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Miklos Philips 🇺🇸

Product Designer at Financial Times
5.0 (11)

Miklos is a seasoned Lead UX/Product Designer with over 18 years of experience. He is also an accomplished speaker, writer, and mentor, boasting over 10,000 followers across Medium, LinkedIn, and Twitter. With a seven-year track record in mentoring, Miklos has successfully guided over 50 mentees through MentorCruise, DesignLab, and Springboard …
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Gaurav Tiwari 🇬🇧

Engineering Manager at Spotify
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Hello there, I am Gaurav and I have been working in the field of data and engineering for the last 10 years. I am from India and over the last 10 years have had the pleasure of living and working in Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Dublin and UK now. I have …
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$150 / month
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Dimitris Karavias 🇬🇧

Founder/CEO at Restep
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Hi and thanks for stopping by! QA can be an amazing career. Mine took me from Junior QA, to consulting, to building teams. I worked with companies like Google, Vodafone, BBC, Duolingo, in areas like media, fintech, IoT, for 10 years. I focus on upskilling those who want to establish …
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Oliver Ullman 🇺🇸

Senior Engineer at Rubrik
5.0 (1)

As someone who mostly learned on their own, I have significant first-hand experience learning programming without a set curriculum or structure. It's a challenge! Together, I can help you reach your potential by helping focus your efforts on the most efficient pathways to getting a job. I have significant experience …
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Martina Sartor 🇺🇸

Principal Product Designer at BrieflyAI

I'm Martina, a product design leader with over 15 years of expertise in user experience, human-computer interaction, and user interface design. My journey has taken me from creating digital products for startups to leading design teams for large enterprises across the globe. Recently, I've been at the forefront of integrating …
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Lucia Ziyuan Wang 🇬🇧

Lead Innovation Designer & Trainer at Venturely
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As a seasoned product designer with deep expertise in the FinTech industry, I bring a unique blend of empathy, dynamism, and articulate communication to the world of UX design. With over 7 years of experience delivering end-to-end UX/UI design solutions, I specialize in transforming complex financial problems into intuitive, elegant …
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Offered by Gaurav Tiwari

As a hiring manager with over 6 years of experience at companies like Meta and Spotify, I have built teams from ground up. Therefore, finding the right talent for the … Read More

 Approx. 60 minutes  $149
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Offered by Dimitris Karavias

Having hired developers & QA engineers in a range of industries I know what the person across the table (or screen) is thinking as they question you. If you've reached … Read More

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Offered by Miklos Philips

I am a Head of UX/Lead UX/Product Designer with over 17 years of experience, presently at the Financial Times in London. My professional journey has traversed New York, San Francisco, … Read More

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Offered by Lucia Ziyuan Wang

I have been hired many times and have hired a few designers at my corporate job. I can help you with preparing for a successful interview outcome Read More

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