topic. He has straight-to-the-point one hundred second long tutorials on every important piece of contemporary technology. This includes obscure languages like cobol and pretty much every frontend framework. His bite-sized videos will help you stay up to date with the latest tech. It’s also really entertaining to do these short tutorials to get a taste of a new language or framework. Jeff also has a lot of intermediate-level videos. ## DEV.to [DEV.to](https://dev.to) is more of a message-board style developer community. It has a large following and more organic stories. If you’re not scared to dive into the ocean of posts and like to read opinion pieces as well, this is a place for you. ## Medium I don’t really go to [Medium](https://medium.com) just to browse. I have a generally good impression of the content hosted there and when they appear in my google results, I often click on the articles. I sometimes google a phrase ending with the site’s name like “serverless framework AWS cognito medium”. I post there as well. They are behind a paywall but the portal serves as a home for many great writers and the revenue-sharing scheme helps people actually make money writing. ## ITnext [ITnext](https://itnext.io) is a publishing platform in the form of medium.com publication (shared space for stories following a theme). It clearly distinguishes itself by having strictly technical content. You can find more advanced topics there than on other websites. I like it for system design and DevOps content. ## HackerNoon [HackerNoon](https://hackernoon.com) is a publishing and reading platform for developers claiming to have 3mln+ monthly readers and over 15k writers. I followed them in their early days when they were a medium.com publication. It’s a space for a large variety of technology and programming related content. There are plenty of articles covering a wide range of topics, although their quality is varied. ## r/ProgrammerHumor I am not really a redditor and I am not engaged with the community. But when I want to see some fresh programming memes, I go to [r/ProgrammerHumor](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/)! ## **towards** data science I am working primarily on AI-based startups. To stay up to date I’m reading [towards data science.](https://towardsdatascience.com) They also feature pieces on data analysis and engineering. ## Twitter [I recently discovered](https://twitter.com/horosinov) twitter as a tool for professional work. You have to spend some time tuning your feed by following the right people but I think the algorithm works pretty well for me. Twitter surprised me with the community that actually follows conversations and exchanges real knowledge. If you’re bootstrapping a startup and love a nomad lifestyle I recommend following @levelsio. ## The Verge The Verge is a mainstream tech news website but I decided to include it here as well. It serves as a source of inspiration and knowledge about the preferences of actual users of the products we develop. ## IndieHackers If you’re interested in the startup space, definitely check out [IndieHackers](https://www.indiehackers.com). The community is genuinely interested in conversations and you can learn a lot from them. I have received a lot of valuable tips for my own initiatives there. Recent discovery of mine! ## Summary There’s a bunch of places I learn from daily. Of course meticulously reading every single article on such a long list of platforms is impossible. You need to filter for what is the most interesting to you. I hope some of the described resources are new to you and will help you become a better engineer! Did I miss some major platform? What do you personally read?