The ins-and-outs of building a career in tech, gaining experience from a mentor, and getting your feet wet with coaching.
Case Studies
How Mentorship Catapulted Nate's Leap into Entrepreneurship
Discover how Nate Rodriguez transformed his career from stagnation to entrepreneurship with strategic mentorship from Jason Aiginitis, facilitated by MentorCruise. This case study explores the power of personalized guidance in achieving professional growth and launching a successful marketing agency.
From Soundboards to Dashboards: Samantha's Transition to Data Analytics
Recognizing the need for personal growth and greater career opportunities, Samantha leveraged strategic planning, continuous skill development, and the targeted mentorship offered through MentorCruise.com.
Unlocking Potential and Landing a Dream Internship at Tesla
Michele's journey to an internship at Tesla starts in an unlikely place – a small university in the south of Italy, far from the world's top academic institutions.
Using Experience for Growth: Mentoring for Meaningful Connections
I fired the first person I ever hired within the first week, at age 23. While being in a new leadership role or endeavour can be exciting, it can also backfire if you do not have the support around you along the road.
How mentorship boosted Mauro's transition into Data Science
Mauro found himself at a pivotal juncture in his professional career. He aspired to make a career shift toward data science, so he sought the assistance of MentorCruise and Raffaele Miele, an accomplished data scientist possessing expertise in Mauro’s targeted domain.
Overcoming a challenging career change with grit, determination, and the right mentor
Joris Zierold had been working in the media and publishing industry for many years as a founder, engineer, and managing director when he decided to transition into blockchain technology in 2021.
Adding crucial hard skills to a new business with a mentor
Building a business and a well-structured team is one of the hardest undertakings you could do in your professional life. It’s an event that comes with huge benefits, but sometimes also immense costs both on a financial, personal and mental level.
Building confidence and foundational skills during a career change
Kyle first found a passion for web development when he had to set up a website for his online teaching business. To get the website up, he taught himself the basics of software engineering, leading to a new-found interest in the topic and a desire to transition into this career.
Hossam Mourad
Experiencing professional growth with the right guidance
Sometimes life throws us a curveball, especially so in our careers. Fast-moving environments, changing priorities and shifting markets can hinder our development as a professional.
Gonçalo Palma
Starting a new job with more confidence and stronger support
Nelson Remetz has successfully transitioned careers from architecture to UX design. But with the skill building done, there were more hurdles in the way – interviewing and overcoming the first few months in an entirely new job.
Kristen Leake
Accelerating Startup Growth Through Advisors And Effective Mentorship
For many early-stage startups, their ultimate fate is decided by getting the right connections, advice and access to opportunities at the right time.
How Bassma leveraged mentorship to start a new job in another country
Bassma Hefni leveraged the experience of her mentor to prepare for a long journey and a change of scenery. Long interview sessions, building new skills and preparing for a big move ended up in her scoring multiple design offers in Europe.
Anna Herasymenko
How Clara grew as a developer, combining self-study with expert feedback
Self-teaching, experience from a coding bootcamp and an internship was not enough to give Clara the confidence to go after a full-time developer position. In the search to work up on the skill gaps, she found MentorCruise and with Sandrina a mentor that was finally able to give her that last push.
Sandrina Pereira
“A boost of fresh air and new ideas”
At MentorCruise, we love to hear stories from our mentees. We try to keep in touch with them throughout their time with us to know about all good and bad things they encounter. Mentees will talk about their experience with us, and we are happy to share it!
My mentor helps me think like a Senior Developer
Daniel has walked a long path to arrive in tech. Originally part of the finance industry, he’s had to pivot his career by 180 degrees when the greatest recession in his country hit and left him looking for a new purpose. Here’s how his passion for building websites led him into tech and how one of our mentors helped him reach the next level!
"My mentor was a game-changer for me"
Peyton was a logistics analyst for the Department of Defense for over four years. After a deployment to Afghanistan, he realized that this wasn’t what truly fulfilled him longterm and after a few steps back at home, he was looking to get into Tech. How Peyton took full use of a new mentorship platform, and evolved himself into a talented Full-Stack Developer.
From Professional Basketball to Cybersecurity
For close to a decade, Ryan Wilson was a professional basketball player all around Europe. After a long career on the court – last at the Manchester Giants – the now-retired player had to look into his future career prospects, and found a new passion in hacking and cybersecurity. How he made the switch, and how a MentorCruise mentor helped him with that.
