Merit

John Goodman

(He/him)

San Diego, CA, USA · Software Engineering

Book session

Available times (30 mins)

⭐️Why I mentor

Give back to the community

Talk to me about

💫 Breaking into tech

🛰️ Working remotely for the first time

📽 Presenting your work

👀 Dealing with imposter syndrome

🏆 Effective technical leadership

🚀 Launching products and measuring success

👩🏽‍💻 Launching side projects

🔭 Product vision and strategy

💰 Negotiating a promotion/offer

🎭 Mock interviewing

🖌 Resume and portfolio review

🌱 Technical career paths

🤖 Prototyping that works

💞 Working in cross functional teams

🐣 Becoming a people manager

🗺️ The technical or people track?

💬 Giving and receiving feedback

❤️‍🔥 Building your first team

🌟 Preparing for the next level

🏃 Getting the most out of my internship

Recommendations

Here’s what Merit users have said about John

I had a great and powerful session with John. He is extremely flexible and willing to have honest and straightforward conversations about a range of topics in the tech world. He has a talent for making you feel empowered, even after discussing areas for improvement. John's guidance, experience and insights have been invaluable to me, and I look forward to staying in touch with him!

Federico Skrzypicki
Jul 18th 2023

John was very helpful and patient. He provided concrete advice on how to be a better software engineer. I learned so much from him.

Kathy S

Notemate

Software Engineer I

Jul 18th 2023

John was awesome in being able to provide me with great interview feedback. He sent me a list of tutorials that have helped me.

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Irina Sverzhanovskaya
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VELAMENTIS

Front-End Developer

Jul 18th 2023
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