This last year has made me think more about the privileges I enjoy in the world and I would really like to give back to the community that has provided such a stable and satisfying career for me
💫 Breaking into tech
🛰️ Working remotely for the first time
📽 Presenting your work
👀 Dealing with imposter syndrome
💻 Running effective meetings
🏆 Effective technical leadership
🎨 Coding as craft
👩🏽💻 Launching side projects
🖌️ Building a design process
🎭 Mock interviewing
🖌 Resume and portfolio review
🏘️ Surviving a merger or acquisition
🧙🏽♂️ Being self taught
🌱 Technical career paths
👨👩👦👦 Having a family in tech
🧠 UX and UI design
📝 Writing code with confidence
👩👩👦👦 Team happiness & productivity
😰 Managing burnout
🌟 Preparing for the next level
🏃 Getting the most out of my internship
Here’s what Merit users have said about Jonathan
Jon is an incredible listener with deep insight into tech architecture and general eng team processes. I learned a ton from him during our session. We discussed everything from the benefits/drawbacks of microservices to ways to ensure a smooth product development process. Thanks again for your time!
Software Engineer
Jon was great to talk to! He was pleasant and did his best to answer my questions about software. He provided good feedback about what I can do for personal projects to make them more useful to my career.
Received very helpful advice! I hope I am able to make some progress and schedule another meet-up soon)