Alan Wagner

• Define your MVP scope and avoid overbuilding too early

• Choose the right tech stack for speed, flexibility, and scale

• Set up your product and tech roadmap for investor conversations

• Avoid common founder–engineering pitfalls in the early stages

• Review your current team structure and hiring plans

• Plan for scale: infra, org design, and processes that grow with you

• Discuss how to balance velocity with quality and reliability

• Get advice on hiring senior ICs vs. managers, and building culture

• Analyze your system design for performance and scalability

• Identify technical debt and high-risk architecture decisions

• Discuss migration strategies or replatforming plans

• Get a second opinion on backend, data, or cloud architecture

• Talk through leadership challenges, from imposter syndrome to org politics

• Learn how to communicate effectively with founders and stakeholders

• Build processes for accountability, autonomy, and trust in your team

• Get personalized guidance on leveling up as a tech leader

• Review your observability stack: logs, metrics, alerts, SLOs

• Discuss on-call setup, incident management, and postmortems

• Identify automation and toil reduction opportunities

• Learn best practices from Google-scale infrastructure and apply them practically

• Explore real use cases of LLMs, not just hype

• Design an AI-powered product or feature that fits your user flow

• Understand what to build now vs. later — and how to get there

• Discuss data collection, privacy, and training pipelines for future models

Preparing for technical interviews at Google, Meta, Amazon or other top-tier tech companies?

As a former Google engineer and interviewer, I’ve seen firsthand what makes candidates stand out — and where many fall short.

In this 1:1 session, we’ll work through real FAANG-style interview questions and strategies tailored to your level and target role.

What we’ll cover:

✅ Data structures & algorithms

✅ System design (for senior roles)

✅ Behavioral strategy (STAR method)

✅ Mock interview + live feedback

✅ Communication, mindset & pacing

Whether you’re aiming for your first big tech role or leveling up, I’ll help you prepare with structure, focus, and confidence.