Julia Fu
Engineering Manager at Airbnb
Andrew’s profound understanding of the tech industry and corporate world has been a game-changer for me since he started coaching me in March 2024. His practical and actionable advice on everything from defining team focus, handling tough people management issues, and presenting work effectively to senior leadership has been invaluable.
What I find most beneficial is his ability to view engineering management challenges from a high-level perspective, helping me adopt a broader view and approach problems with a fresh outlook. When I had the challenge of finding value in driving the engineering foundation work, he shared his experience of improving Bing to reduce lead time for development and improve product agility and speed of innovation, showing me how to anchor my work to the company’s high-level strategy and priorities. He also provided great insights on AI based on his corporate experiences, encouraging me to view it from the lens of users and focus on how to add value to user experiences.
Andrew’s coaching style is incredibly encouraging and supportive. He asks thought-provoking questions that help me think deeply and come to my own conclusions. When I shared my failure in presenting to senior leadership, he immediately put me at ease by sharing his own embarrassing stories. He also holds me accountable and follows up to ensure I work on improvements, such as getting storytelling and narratives correct – an area I want to improve.
Andrew’s coaching has had a significant impact on my professional growth. I am truly grateful for his guidance and highly recommend him as a career coach.
Mascha Kroenlein
Senior Technical Program, Project & Release Manager at Microsoft
Having left Microsoft after a long career, Andrew has been instrumental in helping me think more clearly about all the next steps and opportunities available to me, both in the technology field as well as adjacent areas that play to both my professional and personals strengths and foremost interests!
I call my career coaching work with Andrew career therapy - where I discovered my true and unique strengths and ways to explore interests and industries beyond tech. He helped me discover ways to move forward: truly extracting the obscure and letting me build on my personal strengths and professional skills.
Andrew gave me plenty of food for thought and reflection as well as tangible ideas and methodologies to discover new career opportunities in areas that are exciting challenges for me. I learned that there are many other industries and options besides tech that can benefit from my skills.
Andrew was excellent at holding me accountable for the work I do must do to shape my future and keeping me on track and focused. This not only had a significant impact on my professional growth but personal growth as well.
Investing in career coaching with Andrew was more than worth it! I highly recommend Andrew as the career coach to identify your passions and goals to further and broaden your career.
Ryan Brooks
Staff Software Engineer at Sentry
Andrew’s wisdom from his years of experience in the tech industry has been invaluable in helping me navigate tough situations, whether at tiny startups or larger companies. I’ve been working with Andrew as my coach since mid-2024, and I’ve greatly appreciated his thoughtful and grounded approach to tackling any challenge I bring to him, no matter how unconventional it might be in the startup world.
Andrew’s greatest strength isn’t simply providing the answer I might be looking for (though he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience). Instead, he consistently asks the right questions, guiding me to discover the best answer for my specific situation. He has a talent for driving constructive conversations that help me work through problems and emerge more confident and prepared to move forward.
I’m grateful to be working with Andrew and plan to continue doing so, his sage guidance has become an essential part of my career development!