Looking to send an email to expense The Pragmatic Engineer? Feel free to use either of these two templates, below. If your company uses Learnerbly, you can request the newsletter with one click.
(There is also a Google Doc with the same content as below)
For Software Engineers and Individual Contributors
Hi [name of manager],
I’d like to expense a subscription to The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. It’s a weekly newsletter for software engineers and engineering managers and is a resource that would help me get even better at my job.
As a subscriber, I get in-depth issues with actionable advice every week and software engineering resources that can help with my job. The publication will help me stay up-to-date on industry practices – from things like AI infra, through inference engineering, to practical engineering practices, and many others. It's a publication written by software engineers, for software engineers / AI engineers.
It costs $150/year ($15/month). If it helps me or the team experiment with one engineering approach that makes us more efficient, as a team, it’s already a fantastic deal. I’m pretty sure the ROI on this resource will easily be 100x.
Let me know if you’re fine with this.
Thanks,
[Your name]
For Engineering Managers
Hi [name of manager],
I’d like to expense a subscription to The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. It’s a weekly newsletter for engineering managers and software engineers and is a resource that would help me become an even better manager.
As a subscriber, I get in-depth issues with actionable advice every week and access to engineering manager resources for inspiration. The newsletter helps me stay up with the industry, and keep a pulse on the broader industry, engineering practices trending across the industry, and practices from inside interesting companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and many others.
It costs $150/year ($15/month). If this resource helps with just one approach that makes our team more efficient, it’s already an outstanding deal. I’m confident the ROI on this expense will easily be 100x.
Let me know if you’re fine with this.
Thanks,
[Your name]