Software engineer coaching
Junior to team lead in three years.
That's what one-on-one coaching did for one of my mentees, a career changer with no CS background. I'd like to do the same for your engineers.
That's what one-on-one coaching did for one of my mentees, a career changer with no CS background. I'd like to do the same for your engineers.
It can take years for early-career engineers to become truly effective. They get stuck, the learning curve is steep, and the frustration can lead to burnout.
Your team wants to help, but it's busy running the business. I've been that manager, and I know how hard it is to find the time.
Thrive Tech fills the gap with personalized, one-on-one coaching that happens inside your codebase, your tools, and your team's real work. Juniors grow faster, seniors stay focused, and managers know their people are supported.
I've been a computer science teaching assistant, a VP of Engineering at a cybersecurity company, and many things in between. Mentoring has been the center of every one of those jobs. The teaching assistant job is still my favorite, because I got to spend all my time coaching people through their engineering challenges.
As a manager, I saw how much my team grew when I focused on coaching. Now that's the whole job.
Frontend, backend, infrastructure, DevOps, testing, or support. If it's software engineering, we can work on it.
“Not only did he help me gain solid computer science knowledge, but also helped dramatically with my understanding of modern software engineering tools, techniques, and design patterns. I truly believe that it was only because of his mentoring that I was able to move from being a junior to a senior and team lead in only 3 years.”
Former Thrive Tech mentee, now a team lead
“As their primary mentor, Josh was pivotal in getting them ramped up and successful on the team.”
SVP of Engineering who worked with Josh at two companies