Outlier Mentors

Curated long-term mentorship for software engineers. Join the community → DM me 'Network' to learn more.

Founder

Code Career Mastery

Helped over 100 software engineers land new jobs in tech through the power of networking. ☕️

Co-founder, Career Coach and Product Lead at Code Career Mastery, the leading career growth community for Early-Career Software Engineers. We help engineers land new jobs in 3 months, increase their salary and grow their career 🚀

☕️ "Connecting with Anna has been a game-changer for me. Through her thoughtful guidance and advice, I’ve gained tools to genuinely connect with others and gain job leads at a pace I had never experienced before! She has a rare gift for helping you see your value and the 'big picture' of job searching, which made a real difference in my confidence and results.

Anna is not only incredibly skilled at what she does, but she is also kind, encouraging, and a wonderful person to have in your corner. 

I can’t recommend her highly enough! :)"
- 
Carter Swain
Early-career Software Engineer

Founder & Career Coach

Braze

Supporting brands, big and small with technical support issues to help their marketing tech deliver the right messages at the right time.

Customer Support Associate

Second Careers - Career Coaching

Telling career changers how awesome they are, so they can finally land their first tech job.

Founder & Career Coach 

Mosaic

Building a better way to manage payments for residential construction, modernizing the payment process from paper to digital deposits.

Product Manager - Payments for Construction Tech

Yosi

Elevating the patient intake experience through messaging, digital forms and integration with EHRs.  

Lead product development efforts for consumer facing & internal products for a B2B2C health-tech startup that digitizes the patient intake experience. Redeveloped 3 different company products within 8 months.

Areas of note include creating extensive Product Requirement Documents, reviewing API documentation & creating a custom content management system for the consumer facing product.

Product Lead - Patient Experience & Internal Tools for Health-tech

The Karma Network

Work alongside the COO and Product Management to lead strategic technology projects across the business, from solution development to execution.

Product Owner

Fidelity Investments

Lead the analysis, planning and development for the Digital Marketing group within Fidelity Institutional, Fidelity's B2B arm. Identify, prioritize and execute projects ranging from content updates to website redesign projects and everything in between.

Helping you meet the right people at the right time 📣 DM me 'Mentor' to make that big career move

Having worked 15 yrs in tech across startups (health tech, construction tech, fintech and recruiting), Anna is passionate about building powerful products that drive business and personal growth. 

Today, she leads a career growth community and connects top engineering talent with startups.

→ Helped founders launch 0-1 B2C SaaS products (mobile + desktop)
→ Helped over 100+ Software Engineers get hired
→ Launched 2+ coaching programs for Early to Mid level SWE
→ Leading expert on Linkedin Networking for Software Engineers

Currently, Anna is a Co-founder and Operations Lead at Code Career Mastery, the leading career growth community for Early-Career Software Engineers.

→ Here's a few testimonials from Software Engineers who we've helped level up in their career:

☕️ "Connecting with Anna has been a game-changer for me. Through her thoughtful guidance and advice, I’ve gained tools to genuinely connect with others and gain job leads at a pace I had never experienced before! She has a rare gift for helping you see your value and the 'big picture' of job searching, which made a real difference in my confidence and results.

I can’t recommend her highly enough! :)"
- 
Carter Swain
Early-career Software Engineer

☕️ "Anna is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the job market, especially in technology, engineering, and marketing. I had to pleasure of working with her while I was seeking a new role and she assisted me in securing a great position. She is confident, helpful, and willing to share tons of valuable advice on job seeking tools, including networking and interviewing, which personally made a great improvement in my search."
-
James Richmond
Early-career Engineer


☕️ "I’ve been following Anna on LinkedIn for about 6 months, and her insights and advice have been invaluable to me during my job search. After completing a bootcamp and entering the competitive field of software engineering, I applied many of the tips she shared regarding networking. Thanks to her guidance, I secured a software engineering role in under three months!

What really stands out about Anna is her generosity in sharing her knowledge and her passion for helping others succeed. Her content and advice made a significant impact on my job search. I highly recommend Anna to anyone seeking advice or mentorship in their career journey—she’s a true expert and a positive force in the job search space."
-
Cameron Johnson
Early-career Software Engineer

🌻 Anna Miller

Freelance

UX Researcher

Eos Positioning Systems, Inc.® (Eos)

🗺️ Conducted stakeholder interviews and a heuristic analysis to audit an app that syncs specialized physical devices to mapping software.
📑 Analyzed data and synthesized findings into actionable recommendations with annotations. 
⇄ Provided deliverables that aligned internal leadership on prioritization of feature development.
🗣️ Advocated for the value of UX across business functions as the seminal UX specialist.

UX Analyst

Valourline Technologies INC

Led a team of 3 designers to conduct research for new features to increase collaboration between users to increase user engagement. We delivered a prototype that showcased how to improve user flows that would increase collaboration between users, such as joining groups for conversation.

♦︎ Conducted 8 user interviews and 6 usability tests resulting in 4 prioritized action items for increasing user engagement.
♦︎ Reviewed research findings and results with company leadership on a regular basis. 
♦︎ Facilitated twice-weekly team meetings with team and app founders in order to maintain alignment on research and creating new features for user engagement.

Lead UX Researcher

Springboard

Highlights included:
Learning how to use Figma, and building components, design systems, mockups, and prototypes.
Conducting user interviews.
Synthesizing qualitative data to identify insights.
Prioritizing findings from user testing.
Defining solutions that accounted for user needs as well as business needs and constraints.

UX/UI Design Student

UX research project helping remote workers find space to work in public places.

PostUp - Find a place to work in public. 

Chicago Public Schools

•	Teach weekly general music classes to a diverse population of 850 students in grades preschool through eighth.
•	Work collaboratively with school staff to support the learning needs of students with diverse backgrounds.
•	Manage stage logistics, scheduling, and communication for thematic assemblies featuring student performers. 
•	Lead all school garden activities, and advance school health and wellness initiatives and certifications by envisioning and supporting implementation of special events and programming with faculty committee.

Learner-Centered Experience Designer at Kilmer Elementary

•	Taught daily general music classes to a diverse population of approximately 500 students each year.
•	Selected repertoire, coordinated rehearsal and performance times, and conducted inclusive school-wide concerts and public assemblies featuring student performers.
•	Initiated and maintained partnerships with community organizations and local small businesses to provide extracurricular instruction for gardening, cooking, wellness, and conservation.
•	Mentored degree-seeking university students through classroom observations and teaching practicums.

Music Teacher at Otis Elementary

Music Teacher at DeDiego Elementary & Otis Elementary

‣ Filled in daily for regular teachers in a variety of subject areas and grade levels at more than 12 schools across the district.

Cadre Substitute Teacher

‣ Participated in mentoring programs with a peer teacher, the assistant principal, and a new teacher coach from CNTC.
‣ Proposed and won school budget allocations and grant funding for essential classroom materials such as chairs and small percussion instruments.
‣ Initiated, curated, and implemented a concert series featuring student performers and professional musicians.
‣ Contributed to planning committees for biennial school-wide improvement plan and inaugural fundraiser event.

Music Teacher at Cameron Elementary

Music Teacher at Curie High School

Family Focus, Inc

Focusing primarily on families living in the North Lawndale neighborhood, I strengthened the health and wellbeing of newborns, infants, and toddlers and their parents/caregivers.
‣ Coached parents and parents-to-be on meeting their child's needs through a strengths-based lens.
‣ Practiced relationship-based education that centered parent-child dyads during home visits.
‣ Reflected on my responses to situations to identify gaps in knowledge or understanding during weekly sessions with my supervisor.
‣ Collaborated across teams to refer participants to most applicable services.
‣ Discussed theoretical and practical impacts of race and class on providing support to families through social services.

Parent Educator

Merit School of Music

Planned and taught interactive music classes for students in early-childhood after-care programs. Participated in ongoing professional development.

Early Childhood Music Teacher

Glory House

Supported justice-involved adults by:
‣ transporting to/from jobs, religious activities, court dates, and leisure events.
‣ tracking resident activity.
‣ encouraging and enforcing adherence to conditions of parole or treatment plans.

Resident Supervisor

One reason I was drawn to user research is because I'm a problem-finder. I will forever have a critique and another question to ask. I will also forever see the strengths that can be leveraged on the path leading to productive solutions. I'm of the mind that multiple perspectives are better than one and am no stranger to existing with discomfort.

I'm actively applying to jobs. Their titles usually include something like:
UX Researcher
Design Researcher
User Researcher
UX Designer & Researcher
Service Designer

You get the point. I'm applying across industries and targeting roles in civic tech, agriculture and AgTech, and in the water industry.

Please message me if you have advice, leads, or people you think I should meet! My job-search strategy is 80% networking, 20% applying. I couldn't be happier about how many wonderful people I'm meeting!!

METHODS
Qualitative Research • Quantitative Research • Mixed Methods Research • Exploratory Research • Generative Research

SKILLS
Secondary Research • User Interviews • Heuristic Analysis • Survey Design • Affinity Maps • User Flows • Empathy Maps • Information Architecture •  Usability Testing • Wireframing • Prototyping • Data Analysis • Data Synthesis • Facilitation • Presentations

TOOLS
Figma • Marvel • Miro • Squarespace • Optimal Workshop • G Suite

TRAITS
Observant • Compassionate • Reflective • Collaborative • Resilient • Strengths-Oriented • Curious

taplio

The Battle

🌻 Anna Miller

Monica Romano

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?