My coaching practice serves engineers who are in the position I was earlier in my career. I needed a coach who had been through the problems I was running into and could listen, explain, and help me grow, but didn't have one.

My focus is on helping engineers who are stuck and could use a little extra help to have the positive work experience they want. I've helped clients figure out where they want to go with their careers, move into more fulfilling or more lucrative jobs, improve their work skills, and improve their work-life balance. We can do big picture work on your problems, goals, and aspirations; and we can work on nitty-gritty skills, whether that's technical and leadership skills or mindfulness; and we can do the banal but important career things, like resume reviews, mock interviews, and strategies for job hunting and promotion cycles.

If you want to explore working together, email me or book an intro call. In your intro, please let me know who you are and why you're looking for coaching! I offer sliding scale rates, because I don't want finances to be a barrier for marginalized or queer folks to get fulfillment in their careers.

Testimonials

Sometimes it's helpful to hear it from someone who I've worked with.

"When I started working with Nicole I was looking for a new job and feeling really lost about how to present my experience as a Software Engineer. Together we completely recreated my mental model about my career and landed me a job I really like! She helped me revisit and reframe past projects. We talked through technical details and my contributions and leveled up my technical and organizational understanding, and most of all my confidence and ability to talk about my work. She has helped me solidify my principles and opinions around social parts of engineering and has been a great assistant architect in thinking through technical decisions."

    -Amelia

As a senior dev for a while now, I've mentored a lot of junior devs. I'm often asked to be the person with the answers, or at least how to find the answers. But what do I do when I have questions myself?

The higher up I've gone, the harder it's been for me to find someone that feels like they can help answer those questions well. But Nicole has definitely been one of those people. I appreciate her strong technical expertise, her empathy in seeing from my point of view and from the point of view of others around me, and most of all her ability to see other possible solutions I didn't think of. These are all important skills in a mentor, and I think it's rare to find them in one person, personally.

I just wish I'd reached out sooner. It's been great for me to have Nicole as a mentor so far!

    -Ed

Nicole has been really helpful. I was stuck in my own head. The idea of building a portfolio and using writing as a vehicle to stay motivated to work on the portfolio was the insight that led to really positive changes in my life.

    -Samvid