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Luca Cavallin

Senior Software Engineer @ GitHub
Software Engineer at GitHub | 10+ years experience | GDE & CNCF Ambassador

Netherlands 4.9 (19 reviews) Active today Usually responds

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$390 / month

Balances session frequency with time to implement what you learn.

Regular calls, per agreement

Unlimited Q&A via chat

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As a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, I am passionate about (building) developer and infrastructure tools, with expertise in Go, Kubernetes, and the Cloud Native domain. Currently, I am expanding my knowledge in Rust, systems- and network-programming.

Beyond my primary expertise, I've branched out into areas like .NET, React, TypeScript, APIs, data engineering and Google Cloud to name a few. My past also saw me wearing the hats of a consultant, delivering hands-on training sessions, hosting podcasts, and organizing engaging meetups for the tech community. I'm an active contributor to open source and believe in the importance of knowledge sharing, as evidenced by my blog posts and talks. Additionally, I hold the title of Google Developer Expert (GDE) and CNCF Ambassador.

I will help you become a better software engineer with a tailored learning path and live lessons, sharing career advice and helping you prepare for a new job and interview. Send me an inquiry and we will see if there is a match for both of us! Once you apply and start the 7 day trial, we'll discuss your goals and needs further. If you're onboard, we are going to start work hard towards your goals. Not happy? Cancel the trial. If you are not looking for a full blown mentorship program, I have a one-off "Ask Me Anything" session you can book too.

Be prepared for homework! As an example: I will give you recommendations for books and articles to read and I will give you a project to work on, reviewing the code you write and enforcing best practices, code quality, good software design.

For a deeper dive into my contributions, head over to my blog at https://lucavall.in. Away from the screen, my time is spent cycling, cooking on a kamado, on (astro)photography, or attending to my feline companions 🐈.

Looking forward to meeting you!

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Naimun

September 3, 2024

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Nihad

August 13, 2024

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3 months

Luca is a great mentor, he demonstrated that he cares about you and tries to help you to go on your final journey together. I am very happy to be mentored by him.

Zachary

July 10, 2024

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10 months

Luca is super helpful as a mentor. He is able to give advice in many different areas and has helped me navigate plenty of situations and tasks at work. He is also always willing to help me out by suggesting resources and code reviews, and is super responsive to any questions I have during the week!

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Zachary

May 12, 2024

I have been very happy with my experience so far. I have been able to bounce a lot of ideas off of Luca after starting a new position, and he was definitely helpful with navigating some of the situations within my previous role. He also continues to make timely comments on any PR that I am working on for a project

Zachary

December 7, 2023

I've been really happy using my time with Luca so far. He is a very understanding mentor and very willing to work on whatever goal I have been focusing on. I wanted some help with my overall engineering skills and wanted to try learning more about distributed system. He is very helpful for pointing out design decisions and making suggestions. He also recommends very helpful readings!