Are you a tech leader or manager?
Bring out the best in your developers
Through a highly personalised 1:1 approach combining mentoring, coaching and technical training.
By a developer with over 18 years of hands-on experience in the industry.
I know what it's like.
You have a bunch of excellent developers in your team, with lots of potential. They're trying their best, but there's room for improvement. You want to nurture them and bring out their best.
That's what I offer, as an independent and experienced developer — someone they can trust and go to with problems and questions, without feeling they're wasting yours and your other developers' time.
I help take some of the load off you and your more senior developers by providing highly personalised 1:1 mentoring, coaching and technical training sessions to the developers in your team.
Benefits
For the developer
Improve as a “product engineer”
Go beyond just code and tasks. Learn to think like a product engineer and deliver value to your users and the business.
Develop technical expertise
Cut through the messy world of web development and focus on the areas that matter to the business and your career.
Work more iteratively and effectively
Don't get bogged down. Learn how to break down work into smaller, more manageable pieces and deliver value faster.
Learn to manage expectations and issues
Be more proactive. Learn to communicate better with your team and stakeholders, and manage issues before they become big problems.
Get along better with people and in teams
It's not just about programming skills. The human element is crucial to success. Learn to work with people better and more collaboratively, and to accept different viewpoints and opinions.
Plan your longer term career
Always have a view to your longer term career. Think deeper about what you really want. Find ways to create win-win situations at work. Plan and develop the skills you need to get there.
For the leader
Unlock more time
Spend less and more focused time with your developers — let me handle some of the load.
Bring out the best in your team
Use me to identify and develop specific areas of improvements for each individual.
Approach
Initial consultation (free) then weekly sessions
I'll work with you to identify areas of improvement and we'll agree on a plan to focus our weekly sessions on (min 8 weeks, prepaid). We'll review and adjust the plan as we go along.
Tailored to each individual's needs and styles
Everyone works and reacts differently. Some people like to think on the spot, some like to go away and process things before deciding. I bring out the best approaches in people, and help them work in their ideal ways.
Covering many areas
Product engineering skills, technical expertise, agile and iterative development, communication, people skills, career development, and more.
Completely confidential
A trusted and safe space for folks to open up and bring out there best. Nothing is shared without permission.
Process
- Initial 25min call with the leader/manager
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Initial 25min call with the developer
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Agree to move forward if it's a good fit for all involved
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Agree on a personalised plan for the first 8 weeks (min)
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Payment for the first 8 weeks (min)
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Start weekly 1:1 sessions (up to 4 hours a week between calls and chat)
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Bi-weekly feedback to the leader/manager
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Review and adjust the plan as we go along
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End of 8 weeks (min) review and decide on next steps
Pricing
£600 per person per week (+VAT)
- Free initial consultation to assess fit and identify areas of focus
- Personalised plan tailored for the individual
- Up to 4 hours a week of 1:1 time (split between calls and chat).
- Minimum 8 weeks of sessions
- All sessions prepaid
- Holiday and paused weeks not counted (pre-agreed before the week begins)
About me
Hi, I'm Jits, a product focused full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience in multiple domains and industries.
I've led and worked on many projects from 0 to 1 — consumer products, tools for scientists, a PaaS, data registries, portals, internal tools, mobile game servers, etc. and have seen over two decades worth of web technologies and development practices come and go.
I've worked with a large range of technologies over the years: Ruby, Rails, Angular, VueJS, Nuxt, TypeScript, JavaScript, Scala, Java, Firebase, AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, MySQL, Linux, various CMSes, etc.
It's all about effectively and collaboratively combining product development, user experience (UX), and design with front-end engineering, lean software architectures, backend engineering, distributed systems, operations (aka DevOps) and agile processes.
I enjoy mentoring and coaching talented folks and bringing the best out of them. I believe in treating everyone as individuals, with their own ways of thinking and working, and helping them find their own paths to success.
You can read more about my career experience.