List of awesome people offering their time for free to have a "coffee chat" with others about different topics, mostly in a mentorship kind of way.
- Annaliese Bronz (LinkedIn), Software Developer at N/A: Accountability Partner, Goal Setting, Women in Tech, LGBTQ+ in Tech, Friendships, Networking, In-person meetups
- Anthony Dellavecchia (LinkedIn, Twitter), Developer Evangelist, Staff at Twilio: Software Engineering, Developer Relations, Developers Documentation, Community Building, Personal Branding, Starting in Tech, Job Search, Mental Health, Imposter Syndrome
- Baskar Rao Dandlamudi (LinkedIn, Twitter), Solutions Architect at Perficient: Application Development, Starting in Tech, Job Searching, Mobile, Tech, Software Engineering
- Benoît H. Dicaire (LinkedIn), Cybersecurity Strategist at Dicaire.com: Public speaking, Information security, technology & privacy, Governance, Risk management & compliance
- Chris Hiszpanski (LinkedIn), Tech Lead at Verkada: Video Streaming, Video Compression, Cameras, Embedded/IoT, DSP/Modems/Codecs/SDR, AI/ML, WebRTC, Mentorship, Career, Randomness/Complexity/Chaos/Patterns
- Doug Turnbull (LinkedIn, Twitter), Principal ML Engineer (in Search) at Reddit: Search, Information Retrieval, Recommender Systems, Search Relevance, Career Development, Technology Leadership, Lucene, Elasticsearch, Solr, Open Search, Learning to Rank
- Frédéric Harper (LinkedIn, Twitter), Principal Developer Advocate at Kubefirst: Kubefirst, GitOps, DevOps, Software Development, Kubernetes, Cloud & app Architecture, Open-Source, SaaS Architecture, Developer Relations, Developers Documentation, Community Building, Personal Branding, Starting in Tech, Job Search, LinkedIn, Resume, Cats, Coffee, Microbrewery Beer, Travelling, ADHD, Mental Health, Anything else
- Jody Winter (LinkedIn), Technical Writer at Affinity Employer Services/Freelancing: Technical Writing, Editing for Clarity and Concision, Writing for End-Users, Structuring Content, Documenting REST APIs, Docs-as-Code, Career Transitions, Skills Development, Freelancing While Fully Employed, Gen X Women in Tech, Working in New Zealand
- John Dietz (LinkedIn, Twitter), CEO and Cofounder at Kubefirst: Building a Company, Enterprise Architectures and Patterns, Software Delivery and Automation, Kubernetes and Cloud Native, Infrastructure at Scale, Automation, Family Life, Dogs and Cats, Drum and Bass, Cars, Coaching, Woodworking, Gardening, Anything That You're Passionate About
- Josef Holzmayr (LinkedIn, Twitter), Head of Developer Relations at Northern.tech: Open-Source, Embedded Linux, Yocto, OpenEmbedded, OTA Updates, Developer Relations, IoT, Livecoding, Beer, Heavy Metal, Anything else
- Julien Lengrand-Lambert (LinkedIn, Twitter), Lead Developer Advocate at Adyen: Software Engineering, Developer Relations, Developers Documentation, Community Building, Personal Branding, Starting in Tech, Job Search, Writing, Mentoring, Hiring, Meetups, Kotlin, Anything, really
- Lidia De La Cruz (LinkedIn, Twitter), Consultant Developer|Developer Advocate at Thoughtworks: Starting in Tech, Structuring Content, Networking, Building a Personal Brand, Career Transitions, Skills Development, Imposter Syndrome, Latinx in Tech, Free Resources, POC in Tech
- Maggie Barnes (LinkedIn, Twitter), Software Engineer at N/A: Software Engineering, Starting in Tech, Career Pivot, Software Engineering Bootcamps, Women in Tech, LGBTQ+ in Tech, Neurodivergence in Tech, Networking, Work-Life Balance
- Maximiliano Rios (LinkedIn, Twitter), Software Engineer at Google: Software Engineering, Networking, Interviewing, Career Transitions, Education Tech, Designing a Project, Latinx in Tech, First Tech Job, College Advise, Job Search, Starting in Tech
- Mike Staffa (LinkedIn, Twitter), Product Manager at Zeals: Cross-Cultural Communication, Community Building, Personal Branding, Starting in Tech, Job Search, Japan, Chatbots, Nutrition
- Noah Hall (LinkedIn, Twitter), Tech Enabler at Schibsted Media: Culture, Programming languages, Compilers, Mentorship, Open Source, Community, Career, Frontend, Backend, Ops
- Ochuko Onojakpor (LinkedIn, Twitter), CEO at Request Mechanic: Software Development, Company Branding, Open-Source, Startups, LLMs, Community Building, Starting in Tech, Auto Care, Job Search, Team Building, Resume, Cats, Coffee, Anything else
- Rasheed Mudasiru (LinkedIn, Twitter), DevOps Engineer at N/A: Software Engineering, DevOps, Open Source Software, Community, CS Opportunities, Cloud & Cloud-Native, Podcast, Live streams, Backend
- Rene Pot (LinkedIn, Twitter, Mastodon), Senior Developer Advocate at DHIS2: Open-Source, Low-Code, No-Code, Twitch, Mobile Development, Developer Relations, Coffee, Whisky, Moving Abroad, Casual Conversation
- Ricardo Sueiras (LinkedIn, Twitter), Developer Advocate at AWS: Open Source, Developer Relations, Innovation, Cloud, Mentoring, Education
- Richard Moot (LinkedIn, Twitter), Head of Developer Advocacy at Square @ Block, Inc.: Open-Source, Video, Developer Video, API Design, Developer Relations, Developers Content, Starting in Tech, Job Search, Cats, Coffee, Beer, Travel, Anything else
- Sean Nieuwoudt (LinkedIn, Twitter), Freelance Developer, CTO, AI Specialist at Apollo Black: AI/ML, Mentorship, Career, Randomness/Complexity/Chaos/Patterns, Culture, Programming languages, Compilers, Open Source, Community, Frontend, Backend, Ops, Technology Leadership, Software Development, Company Branding, Startups, LLMs
- Shannon Lal (LinkedIn, Twitter), Director, Journey Technical Lead at RBC: Starting in Tech, Job Searching, Web, Dev Ops, React, Tech, NodeJS, Software Engineering
- Sriram Thiagarajan (LinkedIn, Twitter), Engineering Manager at Chargebee: Starting in Tech, Job Searching, Career, Sabbatical, Software Engineering, Web, React, Tech, NodeJS, Developer Experience, Fitness
- Tobiloba Adedeji (LinkedIn, Twitter), Software Engineer at Million, Groove: Software Engineering, Million, Open Source Software, Open Source AI, Starting in Tech, Career Pivot, Software Engineering Bootcamps
- Wilbur Suero (LinkedIn, Twitter), Software Engineer at N/A: Software Engineering, Web, React, Tech, Ruby on Rails, Developer Experience
- Zachary Powell (LinkedIn, Twitter), Sr Android Developer Advocate at Vonage: DevRel, Developer Relations, Android, Starting in Tech, Job Searching, Mobile, Tech, Software Engineering
See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.
The idea of a coffee chat resource list is coming from Julien Lengrand-Lambert..