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Nihar Shah

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Exploration Software Engineer at StarkWareJersey City, NJ, USA Β· Software Engineering

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StarkWare

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Available times (30 mins)

πŸ““About me

I'm Nihar Shah, a blockchain and AI engineer with a Master’s from NYU’s Courant Institute, building cutting-edge Web3 and DeFi solutions at Starkware, Nethermind, and HIFI Bridge. As a Chainlink Labs advocate, angel investor, and advisor to startups, I’m passionate about pushing AI, security & Web3 forward. I’ve won hackathon awards, taught blockchain at Great Lakes Institute, and love sharing my tech journey.

Software Engineering

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Blockchain

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Backend

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Full Stack

⭐️Why I mentor

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πŸ’« Breaking into tech

πŸ›°οΈ Working remotely for the first time

πŸ“œ Writing docs people will read

πŸ‘€ Dealing with imposter syndrome

πŸ’» Running effective meetings

πŸ† Effective technical leadership

🎨 Coding as craft

πŸš€ Launching products and measuring success

πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’» Launching side projects

πŸ’» Managing remotely

πŸ’° Negotiating a promotion/offer

πŸ’« Managing up, down and around

🎭 Mock interviewing

πŸ–Œ Resume and portfolio review

🌱 Technical career paths

πŸ’ž Working in cross functional teams

πŸ“ Writing code with confidence

πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘¦β€πŸ‘¦ Team happiness & productivity

🐣 Becoming a people manager

πŸ—ΊοΈ The technical or people track?

πŸ’¬ Giving and receiving feedback

🌟 Preparing for the next level

πŸƒ Getting the most out of my internship

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