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Jonathan Zuckerman

Senior Software Engineer at Slate MagazineUnited States · Software Engineering

Experience

Slate Magazine

Book session

Available times (45 mins)

⭐️Why I mentor

Give back to the community

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

Talk to me about

💫 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

Recommendations

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!

Mary Beliveau

CommonLit

Software Engineer

Jul 18th 2023

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.

Pablo Ramos
Jul 18th 2023

Received very helpful advice! I hope I am able to make some progress and schedule another meet-up soon)

Sylvia Li
Jul 18th 2023
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