1:1 Mentorship: Career, growth & tech with Shiva S

Stuck on a career decision, what to do next, or just want an honest second opinion from someone who's been there?

This is an open 45-minute conversation about whatever matters most to you right now.

People usually bring:

• Switching jobs: service to product company, startup to big tech, or the other way round
• Growing from SDE-1/2 to Senior: what actually gets you promoted
• Handling a layoff or a stuck phase, and planning the next move
• Side projects and building in public (I built letsinterview.me and @terminally_rooted alongside my job)
• Using AI tools and agents to work faster as a developer
• Developer setup and workflow (Linux, terminal, tooling)

About me: 9+ years building cloud-native systems, from a Chennai startup to SDE 2 at Amazon, and now Senior SWE at Microsoft Core AI.

To get the most out of the call, share your current role, years of experience and the 1–2 questions on your mind when you book.

Views are my own. I don't represent Microsoft or Amazon.