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Randy Brown

(He/him)

Co-Founder at MeritNew York, NY, USA Β· Software Engineering

Experience

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Merit
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Jopwell
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/dev/color

Education

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Princeton

Groups

Y Combinator

Book session

Available times (30 mins)

πŸ““About me

Founder passionate about engineering, growth & inclusivity.

Software Engineering

Skilled in

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Product Management

⭐️Why I mentor

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Talk to me about

πŸ’« Breaking into tech

πŸ›°οΈ Working remotely for the first time

πŸ“œ Writing docs people will read

πŸ‘€ Dealing with imposter syndrome

πŸ’» Running effective meetings

πŸ† Effective technical leadership

🎨 Coding as craft

πŸš€ Launching products and measuring success

πŸ‘©πŸ½β€πŸ’» Launching side projects

πŸ’» Managing remotely

πŸ’° Negotiating a promotion/offer

πŸ’« Managing up, down and around

πŸ–Œ Resume and portfolio review

🌱 Technical career paths

🎯 Setting team goals and metrics

πŸ”¬ Useful user research

πŸ’ž Working in cross functional teams

πŸ“ Writing code with confidence

πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘¦β€πŸ‘¦ Team happiness & productivity

🐣 Becoming a people manager

πŸ—ΊοΈ The technical or people track?

πŸ’¬ Giving and receiving feedback

πŸƒ Getting the most out of my internship

Recommendations

Here’s what Merit users have said about Randy

glad to learn about the next evolution!

Billy Tobon

the LEGO Group

Principal Engineer Β· 5,000+ employees

Jul 18th 2023

Felt like a good mix of immediate feedback on the email and marketing framework.

Billy Fink

Segment

Sr. Group Manager, Product Marketing Β· 501-1,000 employees

Jul 18th 2023

Developing a sense of direction and developing an action plan to follow through on.

Devon Carmichael

TransPerfect

Specialty Sales Representative

Jul 18th 2023

✍️   Recent Answers

What to focus on to really get a leg up in the industry as a newcomer.

Hi Chad - congrats on graduating your bootcamp! We actually have written a few pieces on our blog that could help here. Here are two pieces that I think could be really helpful here:

  • How to interview for your first engineering job:
  • 8 myths about your first engineering interview:

https://blog.get-merit.com/interviewing-for-your-first-engineering-job-after-a-bootcamp/ https://blog.get-merit.com/8-myths-about-software-engineer-interviews/

Hope this helps!

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