Brief Review: Talked about several topics: 1. Discussed the differences between TechLead and Staff engineer. 2. Analyzed what steps should be taken to get the new role ( In short: Increase your impact to the company, through continuous improvement of skills and knowledge contributing to the achievement of the company's business goals). 3. How to blog properly: Here the interesting insight for me was that blogging was not a significant plus for the interviewer, rather help in terms of networking and thinking by writing. 4. Also touched on the topics of certification, required and general developer skills The discussion was useful for me as I came with specific questions about promotion to a new role, my development as a software developer and blogging, and Vladimir has relevant experience on all my questions and his answers more than covered my questions. Also really liked that the feedback to my questions was structured and relevant.

Had a great discussion speaking about architecture fitness functions and how they help to guide the architecture evolution.

I am pleased to recommend Vladimir for his invaluable assistance in enhancing my public speaking skills. His clear guidance and structured approach provided me with the clarity and direction I needed to make significant progress.

It was really nice to talk to Vladimir, I could feel that he's interested and committed to helping a mentee, so it was pretty comfortable for me to share my thoughts and concerns. It felt like Vladimir is very proficient in the software engineering area and has a lot of hands-on experience. I received some helpful advice and together we clarified a bit the way to approach my goals. Also, I got some links to useful learning resources. Overall, the session was great, thanks so much to Vladimir!

It was very helpful and productive session. Vladimir provided good guidance and insights into the role of an engineering manager. He was able to answer all my questions, provided helpful interview preparation tips, and shared a lot of learning materials. I'm very grateful for his support, it was very valuable for me. So my overall experience from this session was very positive.

Communication through the session was excellent and clear, session was fruitful with Vlad. I had questions related to IT and programming domain and it was helpful. I am looking forward to have another online meeting for your mentorship! Thank you, Vlad! Salute from Jordan

I had a best session. He cleared all my doubts. He was super helpful and humble. He is the perfect mentor. He provided all the steps for my preparation. I am short on words to say thank you. Thank you so much, Vladimir for all the help and guidance. looking forward to meeting you soon:)