90-Day Execution Plan

1// === TRACKING SYSTEM ===
2
3// Create a simple tracking spreadsheet or use this structure:
4const studyTracker = {
5  daily: {
6    date: '2024-03-20',
7    phase: 'Phase 2: JS/TS Mastery',
8    topic: 'Event Loop & Microtasks',
9    timeSpent: '1.5 hours',
10    activities: [
11      'Read topic explanation',
12      'Coded 3 event loop exercises',
13      'Practiced 3 interview questions',
14      'Wrote summary notes',
15    ],
16    selfAssessment: {
17      understanding: 4, // 1-5
18      canExplainToOthers: 3,
19      canCodeFromMemory: 4,
20    },
21    weakAreas: ['Priority of microtask queue vs macrotask queue timing'],
22    nextFocus: 'Memory management & garbage collection',
23  },
24  
25  weekly: {
26    week: 2,
27    focus: 'React Internals',
28    milestones: {
29      'Explain Fiber architecture': true,
30      'Use React Profiler': true,
31      'Understand hooks linked list': false, // Need more practice
32    },
33    mockInterviewScore: null, // Start in week 9
34    portfolioProgress: '15%',
35    notesLink: 'notion.so/react-internals-notes',
36  },
37};
38
39// === BEHAVIORAL STORY FORMAT (STAR) ===
40
41const behavioralStories = {
42  technicalDecision: {
43    situation: 'Our app had 2% crash rate, team was demoralized by constant firefighting',
44    task: 'Reduce crash rate to 0.5% and establish processes to prevent regression',
45    action: [
46      'Categorized all crashes by type (JS vs Native vs OOM)',
47      'Prioritized top 5 crashes (covered 80% of occurrences)',
48      'Implemented error boundaries on every screen',
49      'Added runtime API response validation with Zod',
50      'Set up crash rate monitoring in CI — blocked releases above threshold',
51      'Created on-call runbook for crash investigations',
52    ],
53    result: [
54      'Reduced crash rate from 2% to 0.3% in 6 weeks',
55      'Team velocity increased 30% (less firefighting)',
56      'Process adopted by 3 other mobile teams in the company',
57    ],
58  },
59  
60  conflictResolution: {
61    situation: 'Two senior engineers disagreed on state management approach (Redux vs Zustand)',
62    task: 'Make a decision that both engineers could support',
63    action: [
64      'Organized a design review with both engineers presenting their case',
65      'Created an evaluation matrix with weighted criteria (team expertise, performance, migration cost)',
66      'Ran a time-boxed proof-of-concept with each approach (2 days each)',
67      'Gathered quantitative data: bundle size, re-render counts, boilerplate LOC',
68      'Wrote an ADR documenting the decision and rationale',
69    ],
70    result: [
71      'Team chose Zustand for new features, agreed on incremental Redux migration',
72      'Both engineers felt heard and supported the decision',
73      'ADR became the template for all future technical decisions',
74    ],
75  },
76  
77  leadership: {
78    situation: 'New architecture migration needed but no one had capacity',
79    task: 'Drive the migration while maintaining feature velocity',
80    action: [
81      'Created an RFC with phased migration plan (3 months)',
82      'Mentored 2 mid-level engineers on the new architecture',
83      'Each feature team migrated their own module (distributed ownership)',
84      'Created a migration guide with step-by-step examples',
85      'Set up weekly architecture office hours for questions',
86    ],
87    result: [
88      'Migration completed in 10 weeks (ahead of schedule)',
89      'Two mid-level engineers gained architecture skills (promoted to senior within 6 months)',
90      'Build times reduced by 40% with new architecture',
91    ],
92  },
93};