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A mentor who actually stays in your corner.

Work 1:1 with Krunal Parmar, a Engineering Manager at Yelp. Weekly interview reps and real loop prep – mentees who put in the work are usually running real loops at their target companies in 3–6 months.

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  • Free 20-min intro call
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Your mentor
Krunal Parmar

Krunal Parmar

Engineering Manager
Yelp

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Software Engineering Data Structures Java Python Communication Interview

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Meet your mentor

A 60-second intro from Krunal.

“Krunal has been incredibly supportive and generous with his guidance in my job search season. Without his guidance and mentorship, I wouldn't have landed my current role. I highly recommend Krunal for any software engineers out there looking for a new role.”

— Hendro, mentee for 5 months

Why mentees come here

What people actually work on with Krunal.

Most mentees arrive with one of these goals. If you see yourself in the list, you are in the right place.

  • Land a role at FAANG or top tech

    Prep the full loop – system design, behavioural, negotiation. You want a mentor who has actually hired at the bar you are targeting, and you want weekly reps, not a one-off mock.

  • Level up in your current role

    Mid to senior, senior to staff, IC to manager – or deciding which of those paths is even right. Someone a couple of steps ahead points out what actually moves the needle vs. busywork that doesn't.

  • Make a career switch without starting from zero

    Change domains and find the angle where your existing skills are the differentiator, not the obstacle. Works with hard constraints too – "not sales", "not freelance", "not management".

  • Land your first engineering role

    Break in without the traditional CV. Portfolio, story, outreach and screens – all the things that get skipped in courses but decide whether you get the offer.

  • Pre-application portfolio or resume review

    Before you apply, tighten your materials with someone who hires at the bar you are targeting. One or two focused sessions, targeted feedback, specific rewrites – not generic advice.

  • Ship a side project or indie launch

    Get a real project shipped instead of stuck in setup-mode. Scope, pricing, positioning, the unglamorous middle months – get pushed through them by someone who has already been.

  • Scale your engineering org past the founder-as-bottleneck stage

    For tech founders and engineering leaders past traction – hire the senior team, fix the ops, stop being the person every decision routes through.

  • Learn a platform as a stepping stone

    Get to real competence on a specific stack – Azure before an AI role, Unity plus Blender before your first game, Rails before joining a Rails shop. Structured weekly reps instead of YouTube drift.

Not quite your situation? Mention what you are working on in your intro and Krunal will tell you if they are the right fit – or point you to someone who is.

Why pay for this

Yes, there are free options. Here's the honest difference.

Most of what you'd pay Krunal for is the parts the free options don't do – context that builds week over week, and someone who actually pushes back when you're about to do the wrong thing.

vs. YouTube + courses

Great when you don't know what you don't know. Useless once your blocker is specific to your situation – and the answer to "what should I do next" is whichever video the algorithm serves you.

vs. ChatGPT

Endlessly patient, instantly available, and will never tell you the plan you just shared is bad. Krunal will. That feedback is most of what you came for.

vs. one-off coaching calls

Fine for a single decision. Less great when the work is iterative – every call resets, your coach re-learns who you are, and the accountability disappears the second the call ends.

vs. volunteer mentors

Good for one introductory chat. Hard to ask a volunteer to keep showing up for you every week, review your work, and hold you accountable for months. Paid mentorship is for that.

vs. asking friends

Friends are kind. Krunal is honest because that's the job. The unblocked version of you a few months from now is mostly built on feedback that wasn't comfortable to hear.

vs. doing it alone

Possible, but the failure mode is silent: you drift, you avoid the hard parts, you don't know which feedback to trust. Most of what mentorship gives you is the part that prevents the year you wasted figuring this out yourself.

What you actually get

Goals in months, not years.

Mentor vetting, cadence, and accountability are the parts long-term progress quietly depends on – and the parts the free options don't do.

Top 5% mentors, hand-picked

We interview every mentor personally. You work with someone already doing the thing you want to do.

Recurring 1:1 sessions with context

Krunal keeps the long-term context on your goals, work, and career. Every session is sharper than the last – no re-explaining yourself, no starting from scratch.

Async support between sessions

Message Krunal directly when questions come up. Tighter feedback loops mean faster progress, not a week-long wait for the next call.

Structured, goal-aligned plan

Weekly targets you work on together. Built-in accountability keeps you from drifting – the thing most self-learners quietly lose to.

Mentee outcomes

What mentees say about working with Krunal.

Every review comes from someone who paid for mentorship with Krunal and wrote about it afterwards. No incentives, no editing.

“Krunal is an absolutely outstanding mentor who provides strategic, immediately actionable advice. His guidance completely transformed my communication with my new manager, from mastering the "Bottom Line Up Front" appro…” “Krunal is an absolutely outstanding mentor who provides strategic, immediately actionable advice. His guidance completely transformed my communication with my new manager, from mastering the "Bottom Line Up Front" approach to creating a "Manager Operating Manual" for clear expectations and zero surprises. He taught me to be more strategic with my network by mapping out key stakeholders and proactively focusing on how my team can contribute to their OKRs and solve their pain points. The practical tips, like setting up a "Yellow/Red Radar" for proactive problem-solving and leveraging new AI tools for personal productivity, have been game-changers for my daily effectiveness. If you are looking to accelerate your career by developing robust systems for managing up and stakeholder engagement, I cannot recommend Krunal highly enough.”
Roy

Roy

Standard Plan · 2 months

“Krunal has been incredibly supportive and generous with his guidance in my job search season. Without his guidance and mentorship, I wouldn't have landed my current role. I highly recommend Krunal for any software engin…” “Krunal has been incredibly supportive and generous with his guidance in my job search season. Without his guidance and mentorship, I wouldn't have landed my current role. I highly recommend Krunal for any software engineers out there looking for a new role.”
Hendro

Hendro

Lite Plan · 5 months

“Krunal is a great mentor, he has been very helpful during my interview preparation. We have done few rounds of mock interviews and in every round he is able to pinpoint some of my weaknesses and provide good suggestion…” “Krunal is a great mentor, he has been very helpful during my interview preparation. We have done few rounds of mock interviews and in every round he is able to pinpoint some of my weaknesses and provide good suggestions to improve them. The follow-up documents that he provides is also good for me to refer and revise. Definitely recommend 👍”
Edric

Edric

Standard Plan · 4 months

Trusted by thousands of mentees since 2018.

How we'd work together

Start with a free intro call.

2 plans, same free 20-minute intro call across all of them. Continue only if the fit is right.

Lite

I bet you won't regret this decision! Let's learn & grow together!

What's included

  • 1× 1:1 video call/mo with Krunal (45 min)
  • Unlimited chat (<48h response)
  • Weekly goals tracked together
  • Month-to-month, cancel any time
Most chosen

Standard

I bet you won't regret this decision! Let's learn & grow together!

What's included

  • 3× 1:1 video calls/mo with Krunal (45 min)
  • Unlimited chat (<24h response)
  • Hands-on review of your real work
  • Weekly goals tracked together
  • Month-to-month, cancel any time

Krunal walks you through the plan that fits your goals on the intro call. No card required to book – you only pay if you both decide to continue.

Questions

What you're probably wondering.

Still unsure? Email [email protected] and we'll personally walk you through it.

Your move

Get a mentor in your corner.

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