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One-on-One Developer Career Coaching
Tap into a decade of Agency & Product Development experience
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.
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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
Every career path is different. Coaching is not prescriptive – it’s a chance to tap into years of experience to plan and own your dev growth.
Writing code might be what got you this far. Through one-on-one coaching, identify practices and habits to increase quality and output.
Owning your career path will clarify how you work. Find the daily opportunities to move towards your career goals – and refine them.
Software is almost always a team sport – whether you’re a solo dev or not, your team is your network. Have them cheering for you.
The soft skill with the biggest impact is communication. Work with Gary to identify opportunities to improve your listening and how you are perceived.
It’s easy to be very good at your job and also be taken for granted. Identify the work you are doing that is worth more than the input.
You can’t leave your brain at your desk. If it seems like work if often following you home, find strategies for claiming back your non-work time.
One-on-one coaching is built to fit your schedule. Coaching sessions are the time to check in and establish goals.
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I made this website.
Gary is awesome!
Alivia
One of Gary’s Mentees
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.
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.
I’ve been partnering with and coaching developers every step of the way through my career. Even if you have a similar career path, trajectory, and experience, coaching is a way to ask probing questions and guide you to identify your own strengths, weaknesses, and development needs.
Nope! When you’re starting out the feeling of imposter syndrome can be immense. Because coaching is one on one and specific to you, we can navigate this uncertainty together.
I’m all about pricing transparency! $1500 for 9x 45 minute sessions over 90 days.
Schedule a free 15 minute session and lets chat. Coaching needs to be a fit for both parties and the only way to figure that out is hop on camera and meet. I’m looking forward to chatting with you.
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