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Florian Schmidt

Florian Schmidt

Co-Founder, Utterskills

Florian started as a software developer and grew into engineering leadership. He writes for software engineers about career growth, communication, leadership, and the judgment skills that determine trust and promotions.

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Background

Florian began as a software developer and moved into senior and leadership roles, including leading engineering teams and building e-learning products.

At Utterskills, he focuses on the real-world skills that determine whether engineers get trusted, promoted, and given leverage: judgment, communication, ownership, and the ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes.

"In hundreds of IT interviews and mentoring conversations, I've seen the same pattern: strong coding is common, but business understanding and communication are what move careers forward."

Experience highlights

  • Co-Founder, Utterskills (Oct 2023 to present)
  • Director of Engineering, CareerFoundry (Jul 2020 to Jun 2023)
  • Head of Development, CareerFoundry (Feb 2020 to Jul 2020)
  • Lead Software Engineer, CareerFoundry (Aug 2018 to Feb 2020)
  • Senior Software Engineer, volders GmbH (Jun 2016 to Jan 2018)
  • Group Leader IT and Data Management, Oncotest (Jan 2013 to Jun 2015)
  • Software Developer, Oncotest (2009 to Dec 2012)

Articles by Florian