The Tech World With Milan Newsletter in 2024.

Dec 26, 2024

Hi there 👋,

As we start the holiday season and I mark two weeks off from writing, let’s reflect on this year and our growth. In 2024, the second year I’ve been writing the newsletter, I published 45 articles with about 2 million views (wow)! You receive a new newsletter issue every Thursday this year, and the newsletter regularly has more than 150k views per month.

Let’s give some highlights of the year:

1. The number of subscribers doubled to 40.000

This was an excellent growth for Tech World With Milan; taking that, I’m writing it now for less than 2 years (Newsletter started on January 20, 2023). When I began to write, it was hard to say where we would get at the end of the year, and 40,000 (actual) subscribers say it is a decent job! I got subscribers across 50 US states and 178 countries worldwide, which is impressive! I don’t have subscribers only in Guyana, French Guiana, Western Sahara, Central African Republic, Eritrea, and Bhutan. Country-wise, most readers come from the US, India, the UK, Brazil, and Canada (~50%).

The number of followers on the Substack platform grew to 53k+, which is also a remarkable result.

You’ll notice I “lost” around 2k subscribers in August 2024. The reason was to remove all inactive readers who had not read any issues for the last six months.

2. Top LinkedIn Influencer (year 2)

This year, in November, I was in the number 8 spot of all LinkedIn influencers and #1 in coding! I also had 60M+ views of my articles and Twitter (20M+). I currently have almost 240,000+ followers there and 48,000+ on Twitter.

The 100 Best LinkedIn Influencers, November 2024.

✅ Are you interested in how I did it? Check the section 4. for more details.

3. Most popular articles

After writing more than 100 posts, here’s the best way to find relevant articles organized by what the content will help you with (⭐ is my recommendation):

➡️ If you are a software engineer:

➡️ If you are a software architect:

➡️ If you are a leader:

➡️ If you want to continue with your personal development:

➡️ If you want to track trends in the industry:

Check all of my learning tracks and topics:

👉 This year, several guest articles and interviews from industry experts were also featured.

4. Launch of new products and community

This year, I started my exclusive club and a product shop. In the shop you can find different products and services I offer:

📢 LinkedIn Content Creator Masterclass. In this masterclass, I share my strategies for growing your influence on LinkedIn in the Tech space. You'll learn how to define your target audience, master the LinkedIn algorithm, create impactful content using my writing system, and create a content strategy that drives impressive results.
📄 Resume Reality Check". I can now offer you a new service where I’ll review your CV and LinkedIn profile, providing instant, honest feedback from a CTO’s perspective. You’ll discover what stands out, what needs improvement, and how recruiters and engineering managers view your resume at first glance.
📝 Tech Resume Template. This CV template is designed to help you make an impact in the software engineering world. Highlight your skills, experience, and projects with a clean, modern format.
📕 How to set and achieve any goal (E-book). Have you asked yourself why some people achieve so much more than others? I did the same and tried to answer it in this short book. Here, I share practical ways to define your life mission, set S.M.A.R.T. goals, and build the habits you need to stay motivated and succeed.
📘 How to set priorities (E-book). One main obstacle for people not succeeding in life is that they don’t know how to prioritize stuff. This ebook shows how to prioritize effectively using tools like the Eisenhower Matrix, the 3-3-3 Rule, OKRs, and handy templates to keep you focused on what truly matters.
📓 Design Patterns In Use (E-book). This ebook explains each design pattern with in-depth examples in C# and includes a living repo and a handy cheat sheet to help you apply these techniques in your daily work.
🚀 1:1 Coaching: Book a working session with me. 1:1 coaching is available for personal and organizational/team growth topics. Do you have problems with setting and achieving your goals for 2025? I will be your accountability buddy in attaining goals and help you stay on track 🚀.

➡️ Also, you can join my Patreon community: This is your way of supporting me, saying “thanks 👋," and getting more benefits. You will get exclusive benefits, including all of my books and templates worth $100, early access to my content, insider news, helpful resources and tools, priority support, and the possibility to influence my work.

✅ I’m preparing some big announcements and new products in the next period, so be sure you’re subscribed and part of the community to get early access to those.

5. Partnerships

I want to thank my partners, who helped me write the newsletter and made it free for my readers:

Thank you 🙏!

6. What do you think?

Thank you for sticking with me and reading each edition. I value your feedback and want your help improving the newsletter and my writing. I prepared a short survey that can help me improve my writing and newsletter. Your insights will shape the topics I cover and how I share them. I appreciate your time and look forward to making each issue better for you! Thanks!

Fill out the survey

7. Even more

This year, a few other things happened around me, and here are a few:

Along with my job as a CTO at a SAAS startup called Trucking Hub, I became the CEO of the consulting company 3MD Studio. Here, we work with our partners as experts in building great software.
I was the guest on the #193 episode of Tech Lead Journal, “Path to Become a Great Engineer.”
I was a guest at the online event by Adelina Chalmers called CTO's Credibility when Leading Expert Engineers.
I was a guest lecturer at several events, such as the WBELF forum and student career talks at the Faculty of Organization Sciences in Belgrade.
I started a free career mentorship program for IT professionals in Serbia who have been unemployed for at least three months and a few students.
I was also a guest on a few podcasts that are yet to be released in the next month or so.

At the end

I can say that this year was great, and I will prepare many more surprises for you in the new year—completely free of charge!

I want to thank you for the support you sent to me 🙏. I worked hard to deliver quality content every week, even though writing this newsletter is not my primary job.

I wish you all the best in the New Year🎄!

Stay awesome 🚀!

- Milan

PS: You can also reach me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Bluesky, and YouTube. Feel free to follow or connect on either of these platforms.

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