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Engineer Coaching

Tailored coaching and mentorship to help you become a more decisive, knowledgeable and valuable technologist

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You need time to reflect. Not everything can be learned just-in-time or on-the-job.

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The mixture of hard and soft skills that would most allow you to scale your impact is often de-emphasized by your day-to-day reality.

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We'll help you carve out that mental space and explore the most challenging and essential aspects of your growth.

Our Approach

Good coaching relies on getting the fundamentals right. We never lose sight of the magic five.

Focus

Define and focus on your desired goals

Analyze

Explore your situation using more beautiful questions

Ideate

Brainstorm your potential courses of action

Plan

Decide on your course and develop an action plan

Deliver

Execute your plan, stay accountable, reflect on learning

Our Results

Our clients build successful careers at a diverse range of organizations.

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nico d

The coaching experience was incredibly productive. Andre was thoughtful, well-spoken, and economic with his words. The amount of actionable information I received in each session was truly astounding.

Nico D. - Software Engineer - Dropbox

josh b

I reached out to Andre seeking career advice and a mentor, and he absolutely delivered. He demonstrated genuine care for my story and interests, evidenced by his excellent listening skills and insightful questions. Andre spoke authentically, sharing his perspective, offering valuable advice, and providing useful resources. Following our sessions, I feel profoundly heard, supported, inspired, and well-resourced. I wholeheartedly recommend him.

Joshua B. - Software Engineer - Mindshow

namibia t

My coach demonstrated deep knowledge in leadership, people development, and recruiting and interviewing within software engineering. I gained an incredible amount of valuable information that will undoubtedly contribute to my success. I would certainly engage PeopleStorming again for their expertise and coaching, and I eagerly anticipate applying what I learned during our time together.

Namibia T. - Software Engineer - Truss

david d

It was obvious to me that Andre not only possesses a deep understanding of workplace dynamics and human psychology but also the ability to identify specific areas where one could learn more about themselves, thereby fostering greater effectiveness within their business. In our sessions, he not only helped me understand broad dynamics regarding efficient methods of company organization and how to maintain the positive aspects of a startup environment as the company grows, but he also helped me understand a core aspect of my personality. This understanding, helped me better understand, collaborate with, and manage those who are on the opposite end of that spectrum.

David D. - Senior Frontend Engineer - Pinwheel

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Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.

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Your Challenges

We coach clients through a broad range of challenges.

Personal Challenges

  • Overcoming imposter syndrome
  • Resolving workplace conflict
  • Improving meeting culture
  • Communicating effectively
  • Reduce context switching
  • Overcoming isolation
  • Navigating performance reviews
  • Prioritizing your time
  • Delivering and receiving difficult feedback
  • Managing overload and preventing burnout
  • Unlocking innovation and creativity

Team Challenges

  • Building a technical community
  • Collaborating in a remote first world
  • Defining vision, mission, stratgies, and goals
  • Collaborating cross-culturally
  • Managing roadmaps and deadlines
  • Navigating a toxic corporate culture

Role Challenges

  • Encouraging end-to-end thinking
  • Navigating your first 90 days
  • Driving quality
  • Designing scalable processes
  • Leading technical decision-making and getting buy-in
  • Learning new technologies
  • Transitioning to leadership
  • Preparing for technical interviews
  • Pivoting career
  • Managing up

Our Tools And Methods

We combine research-backed, proven and effective tools, models and methods to support you in almost any work-related circumstance.

Career Tools

  • Professional self-branding
  • Resume improvement
  • Negotiation
  • Personal values mapping
  • Goal setting
  • 30-60-90 on-boarding
  • Personal skills mapping
  • Personal development plans

Self-Improvement

  • Feedback conversations
  • Empathy and listening
  • Time and focus management
  • Boundary-setting
  • Creativity and play

Leadership Growth

  • Prioritization
  • Decision-making
  • Conflict management
  • Facilitation

Craft Tools

  • Product engineering alignment
  • Agile methods and rituals
  • Metrics and OKRs
  • Standards-setting
  • Tech debt management
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Coach Spotlight: Andre

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A seasoned and dedicated coach who draws on over 20 years of leadership in high-performance, product-oriented technology teams. He got his start as a software developer at an ISP, where he turned his experiences into a technology book.

He was the Director of Engineering for a 400-person engineering team at Riot Games, a core systems team at Facebook, and an advertising product group at LinkedIn. In those roles he led product engineering across many domains and gained deep experience with growing leaders, designing cross-functional organizations, managing performance, scaling development processes, and leading product and technology strategies.

It is this experience that allows Andre to build deep empathy with new and seasoned professionals alike. He's taken the journey they're on and is never happier than when helping them get to their destination.