Technical Judgment Field Guide

A companion to Legacy as Leverage at QCon SF 2026

Worksheets and reflection prompts to help you apply the four steps from the talk to your own systems and engineering work.

Free access. No email required. The guide opens in Notion, where you can bookmark it or duplicate it into your own workspace.

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Created by Shine Garg, a former Staff Software Engineer and Staff+ career coach who helps engineers turn strong technical work into greater influence, recognition, and career growth.

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