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Terrence Lui

Director of Engineering at ex-Google, ex-Microsoft

Highest Rated Career & Manager Coach from Top-Tier Companies

Hello there! I'm thrilled you've found your way here. As an Engineering leader with a passion for nurturing talent, I'm here to be more than just a mentor – I want to be your champion, your guide, an…

Getting Hired At Big Tech Getting Promoted Cross-Team Leadership And Collaboration New Manager

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$390 /month

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Karl Schmidt

CTO at Karl Schmidt Consulting

Gaming CTO and studio co-founder, Technical Director, Indie Game Developer, Author at DebugBetter

After 20+ years in video games (Relic Entertainment, DeNA, Gasket Games), e-commerce, and fintech, I’ve noticed that software engineers don’t get enough mentorship and guidance. We often go it alone …

Game Development C++ C Debugging

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$170 /month

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Kuai Yu

Director of Engineering at AI Startup, Citadel, Google, Two Sigma

Speaks English, Chinese

10 years of engineering at Citadel, Google, Two Sigma, Early stage and Late stage Startups

👋 Hi! I’m Kuai, currently a Director of Engineering at an AI startup. With experience at Two Sigma, Google, and Citadel, I have a decade-long track record in tech and finance. I mentor both software …

Career Growth Engineering Leadership Career Change System Design

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$200 /month

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Natalie Kuhn

Senior Director of Design at Capital One | Ex-Meta, Ex-Accenture

Helping mentees get unstuck + focus their energy on the right things to build the career they want

👋🏻 Hi, I'm Natalie, a senior design leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling design teams across fintech, technology, and enterprise data platforms. I've most recently served as Senio…

Team Leadership Design Leadership Design Strategy Service Design

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$260 /month

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Brad Rogers

Supply Chain Planning Director at Pepsico

Supply Chain & Operations Director | PepsiCo | AI Strategy + Career Acceleration

I'm a Director at PepsiCo Beverages North America with 18 years of Fortune 50 supply chain experience across network design, S&OP, warehouse automation, co-manufacturing, and AI-driven operations. I …

Supply Chain Leadership Operations Leadership Decision Making Cross-Functional Leadership

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$80 /month

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Heather Morelli

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Senior Director of Engineering at Ex Tableau | Expedia | Salesforce

23 years of Software Engineering Leadership as a VP, Senior Director and Director levels

Experienced Quality Leader in eCommerce and Enterprise Applications. I have over 20 years of management experience, the bulk of it at the Senior Director level. I've managed software engineers my w…

People Management Engineering Leadership Team Leadership Hiring

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$120 /month

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Zoltan Lipp

Director of Engineering at Arm Ltd

Speaks English, Hungarian

From Strategy to Execution – Mentoring for Growth-Minded Professionals

I’m a dynamic Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience across diverse technology sectors, including semiconductors, healthcare, renewable energy, and IoT. My career has spanned roles at GE and…

Agile Methodologies Organization Scaling Teams Kanban

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$100 /month

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Mohamed Moshrif

CTO and Product Strategy Mentor | Ex-Google/Amazon | Scaling Teams and Shipping Products That Win at Google

Speaks English, Arabic

Chaos to strategy, ship products that grow | Engineers & founder mentor | Google/Amazon/Microsoft | 23+ yrs AI

I’m a CTO-level engineering and product leader with 23+ years across Big Tech (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Booking.com, Deliveroo) and startups. People work with me when they’re tired of generic ad…

Software Engineering Interview System Design Distributed Systems

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$300 /month

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Kirill Markin

❀ CTO ┇ Ex-Founder ┇ AI & Data Engineer at Aspect Health — AI, b2c startup

Speaks English, Russian

Dive deep into startups, AI, data science with the guidance of an experienced industry insider

Free introductory call Picking the right mentor matters. You want someone who actually gets your situation, not just someone with impressive credentials. I get it! That's why I'm happy to do a free …

Startup AI LLM Product

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$150 /month

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Steve Sobel

Director of Engineering at Toast

Seasoned Engineer and Engineering Leader - from startups to banks to the creation fo open source software

I have 25+ years of experience as an individual contributor, manager, and director in software engineering. I'm passionate about providing guidance to others through active listening, asking pertinen…

Leadership Engineering Leadership Product Strategy Strategy

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$300 /month

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Vladimir Baranov

Tech Leadership Coach / Founder / YC and Techstars Mentor / CTO / COO 🏅 / CEO, Executive Coach & Engineering Leadership, Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship, VC and Fundraising..

Speaks English, Russian

Powerful Questions with Kindness and Purpose. Tech Leader, SpaceTech, FinTech, DeepTech, Hardware..

🏅PCC Certified Executive Coach (ICF & BECI) Hi! I am Vladimir. I have spent over 20 years in start-up and technology industries across fin-tech, wealth-tech and space-tech. I had Tech founder and …

Startup Innovation Bootstrapping Founder

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$350 /month

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James Booth

CTO | Founding Engineer | 25+ years of experience | Fractional CTO

I’m a CTO, founding engineer and leader with over 25 years of experience developing innovative solutions in both corporate and startup environments. I’ve personally architected, deployed and maintain…

Software Engineering Leadership Software Architecture DevOps

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$240 /month

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