Ghana

Michael Darko-Duodu

Frontend Engineer

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to maintain trust, commitment, accountability deliver results while handling conflict

Avoiding common dysfunctions

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

How to identify star candidates, evaluate technical ability, and close hires

Hiring software engineers

Decision making as a software engineer or lead - how to become better at making the right choices

Making better tech choices

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to set up product analytics and metrics to track success?

Leveraging Product Analytics

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to define an ambitious product vision and how to best communicate it to stakeholders?

Creating a product vision

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

What is a successful user onboarding flow and how to achieve it?

Onboarding new users

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

- Improved codebase performance and structure by providing quality insights and suggestions
- Led the team in transitioning to TypeScript for better development practices
- Optimized workflow to boost team productivity
- Facilitated the relocation and optimization of codebase to a mono-repository
- Led various company initiatives as project lead

- Led migration of codebase to TypeScript/Nestjs and Nextjs
- Developed multiple web apps for system interaction
- Optimized USSD platform, boosting performance by 300%
- Built libraries to streamline code writing and debugging
- Created libraries to simplify writing and debugging of code

- Managed development of web and mobile apps along with their backends
- Developed an admin panel to monitor transactions
- Designed APIs to integrate all platform applications

- Developed a Vue-based web app based on design and stake holder instructions
- Constructed a blog and comment system for a client
- Collaborated with the team utilizing various tools
- Implemented Google Maps integration for delivery services

- Developed a crypto exchange integration for a client
- Created a crypto-currency-based shop for a client

In these series, we will learn to create a standout portfolio that impresses potential clients and employers. Through personalized guidance, we'll help you showcase your best work and highlight your unique skills and talents. Learn to tell a compelling story through your portfolio and present yourself as a creative force in your field. This mentorship will equip you with the tools to elevate your career and open doors to exciting opportunities.

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