The 6 blog posts that make you look senior
The 6 blog post formats — debugging story, architecture decision, anti-pattern, before/after, primer, build-log — that signal senior engineering and convert recruiter visits to interviews.
The 6 blog posts that make you look senior
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What this covers
- The 6 post formats: debugging story, architecture decision, anti-pattern call-out, before/after refactor, primer for the next dev, build-log
- The structure each format uses (and the pitfalls each has)
- Why "tutorial: how to use X" posts hurt your senior signal
- Distribution: how to get the post in front of hiring managers without paying for ads
Why this matters for Indian devs going remote
Recruiters skim resumes; hiring managers skim blogs. A single sharp blog post linked from your resume can replace 30 minutes of interview discovery. For Indian devs, this is also where you can demonstrate the writing + judgment combination that "FDE" positioning requires — and where you can outflank your own resume's pedigree gap.
Outline
Format 1: Debugging story
TODO — symptom → hypotheses → tools used → root cause → fix → what I'd do differently.
Format 2: Architecture decision
TODO — the constraint → the options → the trade-off → the choice → what we'd revisit.
Format 3: Anti-pattern call-out
TODO — the pattern in the wild → why it fails → the correction → the principle.
Format 4: Before/after refactor
TODO — the old code → the smell → the refactor → the metric → the lesson.
Format 5: Primer for the next dev
TODO — "everything I wish I knew about X before I started" — narrow scope.
Format 6: Build-log
TODO — what I built this week, what worked, what I cut, what's next.
Common mistakes to avoid
- "How to set up Next.js 14 with TailwindCSS" tutorials (junior signal)
- 5000-word posts when 800 would do
- No code snippets — engineering posts need diff/code
Templates / examples
TODO — a writing-cadence calendar (1 post/month minimum), 6 post-skeleton templates, and a distribution checklist (HN, Reddit, X, LinkedIn).
Related guides
- Building in public for inbound recruiter DMs
- LinkedIn profile for the Forward Deployed Engineer positioning
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