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I’m a user researcher, writer, and teacher, with a focus on qualitative research. I have been in the user research field for over 7 years now. My background is a mix of clinical/social psychology, Buddhism, and education. I incorporate all of these into my current practice. I absolutely love the field of user research, and the impact it can have on teams and organizations. More than that, I love teaching research to others.
My specialty is in conducting generative research, which allows you to deeply understand your users, and ...

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Tristan Pollock is an international entrepreneur community builder who has helped strengthen startup ecosystems across 50 countries from Australia to Scandinavia and Russia to Saudi Arabia. He has started and sold two companies, SocialEarth and Storefront. The first he bootstrapped. The second he raised $10 million in venture capital for and grew to be the de facto marketplace for retail space, being named Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work. After exiting Storefront, Tristan joined 500 Startups and has ...

I am a product leader and former management consultant and engineer. I have a blend of engineering, operational, and strategic experience spanning several sectors including aerospace, automotive, retail, and technology.
As an engineer, I led several projects around operational efficiency, cost reduction, and new product introductions. As a management consultant, I advised Fortune 500 executives on their most pressing issues including innovation & operational strategy, market analysis, and business forecasting.
As a product manager, I have built products at all lifecycles from designing products for a pre-funding startup ...

I am an experience designer with +6 years in designing user experiences that meet user needs, match business goals, and are consistent with brands. In the past years I've worked in a range of different industries (financial services, healthcare, personal care, air travel, etc) and for different types of customers (from start-ups to large corporations).
What I can hep you with:
• Identify your strengths and purpose in what you are doing
• Provide constructive feedback on your work
• Craft strong storylines when presenting your work
• ...

I’m a software engineer with 3 years of experience working with on-site and remote teams. I have experience working with technologies such as Python, Go, Javascript, SQL, Docker, Cloud technologies (AWS, GCP). Looking to leverage soft and technical skills in supporting mentees and learning from them.

I have built and worked on APIs using monolithic and microservice architecture using Python(Flask), Golang, Javascript(Node, Angular), PostgreSQL, gRPC, Docker, Kafka and other related technologies.

Hi, I'm Chuka, and I am a versatile DevOps Engineer proficient in cloud technologies as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, with professional knowledge of configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Bash Scripts. I have note-worthy experiences building secure and scalable cloud infrastructures, software applications with Javascript (ReactJs, NodeJs, ExpressJs, Redux) and also, knowledge sharing, and I am more than happy to either help you kickstart your journey in Tech, or work with you to resolve any technical difficulty you may have in any of these fields.

I have been in the industry for more than 4 years now. I have worked with startups to MNCs. From this experience, I can totally understand and relate to doubts of mentees.

I can help you with providing industry level guidance and making sure you learn from every session. Considering tech stack I have primarily worked with Ruby, but I can also help you with software architecture and object-oriented design concepts in case you are working on different tech stack.

Let's chat and figure out how I can provide ...

I love software development and entrepreneurship. Right now I'm in my second venture - NotePlan. It's already profitable and I work full-time on it. I like every aspect of building a nice piece of software that I would use and which provides immense value for others. I wrote NotePlan while learning Swift and how to build iOS and macOS apps from scratch, which is a lot of fun but also frustrating at times.

With almost 10 years of engineering and business experience, I would love to be a mentor ...