Robert Goins

Principal Engineering Manager @ Microsoft
Principal engineering lead with experience growing engineers and designing complex systems.
United States of America 5.0 (1 review) Active today Usually responds in half a day
Save

Services

$240 / month

The most popular way to get mentored, let's work towards your goals!

Up to 2 calls per month

Unlimited Q&A via chat

Expect responses in 3-4 days

` Tasks & exercises

Flat fee, no hidden costs

7 day free trial! Cancel anytime.

Apply now
Only 3 spots left!
View one-off sessions

About

I graduated from Penn State University in 2007 with a B.S. in Software Engineering and a B.S. in Mathematics. I got my first job at Microsoft where I worked in both the Windows and Office orgs on low level graphics and rendering (a lot of C/C++ using and creating DirectX and Direct Composition APIs). After about 6 years, I decided I wanted to learn about the world outside of Microsoft, and I went to work at Google. There, I worked in Corporate Engineering (Mostly Java and GWT). I decided to go completely away from corporate high tech companies and worked at a small fintech company (mostly JavaScript / Angular and C# on the backend) but at the end of the day I realized I missed Seattle and Microsoft, so my wife and I decided to move back to Seattle. After evaluating my different offers I decided to join the Xbox org at Microsoft. In the next 5 years at Microsoft, I worked on low latency video streaming, computer vision and Machine Learning, and then decided to change tracks to management. I did some more exploring and realized I wanted to try out a medium size, close to start up but not quite startup company so I worked at Door Dash. But I then got a chance to work in Minecraft which I couldn’t pass up. I am currently work at Mojang Studios (Microsoft) on a platform team and specifically run the team that works on most of what you would consider the game engine for the bedrock (Non-Java Windows, Xbox, Mobile, PSX, Switch) edition(s) of Minecraft. At night and on weekends, I am a student at the University of Washington in their Technology Management MBA program where we focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, and business.

Open to inquiries

You can message Robert to ask questions before booking their services

Get in touch

What mentees say

Stephen

on

5 out of 5 stars

It was really great chatting with Robert, can't wait to start this journey.



Skills


Topics


Similar mentors