Vashisht Madhavan

Goal: Career coaching that gets you to your next move with clarity — landing a new tech role, earning a promotion, or making a career transition into AI, a startup, or big tech. Perfect for: Engineers and tech professionals who feel stuck, are starting a job search (by choice or after a layoff), weighing a career change, or want someone who's actually made these moves to pressure-test their plan. Why me: My career has covered most of the map — research lab, staff engineer, YC founder/CTO, and now AI at Amazon. I've left stable jobs to start a company, shut it down, and rebuilt from there. I've also hired at both startups and big companies. Most career coaches can tell you what a job search feels like. I can tell you what career moves look like from the inside — as the person making them and the person hiring for them. What we'll do: - Build a job search strategy around the roles that actually fit your strengths (engineering vs. research vs. product vs. founding) - Resume review and LinkedIn optimization — positioned around impact, not titles - Interview prep and mock interviews: technical, behavioral, and system design - Networking strategy that opens doors without feeling fake - Salary negotiation and offer evaluation with real market context - The harder calls, answered straight: jump vs. stay, specialize vs. broaden, startup vs. big tech Expected outcome: Clarity on your next chapter, a concrete career growth plan, and honest guidance the whole way — including when the right call is "don't do that."