David Higgins

L5 Front End Engineer @ Amazon

React · TypeScript · Node.js · GraphQL · C#/Java · AWS

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Career Goal

L5 FE Engineer → Full Stack Engineer by 2031

Year 1 — Foundations

  • ✓ Own full-stack features end-to-end
  • ✓ Build and deploy a personal full-stack project
  • ✓ Start L6 promotion prep

Year 2 — Competence

  • ✓ Achieve L6 or interview at top Dublin firms
  • ✓ Ship a non-trivial project with CI/CD and cloud infra

Years 3-5 — Full Stack Engineer

  • ✓ Senior full stack, mentoring, architecture influence
  • ✓ Staff-level impact or established senior role

📚 Currently Reading

The Software Engineer Guidebook · Staff Engineer Path (Larson) · Staff Engineer (Reilly)

Fitness Goals

Strength · VO₂ Max ~55 · 10k sub-45

VO₂ Max

46.5

→ ~55

10k

—

→ sub-45

Strength

Just started

→ Consistent

LiftingFull body 3x/week — DB Press, Leg Press, Lat Pulldown, RDL
RunningReddit beginner baseline + intervals 1x/week. Building from 12km/wk to 40km/wk

Chess Goals

822 rapid → 1200 (Y1) → 1800+

Current

822

Dec 2026

1000

Jun 2027

1200

Long-term

1800+

Repertoire

White vs e4Scotch Gambit
Black vs e4Caro-Kann
Black vs d4Queen's Gambit Declined