Justin Garen

Justin Garen

Engineering Team Lead
Computer scientist with decades of experience, including ten years in startups, and ten years in consulting
United States of America Active last month

Services

$200 / month

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  1. 1 Free 7-day trial
    No charge until day 7. Cancel anytime.
  2. 2 Ongoing calls + chat
    8 calls per month, unlimited Q&A. Replies in 2 days.
  3. 3 No lock-in
    Month to month, no contract.
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About

I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. I worked in startups for a decade, joining all of them as one of the first engineering hires, with multiple exits. I have played a critical role in designing interview processes and have conducted many technical interviews. I also spent seven years working as a freelancer and consultant. Most recently, I led the infrastructure team at StyleSeat.

I have been working with computers for almost my entire life. I've built complete products, as well as core features, including: Android and iOS SDKs, web frontends, backend services, high performance computing applications in C and assembly, and deployment pipelines.

What happens when you start

You tell Justin your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.

You meet within days. Justin reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.

You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.

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Skills

Backend Software Architecture Data Structures Engineering Startup Python Django C JavaScript SQL MySQL Postgresql Ansible Java HTML CSS Linux Strategy Management backend development