# Career advice from a WhatsApp founding engineer

DevFeed: [Career advice from a WhatsApp founding engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/7-tips-to-get-ahead-of-99-of-software-engineers-28907.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://levelupsoftwareengineering.substack.com/p/7-tips-to-get-ahead-of-99-of-software>)

Author: Caleb Mellas

Published: 2024-03-20T13:02:50Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Level up software engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/level-up-software-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents seven tips for software engineers seeking career advancement, attributed to one of WhatsApp's founding engineers.

## Source excerpt

One of WhatApp's founding engineers and multi-millionaire engineers teaches us how to excel in your career and get ahead of 99% of other engineers.