What’s a technical coach? Two years ago, I attended an open space session at an online conference called MenderCon. The session was hosted by a technical coach who was offering to help people improve their tests. I had heard of a technical coach before, but this time it really stood out to me. The experience I had with him changed my career trajectory completely. A technical coach guides teams toward technical excellence which helps them reach their full potential.

You can stop improving your debugging skills When I first started coding in college, I remember how hard programming was in those days. One project, we were tasked to build KABOOM! Back then, I was not good at design. We’re talking “death from a thousand if’s” here. My professor encouraged everyone to write many comments. Now I understand why… our code was impossible to read! Back then, no ones code read like a book.