1:1 Coaching for Engineering Leaders

A weekly session with someone who's sat in your seat.

Who this is for

• The first-time engineering manager who was a great engineer six months ago and now spends all day in conversations nobody trained them for.
• The new or first-time CTO who's suddenly accountable for everything and can't tell which fires matter.
• The strong IC promoted over former peers, navigating the awkwardness nobody warns you about.
• The engineering leader inside a non-technical company, with no peer anywhere in the building to sanity-check against.

The common thread: the job got bigger than the preparation. That's normal, and it goes a lot faster with a standing appointment with someone who's been through it.

How it works

Weekly sessions, 30–45 minutes, on video. You bring whatever is actually happening: the hard conversation, the slipping project, the exec who wants an answer by Friday. You leave with concrete next moves.

Weekly matters. When your situation changes every week, a monthly deep-dive is archaeology; a tight loop lets us course-correct while it still counts. That works out to about four sessions a month.

What clients bring, typically:

• Translating engineering reality into terms the business trusts: status, risk, trade-offs, “why is this taking so long.”
• Delivery pressure: commitments, estimates, and what to do when they collide.
• People: hiring, underperformance, leading former peers, keeping seniors engaged.
• Yourself: how hands-on to stay, what to stop doing, how to think about the next role.
• Modernizing how your team works: practices, pipeline, and making sensible calls on AI tooling.

Pricing

Two prices, same coaching; the difference is who pays.

• $500/month if you're paying for it yourself.
• $1,000/month if your company pays.

If your employer has a learning-and-development budget, this is exactly what it's for; ask. Companies say yes to this more often than people expect, and invoicing is available for the company-paid tier.

An honest note on availability

Weekly attention doesn't scale, and I don't pretend it does. I keep the roster to a few clients at a time. If I'm full when you reach out, I'll tell you and you can have the next open slot.

Start with a free call

Thirty minutes. Tell me where you are and what's hard right now; I'll tell you honestly whether coaching is the right tool. If it isn't, I'll say so and point you at something better.