[**Alex Chiou**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou/) is a proven Silicon Valley engineer with 10+ years of experience across top tech companies like PayPal, Course Hero (now Learneo, a $3.6B unicorn), Meta, and Robinhood.

He became a tech lead just a couple years into his career by owning the entire Course Hero Android app (100k+ users) as their 1st Android engineer. After that, he expanded his scope as a tech lead at Meta and Robinhood, shipping multiple $10 million+ revenue projects with 15+ engineer teams.

## Leapfrogging Junior

Alex became a mid-level engineer just 1 year into his career, joining Course Hero as their 1st Android engineer and lead to build their Android app completely from scratch.

He did this by [sharpening his coding skills (a lot of which was done outside of work)](https://www.jointaro.com/question/ciE9a2TZ7rZNyYP8HbeJ/how-can-i-write-great-code-faster/), being a feedback sponge, and heavily working on his communication overall. Despite being a big introvert and falling behind in college, Alex was able to quickly overcome barriers to grow past junior.

## The Master Of Cultivating Junior Talent

[Alex loves mentoring engineers](https://www.jointaro.com/lesson/EX9563YnxcJb62cCmetg/case-study-mentoring-junior-swes-e3-to-senior-e5-in-just-25-years-at-meta/), directly growing 50+ of them to lightning fast promotions at top companies like Meta and Robinhood. His favorite mentees were the ones he got to raise all the way from new-grad. His results speak for themselves:

- Got 10+ Meta junior engineers \[E3\] promoted to mid-level engineers \[E4\] in just *1 year* (2x faster than industry average)
- Got 2 Meta junior engineers \[E3\] promoted to mid-level engineers \[E4\] in just 6 months (4x faster than industry average)

Junior isn't a title you should have for very long. With Alex's wisdom, you can make that your reality.

Alex Chiou

Congratulations on breaking into tech and becoming a junior engineer! Now how do we make it so people stop calling you "junior" as soon as possible? 😅

Well, you do that by growing from a junior engineer to a mid-level engineer. The good news is that if you are on a decent team, your destiny is completely in your hands when it comes to this promotion. When you play your cards right, you will make this level up *fast*. By the end of the course, you will:

- 💡 Truly understand the **difference** between a junior engineer and a mid-level engineer

- 🛠️ Learn to **code** like a mid-level engineer

- 💪 Know what it means to be truly **independent**

- 🧠 Have the right **mindset** to act as a mid-level

- ✅ Define a clear **roadmap** to mid-level

Being a junior engineer is scary - You don't know what to do, and the job market is the harshest towards you. But worry not: After going through all the lessons in this course, you will have the necessary tools to quickly grow from a clueless junior engineer to a fearless, respected, and extremely capable member of your team!