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One-on-One Developer Career Coaching
Tap into a decade of Agency & Product Development experience

Developer Focused
Career Coaching

Level up your skills with 1:1 developer coaching. Whether you’re refining your craft, navigating career growth, or embracing new disciplines like TDD and AI aided development, I’m here to guide you. Let’s refactor —together.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast, or a bridge player.

Bill Gates

Career Coaching is You-Centric

One-on-one coaching is built to fit your schedule. Coaching sessions are the time to check in and establish goals.

How it works

  • 45 minute coaching sessions
  • Sessions that fit your availability and schedule
  • Video or phone call, whichever you prefer

What a session looks like

  • Recap of previous session (except for first session)
  • Set an achievable goal for the next session
  • Identify challenges to that goal
  • Visit and update the overall vision
  • Go build something amazing!

Ongoing support

  • Coaching sessions cycle over a 90 day period
  • We work together over those days to achieve your goals
  • In between sessions, email support for questions
    is available

I made this website.
Gary is awesome!

Alivia

One of Gary’s Mentees

About Gary

Gary Kovar is an accomplished PHP developer with a proven track record in both agency and product work.

He has contributed to high-profile projects for major organizations like NASA and Disney, showcasing his ability to build and scale impactful solutions.

As a LinkedIn Learning instructor and experienced leader—holding titles such as team lead, senior developer, and principal engineer—Gary is passionate about mentoring developers and helping teams deliver their best work.

Gary is also an amateur beekeeper and board game geek.

Gary is passionate about mentoring and teaching developers

He has created many LinkedIn Learning courses to help students stay up to date with new techniques, coding standards, and technologies in software development.

Here are some of Gary’s latest
LinkedIn Learning courses:

Refactoring with GitHub Copilot

In this course, instructor Gary Kovar takes you through using Copilot in a few different situations, working with different aspects of programming. Learn how Copilot might (or might not) fit your set of challenges.

Writing and Refactoring Testable PHP

In this course, learn how PHP developers can leverage TDD in new projects and refactor code in existing projects.

Software Testing Assistance with
Github Copilot AI

Discover how to leverage AI, specifically GitHub Copilot, to enhance automated testing in your software development process. Instructor Gary Kovar demonstrates how to write, refactor, and generate tests efficiently, ensuring code quality and stability. 

Object-Oriented Programming and WordPress

In this course, Gary Kovar covers the benefits of OOP, answers “Why OOP in WordPress?” and how to best connect with WordPress. 

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