Overview
Darek Johnson is CEO and Founder at Coachable[1], an organization focused on helping software engineers obtain positions they were previously told were unavailable to them[2]. Johnson studied operations research and financial research at Princeton University[3][11]. Johnson's professional background includes roles as a Software Engineer at Google from July 2018 to June 2021[4], Founder and CTO at Manaweb from January 2017 to July 2018[5], Assistant Trader at Susquehanna International Group from July to December 2016[6], Investment Banking Analyst at Citi in summer 2015[7], and earlier positions in technology and quantitative finance at U.S. Bank[8][9]. Johnson also conducted scientific research at the University of Minnesota from July 2011 to August 2012[10].
Profile introduction
I help software engineers land jobs they were told they couldn't get. My own path wasn't a straight line. I studied operations research at Princeton, started out in finance, then quit to build companies and failed at it for two years. I was crashing on friends' couches and taking out loans when a visit to a friend at Google changed everything. I'd already been rejected by Google three times, and each time I blamed my non-CS background. This time I decided there would be no excuses. After two months of intense, structured prep, I got the offer. That experience is the whole reason Coachable ex…
Career history
- CEO and Founder at CoachableMar 2019 to presentCoachable
- Software EngineerJul 2018 to Jun 2021Google
- Founder / CTOJan 2017 to Jul 2018Manaweb
- Assistant TraderJul 2016 to Dec 2016Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG)
- Investment Banking AnalystJun 2015 to Aug 2015Citi
- Technology and Software Development InternJun 2013 to Jun 2014U.S. Bank
- Quantitative Finance AnalystDec 2013 to Jan 2014U.S. Bank
- Scientific ResearcherJul 2011 to Aug 2012University of Minnesota
Education
Bachelor of Science and Engineering, Operations Research and Financial Research2012 - 2016Princeton University
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