Rapid technology
Still human

Rapid technology
Still human

Rapid technology
Still human

Own your craft. Lead with intent. I help developers navigate their career growth and guide new leads through the transition from individual contributor to impactful leader.

Own your craft. Lead with intent. I help developers navigate their career growth and guide new leads through the transition from individual contributor to impactful leader.

Own your craft. Lead with intent. I help developers navigate their career growth and guide new leads through the transition from individual contributor to impactful leader.

15+

50+

Years Experience

Mentees 👩‍💻 🧑‍💻

2

Startups Founded

15+

50+

Years Experience

Mentees 👩‍💻 🧑‍💻

2

Startups Founded

15+

50+

Years
Experience

Mentees 👩‍💻 🧑‍💻

2

Startups
Founded

Modern Leadership for Modern Engineering

Walking Session

In Person Session

Online Session

Start-up Session

Focus Areas

I provide technical mentorship that acknowledges the human condition. My approach combines over 15 years of software engineering with the psychological tools needed to manage burnout, imposter syndrome, and the 'always-on' pressure of software engineering.

The Leadership Pivot

Human-Centric Management

Cognitive Load Management

Conflict Resolution

Imposter Syndrome

Incident Response Trauma

Startup Survival

Data & Problem Solving

The "Clarity Walk"

Let's get away from the keyboard. For 60 minutes, we walk and solve.

Why walking?

Because, it works!

The best solutions rarely happen while staring at a monitor. If you are local, let’s close the laptops and talk. We walk, we think, and we solve. A physical space for mental breakthroughs.

Providing Services to You

Individual: The Elite Developer

Master the foundational layers from robust backends to DevOps and develop the technical intuition of an elite engineer.

Individual: The Human-Centric Lead

Empowering the next generation of engineering leads to move beyond the keyboard and start building the cultures they’ve always wanted to work in.

Company: The Startup Strategist

"Founder-to-founder" consulting on 0-to-1 architecture and hiring.

Company: Technical Problem Solver

Deep-dive consulting for DevOps, Data pipelines, and infrastructure scaling.

Let's Get to Know Each Other

About Me

About Me

Hi, I am Şirin Saygılı. After 15 years of scaling software departments and mastering the full-stack ecosystem, I’m on a mission to empower the next generation of engineering leads.

I help technical minds step away from the screen to build the high-performance cultures and resilient teams they’ve always dreamed of leading. Let’s build the future of engineering leadership, together.

From the Blog

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Scale your technical influence and build high-performing teams with confidence.

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Reach out here and let’s figure out the best path forward.

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Goran Babarogic.

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Send a message

Reach out here and let’s figure out the best path forward.

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Goran Babarogic.