Dartmouth College

Founder at Groundwork

New York, New York, United States

I founded Groundwork as a response to three problems I've consistently experienced in software companies:

1) New software developers have a difficult time finding work with companies where they have the support and mentorship they need to grow.

2) New software companies have a difficult time hiring technical leaders.

3) Small software companies have a difficult time hiring talent (often due to questionable tech leadership), and cannot afford top-tier contracting firms.

Groundwork provides mentorship to junior software developers in the only way that matters: by having them work on real projects, while working directly with industry veterans.  At the same time, Groundwork provides technical leadership to clients, at a fraction of the cost of larger contracting firms.

My most important, full-time role at Groundwork is hand-on work with my clients and the people I mentor.  We pair program on project work, mostly in Ruby on Rails/React.  In addition, I include everyone I mentor in strategic discussions, client interaction, large-scale design, etc. to give them a well rounded understanding of software projects beyond just writing code.

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