I coach engineers through interviews, LeetCode, and the part where your brain goes quiet at the worst possible moment. Stick around for the messy, honest stuff — and grab the resume tool if you just need a clean PDF without drama.
I'm Kate. There was a time when I thought I'd never pass a coding interview. No matter how much I practiced, those tricky algorithm problems just wouldn't click. Then one day something changed — I stopped memorizing solutions and started understanding why they worked. That's when everything fell into place.
These days I spend a lot of time with people who are exactly where I was: smart, capable, and convinced they're one bad session away from being "found out." You're not. You might just need a better map.
If you want to work together, say hi at hello@katefields.com. I read everything — sometimes slowly, but I read it.
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Tweak your story for each role, preview a one-page layout, and download a PDF. I built it because fighting LaTeX at 11 p.m. before a deadline is nobody's idea of self-care.
Thoughts, lessons, and the occasional rant.
I'm going to be honest about something most people won't admit: I bombed my first three interviews. Not in a cute way — in the "the interviewer stopped me mid-sentence" way.
Read more →I found Basic Framework when I was prepping for interviews. What I didn't expect is that it would change how I think about everything else.
Read more →There was a Tuesday, about three years ago, when I came really close to quitting. Nothing dramatic happened — which somehow made it worse.
Read more →When I started out, everyone gave me the same advice: "Work hard, stay curious, never stop learning." Sure. Fine. Wildly insufficient.
Read more →Hey, kid. You're terrified. You think everyone's going to figure out that you don't know enough. They didn't make a mistake. And neither did you.
Read more →There was one project early in my career that I consider my real education. Not the coursework. Not the certificates. One messy, chaotic, almost-failed project.
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