Mentoring
Helping engineers grow into the leaders they want to be.
Over more than fifteen years, I’ve hired, coached and learned from a lot of engineers and leaders. I offer 1:1 mentoring for people who want an honest, experienced perspective on their next step.
How I can help
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From engineer to manager
Making the move from individual contributor to leading people: what changes, what to let go of, and how to earn trust in a new role.
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Leadership development
The practical skills new and aspiring managers need: feedback, delegation, difficult conversations, managing up, and building a team people want to stay in.
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Leading through AI
How AI is changing engineering work, teams and careers. And how to lead people through that change with clarity.
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Career direction
Step-by-step planning for people starting out in tech, or switching into it from another field: skills to build, where to focus, and how to grow a network.
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Interview preparation
Technical and behavioural interviews, with mock sessions and candid feedback from someone who has sat on the other side of the table more than a hundred times.
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System design reviews
A second pair of eyes on your architecture: trade-offs, scalability, performance and the questions a good reviewer will ask.
Who I usually work with
- Software engineers who want to move into management
- Engineering managers who want to become better leaders
- People in tech who feel stuck and want to get back on track
- Students and career-changers getting started in the industry
How it works
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Say hello
Send me a short note about where you are and what you’d like to work on.
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A first conversation
A free 15-minute call to see whether I’m the right person to help. No obligation either way.
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Work together
1:1 sessions, shaped around your goals. We agree on format and cadence together. One session is fine, and so is an ongoing rhythm.
I mentor alongside my day job, so availability varies. If I can’t take something on, I’ll tell you honestly and, where I can, point you to someone who can.
Some of my thinking on leadership
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You Used to Get Promoted by Managing More People. Not Anymore. (opens on Monday Muse, Substack)
For decades, organizations rewarded scale. A look at what leadership growth means when headcount stops being the measure.
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AI Blew Up the Economics of Entry-Level Work — and It Should Terrify Senior Leaders (opens on Monday Muse, Substack)
What happens to the next generation of experts when the work that used to train them disappears.
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How to Lead Engineers Who No Longer Believe the Company Story (opens on Monday Muse, Substack)
If your leadership plan is mission statements and company vision, you're about to have a hard year.