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Ask HN: How do I find a software best practices mentor / coach?
I'm trying to find someone who can coach/mentor an inexperienced software development manager in software engineering best practices--source control, release engineering, security, backups, planning, development methodologies, code review, architecture, etc.
The manager was promoted from within, the most senior developer from a group of relatively inexperienced PHP programmers. Unsurprisingly, they don't follow any formalized practices and are struggling with a lot of chaos and poor software quality.
The company is based in the Netherlands (Noord Holland), and doesn't have the budget to hire an experienced, full-time engineering manager, and this kind of coaching is outside the scope of the services I normally provide, so I'm trying to find them a local consultant who can do some phone coaching and come in a few days a month to help with training and process development.
Anyone know such a consultant in NL, or have an idea how to go about searching for one?
- andrewtbham 15y agoI would go to local tech networking events, like meetups, and ask around.
- amanuel 15y agoContributing to an open source project that you admire will do wonders. Any contribution you do will be scrutinized and you will get some good advice on your works. Also remember to also hang out and become a regular with the developers on the corresponding freenode irc #channel.
- trapexit 15y agoI'm not looking for coaching for myself; I'm trying to help this company out by finding a local professional who can give their team some guidance.
- bnoordhuis 15y agoMaybe I can help. I'm relatively local (Gouda, ZH) and I've managed teams like the one you mention before. Shoot me an email, address is in my profile.
- trapexit 15y agoYour email doesn't actually appear in your public profile on HN. Email me: bwb at holo dt org.