Here’s what people say about working with me (and their results):
João G.
(Sr Engineer to Startup CTO as a result of us working together)
Dagna helped me reach my potential.
I hired her, as my Career Coach, cause I wasn’t able to showcase myself as a valuable professional. Even after having over 9 years of experience.
Not only did she do what I asked for, in terms of helping me to come out of my shell and redefine my image as a professional, but she also showed me better ways to look for jobs, helped me believe in myself, kept me accountable, and set me up for success.
The coaching package has been a fantastic investment. It was much more than I was expecting.
Ian S.
(Doubled his salary 109k -> 220k)
As we worked together, in our final session, I asked him how he’d sum up our coaching and he called it his personal Shaw Shank Redemption!
“Before that [the coaching] I was stuck in my old ways.
I was in prison, and now [after the coaching] I’m living a different life.
I have realized that I feel freer as a person. I feel that I have a choice. I don’t have to worry about getting stuck.
50% of credit goes to the coaching, and the other 50% was me acting and putting the work in. But without the coaching I would not have had that different perspective. I would’ve been stuck in my old ways of thinking and in my old job, cause I didn’t even realize there are so much better opportunities out there for me.
The sessions and materials we went through are really informative.
Especially the performance optimization. That worked really well.
I didn’t realize there’s a science to a lot of the things we talked about.”
Abi K.
(Got past Imposter Syndrome and gained professional confidence as an Engineer)
A talented career coach, Dagna, helped me to build structure and routine into my self-care habits to ultimately help me overcome Imposter Syndrome.
Imposter Syndrome and other negative thought patterns had started to complicate my career progression, but Dagna's personalized toolkit - journaling, affirmations, and a wealth of mindfulness-focused reading materials - helped me rewrite the "legacy programming" of my mind and step into the professional confidence I deserve. The perspective I've gained in this process gave me an edge in professional (and even personal) situations. Dagna's coaching has been invaluable for me.
Patrick C.
(Sr Engineer to VP + significant salary increase + significantly reduced anxiety at work)
“What I really like about this coaching is that you give me the tools and teach me how to use them and everything ties together. Now I know what’s holding me back, and with all the knowledge I got from our sessions, I’ve felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.”
Also Patrick:
“After every one of our sessions, I was armed with knowledge that I could use right away and change myself for the better.
Dagna's perspective is unique and helped me prepare to lead my own team.
So if you're at a crossroads and don't know what to do with your career, you should work with Dagna.”
Claire M.
(Got past her limiting beliefs and significantly improved her quality of life and is now getting ready for a leadership role)
The coaching was very customized and very personal, and the communication piece really helped me. I give it a 10/10.
I appreciate that we both have an immigrant background and your personal approach.
I like that your approach is not about some hidden secrets... But instead, you coach from a place where you tell your clients that the keys to their success are within them, and they can change, and you help them change through your feedback.
With your coaching, I've learned about my limiting beliefs and how to let go of them (I did that happily!), which has positively impacted my life and well-being. I've also learned that getting to that next leadership level is about how I act and show up every day at work, and that helped with my communication skills.
JJ
(thorough thinker that tends to overthink decisions, got clear on what he wanted from his career and which direction to take)
Dagna's services exceeded my expectations.
After sessions with her, I have a much more clear direction.
Nobody has all the answers, but she has the tools that help navigate the next phase of my career and life.
She has a proven process, and it's not a cookie-cutter approach. She really pays attention to a lot of details and tailors the 1on1 sessions.
What I've learned will stick with me for the rest of my life, for sure.
Cody P.
(Increased confidence allowed him to finally move on from a toxic workplace, while landing a 45k salary increase)
I just went through an interview and landed an offer.
I’m getting a 45k increase as a front-end dev!! It’s so awesome.
The confidence I’ve gotten from working with you propelled me to actually go forward with interviewing.
Before starting this coaching, I would’ve never thought I’d be able to get such an amazing offer.
The new company focuses on environmental impact, and I’m so excited about it. The whole point of working with you was to get into something that’s more aligned with my values and doesn’t burn me out. Their overall work-life balance is so much better than my current toxic place. And I’ll be able to continue to grow there, and it’s so cool. I’ve been thinking about making this transition for a long time, and it feels incredible to finally be able to achieve it.
Maya L.
(Building her confidence to communicate better and leap into new opportunities)
The part I really liked and something I didn’t expect, were the reflection exercises you recommended to increase my confidence.
I wouldn’t have tried and thought of these if it wasn’t for you. And I did find that it helped me a lot, especially in terms of self-awareness. I’m more aware now of what I’m thinking and what my problems are, so I can now articulate them and then find solutions.
And I wouldn’t be able to do that by myself.
These exercises were the things I liked the most about our coaching.
I actually told my friend - “my coach told me to meditate and it helped me, so you should do it too.”
These skills will be a starting point for everything else I’ll do in my life.
The affirmations and the exercises I will continue doing every single day after our coaching ends.
These have truly exceeded my expectations.
It was totally worth it.
Tony N.
(Junior Dev gaining confidence and reducing anxiety at work)
Someone who is in the same situation as me, if you lack confidence and don’t know what you need to get to a Senior Software Engineer position, you should reach out to Dagna.
She is a professional. And she helps to set up a good mindset to be a professional, have better communication skills, feel good about yourself, and become a better software engineer. She can help you do all that.
Even though we didn’t dive into design patterns in our sessions, she highlighted the thinking skills I needed in order to succeed - that’s helped me a lot.
Gene M.
(Improved communication skills)
We only had two sessions, and in such a short time, Dagna helped me improve my communication skills. She gave me a list of specific things to focus on, so I can concentrate on doing better in that area.
Communicating has always been an issue for me. I assume things, and then it turns out that my assumptions are not right. I tend to want to figure out things on my own.
Dagna’s guidance has helped me a lot and I've tried out what she recommended on a few different occasions. So far, things are going well, her feedback has been very helpful!
Vu L.
(Increased confidence and communication skills)
After working with Dagna, I feel more satisfied in my work and life, and I feel optimistic about the future. We worked on shifting my perspective and focused on building more confidence, mindfulness, and better communication skills.
I would recommend working with her. I’d rate her services at a 10 out of 10.
Justin M.
(getting clear on successful Engineering Mindset)
Working with Dagna is really valuable, especially for new engineers. Had I been exposed to her coaching earlier in my career I think that I would have been more confident and less stressed out, and thus able to learn and grow at a more rapid pace.
David W.
(Salary increase by 43k - in two steps, first at work, then by switching jobs within 4 months)
Dagna has offered level-headed perspectives on both professional development as well as finding a good balance between work and life. With her advice and encouragement, I ended up asking for and getting a 20% raise at work!
Zach S.
(Increased confidence and success rate at interviewing)
“On a scale of 1 to 10, I would definitely give her services a rock-solid 10. I’m very happy that I did it! Over the couple of weeks of working with Dagna, I’ve been feeling much more confident. I’ve taken a bunch of interviews before, but working with Dagna, helped me methodically prepare. And I got the kind of feedback from the Mock Interview, that you never get from a regular interview! I totally recommend working with her.”
Also Zach:
“Working with Dagna, she helped me understand how atypical my setup was when compared to the industry standards. I had no mentorship or guidance and was a solo developer working with mechanical and electrical engineers. With her guidance, I decided to jump in on an opportunity at my work that had an actual software team with feedback on code and with more process, so I could grow in my career.”
Paul D.
(Junior Engineer, creating a successful Engineering Mindset)
“Honestly [working with Dagna] was eye-opening to a lot of aspects of day to day work of a software engineer, that I never thought about, like the ripple effects that developers have on clients and business revenue. Especially for new engineers, like myself, Dagna helps with leveling expectations and dealing with uncertainty. Sessions with her gave me more clarity into the reality of a software engineers work”
Tom L.
(Self-taught developer, gained feedback on critical skillset gaps and interviewing skills)
“After our initial sessions I realized that most of my knowledge comes from practice of solving problems in code and looking things up. And a lot of the theoretical, best practice stuff, well, that wasn’t part of my self-education. Dagna pointed me to the right resources to become a well rounded developer.”
Also Tom:
“My biggest stumble block when writing content for my profile was that I wanted to sound professional and like I am worth being considered for an interview. So back then, I felt like marketing myself meant that I needed to purposely mislead people, that I had to pretend to be better than I am. And I just packed my profile with buzzwords. Which ended up with a very generic LinkedIn profile.
After I followed Dagna's process, the content of my profile now feels much more genuine, describes my personality and who I really am. Marketing myself based on my strengths is so much easier than pretending!”
Johnny G.
(Sr Engineer increasing success rate at interviewing)
LinkedIn profile has been working marvelously. I’ve been getting a lot more contacts and people seem to be more on point with their offers. Within a week of putting the improvements that Dagna had suggested, I’ve gotten an interview offer [that matched the expectations].