Mentoring
Mentoring for the first half of your career.
I work with juniors breaking in and developers getting unstuck. Technical and human: I ship production code for a living, and I know the parts nobody talks about. First session is free.
Who it's for
Juniors · breaking in
Learning, job-hunting, or hitting the "needs experience" wall. We get you hireable — real skills, real profile, real commercial experience on your CV.
Mid-level · getting unstuck
You can code, but something's stuck — shipping slowly, architecture that might not hold, or a plateau you can't see past. We fix it.
What we can work on
Come with a goal. Or just come stuck.
High-performance work habits
The habits, focus, and systems that turn effort into shipped output. Not more hours — better decisions about where the hours go.
Programming & real skill
We work on actual code. I review yours. You learn the why behind every decision — the part that stays with you after the tutorial ends.
Finish & ship your project
The last 20% is where projects die. Cut scope, remove blockers, put it live — instead of rewriting it until it feels "ready."
Code & scalability audits
Built fast — maybe with AI — and not sure it holds? I review for correctness, security, and what breaks when real users show up.
First commercial experience
The "needs experience" wall. I bring you onto real commercial code, supervised, for free — so you finish with what employers keep asking for.
LinkedIn & landing the first job
Positioning, LinkedIn profile, and an application plan that gets replies. I built the profile and got the first yes — helped others do the same.
Bring something specific
Stuck on one concrete thing — a bug, a decision, a deadline? Come with it. We'll solve it together.
Why me
Technical excellence & mindset — from one person.
The technical side
I ship production software for a living — open-source work others build on, AI products, full backends in days, audits & scaling. I won't teach you anything I haven't done.
The human side
Impostor syndrome, motivation, focus, the fear of shipping — the parts nobody talks about. I work on the person, not just the code. That's the part most mentors skip.
How it works
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Intro call
15–20 minutes. Tell me where you're stuck. No pitch — we just see if I can help.
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One goal
Get hired, ship the project, break a plateau. One outcome, defined clearly.
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We do the work
Sessions, pairing, or async review — whatever fits. Real code, honest feedback.
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You leave with something concrete
The job. The shipped project. The experience on your CV. A thing you can point to.
First session free
First session is on me. I'd rather show you I can help than tell you — so we start there.