Engineering Coaching

You shipped something with AI and it runs. Whether you could change it safely, or defend it in a code review, is a different question. That gap is where engineering happens. It's what I coach.

The fastest way I ever grew as a developer was getting my code reviewed by people more experienced than me. Deep feedback loops on real projects. AI can give you some of that now, but it lacks the context to tell you when its own output is plausible rather than correct. Generating plausible code is easy; knowing whether it's correct is the engineering, and that's the thing worth building.

I've spent my career on this: building tools at Sun before being asked, co-founding Pybites because deliberate practice was missing, producing two Talk Python 100 days of code courses, building Python and Rust coding platforms, and coaching more than 150 developers. Deep software experience doesn't expire when the tools change. It's exactly what lets you use AI as a tool instead of leaning on it as a crutch, and it matters more, not less, as more decisions get delegated to agents.

How I can help you

I know Python full-stack development best, but on its own that's no longer enough. So I also coach you to build maintainable systems with AI and to write safer code in a compiled language (Rust). We build real projects together at a deliberate pace, which is how the deeper mechanics actually stick: sharper engineering instincts, more confidence, and the doors that open from there.

Bring your own project (1:1)

This is where I spend most of my time. You bring a real project, we make it something you can change safely, test, and defend.

A full-stack, layered, tested Python app. I have templates for a full-stack app or Django SaaS product, but I prefer you come to me with a challenging idea of your own which we scope out for a 6-12 week program. We work together on your codebase, and I review your PRs and give you feedback on architecture, testing, and deployment (the parts that are hard to learn by yourself or with AI).

Three questions, a few minutes. If it's a fit, we get on a call from there.

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Or join a specialized cohort

Prefer a structured curriculum and a group of fellow developers? Go deeper on production AI or integrated Rust, each a hands-on 6-week build with weekly PR reviews.

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What students say after working with me

Developers I've coached have shipped a legal citation generator for Canadian courts, a distributed lock over gRPC, an AI bookmark CLI, a published pytest plugin, and a Django payroll SaaS.

"I was building a full-stack app mostly through AI-assisted coding and needed guidance to take it from proof of concept to production. Bob coached me through the parts I couldn't validate on my own: Django settings architecture, payment security, error handling, query optimization. More than anything, his coaching gave me the confidence to actually ship."

"Three months ago I was literally writing 'Hello World'. I went from basic scripts to launching a full-scale SaaS payroll application, and I just landed my first real business client."

"Six years later, I can see that doing the coaching was a great decision. I learned to write clean, well-tested, production-ready code and to think critically about my work. In January I was promoted to Senior AI Engineer and became a team coordinator."

"I preferred to improve my code quality and become better at it by learning properly, postponing some feature releases for later. In the process I learned Django and its main mechanics, Docker, and deployment in the cloud."

"I grew more in a few weeks than I would have in 2+ years by myself. After years of dreaming of personal projects, I finally built an API, a Django app, and an AI-powered CLI tool."

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Frequently asked questions

What does it cost? The structured programs are €2,000 each: the Agentic AI and Rust cohorts, and the fixed-scope 1:1 Python program, where you build Snipster or a Django SaaS. Custom 1:1 coaching, where you bring your own project, varies by engagement, so I price it after we talk, in a written proposal you see before committing to anything. Most developers recoup the fee inside one role move, one promotion, or one paying client.

How long does it last? A focused 6-12 week program of weekly coaching. Some developers stay on longer as their projects grow.

Can this help with the job market, not just my code? Directly. Shipped work you can defend in a code review, talk about, and write about in public is the proof that opens doors, and it's also what gets you read as senior in interviews and review. Piotr was promoted to Senior AI Engineer, Heather moved from Excel/VBA into a software role, and Rodrigo went from chemical engineering to a remote engineering job.

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