Testimonials

Companies:
I have trained software developers and technical managers from hundreds of top companies across the nation and around the globe, including: IBM Corporation , Microsoft Corporation, State Farm, All State, MetLife, USAA, Vanguard, SBC, Sprint, AT&T, Boeing, Yahoo!, Real Networks, Medtronics, Weyerhaeuser, SunGard, PACCAR Financial, Kawasaki, State of California, State of Washington, and many, many others.

Students: I have maintain an average rating from my students of 4.7 out of 5 (equivalent to an A+) over the last two decades. Here are some testimonials from students in recent classes:

“David is unique in his ability to make complex topics understandable. His approach to software quality is very valuable.” R.C., Software Consultant and Senior Trainer

“Great job, David! Rarely have I experienced an instructor that has such passion, knowledge and top notch presentation skills.” D.S., Senior Developer

“The course was very well constructed and instructed. I feel that my code will be more reliable from the issue discussed in the course.” C.F., Developer

“Your course helped me identify patterns in problems. It cleared up a lot that I didn’t understand from reading.” N.S., Developer

“Working together in groups to try to solve a problem using the principles we discussed helped to gel the concepts together.” C.M., Systems Engineer

“Very knowledgeable instructor; overall it was a very helpful and informative class.” L.W., Systems Engineer

“I most enjoyed the discourse that evolved around the subject at hand.” S.F., Systems Engineer

“David’s teaching style is very engaging and clear. I would highly recommend this class to any level of developer.” T.S., Senior Tech Lead/Architect

“David’s presentation was great. He’s obviously very knowledgeable and does a great job of sharing his knowledge.” A.B., Systems Engineer

“Pushed my understand of patterns to a deeper level.” J.C., Systems Engineer

“We discussed everything abstractly and in code and helped me a lot as I learn better graphically. A well delivered class by a subject expert. It’s good to get a sensation that the instructor was well-versed in his subject.” M.C., Developer

“The exercise where we broke out into groups and worked together really helped me identify places in my design that would be hard to change in the future.” P.D., Systems Engineer

“The course is well organized, clearly illustrated and with good examples of different problems.” J.W., Developer

“David set up a quick tempo and had a lot of enthusiasm for the material.” V.K., Team Lead

“Material, examples, exercises and instructor’s stories really helped me absorb the content.” A.B., SDE

“The thing I liked most was having a knowledgeable instructor present the materials.” R.B., SDET

“The instructor was lively, interactive and open to discussion” W.W., SDE

“The thing I like most was the interactive way of learning.” H.T., SDET

“Instructor was very engaging and passionate about the subject.” R.M., SDET

“I was able to grasp fundamentals of design in a simple way.” S.M., SDE

“Great examples and stories.” B.A., SDE

“I was taught with focus on real world problems instead of just foobar or HelloWorld problems.” J.B., SDE

“Good examples, good discussion. It was a dialogue instead of a monologue.” L.N., SDET

“The instructor did a great job of discussing when to use which patterns and their relationship.” B.V., SDE

“Entertaining as well as informative.” B.R., SDE

“Good instructor and very relevant to my work.” H.E., SDE

“We covered a number of useful practices that I can use right away.” D.H., SDET

“The quality of instruction was the thing that I liked the most.” A.D., SDET

“Fast paced and we covered a lot of material. The instructor was open to discussion in class and during breaks. I was very appreciative of the instructor’s real world experience with these issues” A.C., SDET

“Very interactive approach that helped me understand the content easily.” S.D., SDET

“Good instructor, passionate about his subject matter, a very good course overall.” C.R., Systems Engineer

“The thing I liked the most was the level at which the concepts were taught in the ‘this is how you would discuss this with others’. Overall it was a very good class.” M.M., SDET

“Excellent instructor, well paced, great content.” M.L., Lead SDET

“The course length was just right and all the principles and material provided will be very useful in my job.” S.B., SDET

“Focused on intent rather than implementation specifics, high level of interaction, exercises and discussions made this class most valuable to me.” M.B., Dev

“Instructor can cite examples from personal industry coding and design experience – not someone who read some books and decided to be a teacher of it without testing it in the real world. The best training I’ve had in 10 years. Says I need to look at this more…” D.P., SDET

“David has 4 qualities that made his class valuable for me: 1) Deep and proficient knowledge of technology, 2) Excellent presentation skills, 3) Authentic enthusiasm, and 4) Empathetic connection to students.” – M.W., Senior Trainer and Developer

“The material in this class can be applied by all levels of programmers.” – C.S., Computer Science Student

“Drink this Kool-Aid!” – R.S., Senior Software Architect

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