This is your direct line to me. Career decision, CV, interview, salary, a technical wall, "should I take this offer" - post it here and I'll give you a straight answer. No question is too basic. To get the best help, give me the context: - Where you are now (role, level, location) - What you're trying to do - What you've already tried or what's blocking you I read everything in here, so don't sit on a question for weeks. Let's break it in: what's the one career or job-search thing you're stuck on right now? First one to post, I'll answer in full below 👇

This is the room you won't find anywhere else: the honest European tech-market picture. Real roles, real ranges in € and £, real company insight - not US numbers that don't map to Dublin, London, Berlin or Amsterdam. I'll be dropping roles and salary intel here regularly. But it works best as a two-way street. So tell me, so I can tailor what I post: - Which city or market are you targeting? (Dublin, London, remote-EU, elsewhere?) - What role and level? - Are you benchmarking a salary right now, or actively applying? Comment below 👇 - the more specific you are, the more useful I can make this section.

The doors are open. Here's how to get moving: 1. Watch the START HERE course in Classroom - 4 short videos, ~5 minutes. 2. Post your intro in 🚀 Start Here: your role, your target role, your #1 blocker. 3. Run the AI Job-Search Prompt in 🤖 AI Stack — your first win in 10 minutes.| Coming soon: our first live coaching call (date going up on the Calendar this week) and the first cohort of the 7-Day AI Job Search Sprint. Glad you're here. Now go post that intro 👇

Most applications disappear into a stack of 300-500 others. A warm application doesn't guarantee an interview - but it dramatically increases the chances that someone actually sees your CV. The goal isn't to ask for a referral. It's to start a genuine conversation. 1. The opener (start a conversation) Hi [Name] - I came across your post about [specific project, launch, or article]. I really liked [one genuine observation or takeaway]. I'm a [your role] working in a similar space, so it was especially interesting to see how your team approached it. Looking forward to following what [Company] builds next. 2. The soft ask (only after they've engaged) Thanks for getting back to me. I noticed your team is hiring for the [Job Title] role. Would you mind if I applied and mentioned that we'd connected here? Absolutely no worries if you'd rather not - I just wanted to ask, and thanks again for the conversation. 3. After you've applied Hi [Name], I just submitted my application for the [Job Title] role. I'm particularly excited because [specific reason tied to the team's work, product, or mission]. If there's anything you'd recommend highlighting - or anything you think strong candidates typically do differently - I'd really appreciate the advice. The rules that matter - Mention something specific they've actually shared or built. - Show genuine interest before asking for anything. - Keep it under 100 words. - Never ask for a referral in the first message. - Don't send the same template to everyone. - If they don't respond, move on politely. - One thoughtful message to the right person is worth far more than fifty generic LinkedIn connection requests. Then: Comment the company you're applying to 👇 and I'll help you write a personalised first message that doesn't sound like AI.

This is where software engineers actually move - into senior roles, AI-engineering roles, better salaries, across the European market. No hype, no panic about AI, just the honest playbook from someone doing the job and coaching people through it. I'm Toyib - a practising engineer and career coach in Dublin, founder of SyncReel.io. I built SHIFT because dev-career advice online is either US-centric or all noise. This is the European, AI-native, no-nonsense version. Do these 3 things now (takes 5 minutes) 👇 1. Drop your intro below 👇 - your current role, the role you're targeting, and the #1 thing blocking you right now. 2. Try the AI Job-Search Prompt in the 🤖 AI Stack section - you can use it in the next 10 minutes. 3. Post one win this week in 🏆 Wins, however small. Applied for a role? Rewrote your CV? Shipped something with Claude? It counts. Two things worth knowing: - Ask me anything in 🧠 Ask / Coaching - I read everything. - The more you engage, the more you unlock. Levels aren't a gimmick here - the best resources (CV audit, salary-negotiation scripts, the full AI stack) open up as you climb. Now tell me in the comments: what role are you aiming for, and by when? 👇