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MentorCruise summary
Paul is a Director of Engineering and former Amazon leader with more than 20 years in software development. He has led teams at Amazon, Disney, and startups, including scaling teams from zero to 30 people. He helps software engineers build promotion plans, strengthen resumes and interview skills, and lead teams with greater business impact.
Based on 28 verified mentee reviews
- Reviewers often praise his structured career plans, including job search strategies, resume revisions, and interview preparation.
- Several reviewers value his direct feedback, which helps them identify blind spots and take practical steps toward their goals.
- Mentees value his guidance on connecting engineering work to business impact, making leadership decisions, and advancing in software careers.
About
I have over 20 years of software development experience, scaling teams from 0 - 30 members. I have had leadership experience at Amazon, Disney, and at various startups. I can coach you on career development, resume reviews, tech interview prep (I have > 2k interviews over my career, and over 300 at Amazon), leadership all the way to the C-Suite.
Please reach out if you cannot afford my sessions. I give a 90% discount to those in need (documentation required) and truly do not have means to pay. Additionally, I give a discount to minorities in the industry (people of color, women, disabilities, etc).
What mentees say
5 out of 5 stars
Paul’s direct, brutally honest feedback is one of his greatest strengths. He doesn’t sugarcoat weaknesses and offers clear, practical guidance on improvement. I truly cherish our relationship and hope to continue it in the future when I need it.
Tinh
Lite Plan • 11 months
5 out of 5 stars
A few years ago, I was promoted to lead an org of roughly 60 people, including managers, staff engineers, and TLs. Despite the team size and scale, I was operating like an IC (heavily involved in system design and tried to solve every technical problems). Reading books, getting company provided coach, and working with internal mentor wasn't working for me I wanted to be an effective leader and scale my management style to run my org effectively I reached out to a few mentors on MentorCruise and Paul was the right fit after our intro session. There are a few things I learned under his mentorship 1. Patience: Initially, he let me bring him simple problems and gave me answers. After a few months, he pointed out that I wasn't spending enough time to think through my problem because I knew he was my safety net. That hit me hard since it's true yet I did not feel upset. Paul's patience and humanity made me feel like he wanted me to grow 2. 90% of the problems are solvable by having a backbone. Paul acted as a sounding board, giving me the confidence to have a backbone to have tough conversation with my manager, stakeholders, and direct reports 3. Engineering management mechanism: Paul shared mechanisms like weekly reviews, owner with date, set goal, let them figure out. These are simple yet effective framework to run the team at my scale The change is so big - I re-read my old notes and I would fire my two-year-ago self from asking those questions or taking/not taking actions to manage my team. By applying these frameworks and having Paul as my sounding board, my org has delivered outsized results including a conversion optimization that's equivalent to 12 months of a/b testings. We also stabilized our infra, moving from the least stable team in the company to one of the most reliable I am very lucky to have Paul as my mentor for the past few years
Ekk
Standard Plan • 2 years
5 out of 5 stars
Paul is a great mentor with a strong understanding of career progression through driving impact in software teams. If you're looking for principled decision making, effective promotion plan building, and being shown your blind spots, look no further than sessions with Paul.
Sean
Standard Plan • 4 months
What happens when you start
You tell Paul your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Paul 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.
