Mike Saladino
Burnout and career coach for high performers in tech in Tucson
| Hourly rate range | $125 to $200 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Career changeTech careersStress and burnoutConfidence and self-esteemStress and overwhelmGoal setting and accountability |
| Works with | Engineers and Professionals |
| Also coaches | Health coach and Life coach |
| Based in | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Practice | Formative Solutions |
Mike Saladino is a burnout and career coach who helps high performers in tech. He runs Formative Solutions in Tucson, Arizona. Before coaching, he worked as a software engineer and technical lead, and spent years in Agile coaching. He created The Persona Method, where clients give their self-doubt a name and a face. Every session ends with homework, so clients leave with a next step to take.
What Mike helps with
Mike works with tech professionals who feel overworked, overwhelmed and stuck. He helps them find what is in the way and take small steps forward.
- Overwhelm and burnout
- Career transitions
- Impostor syndrome and self-doubt
- Overthinking and second-guessing
- Setting stronger boundaries
- Breaking a messy to-do list into clear steps
- Building confidence at work
- Improving team communication and Agile practices
Who Mike works with
Mike coaches engineers, team leads and other tech professionals who are high performers. Many feel buried in work and doubt themselves. He also works with tech teams where the process looks fine on paper but feels broken in daily practice.
How Mike works
Mike uses The Persona Method. Clients give their self-doubt a name, a personality and triggers. Then they learn to spot it when it shows up and tell it to leave. He pairs this with an Agile-based breakdown of overwhelm, treating it like an unsolved backlog and splitting it into small steps. He uses questions instead of a fixed curriculum. Every session ends with homework, and the work between sessions matters most.
Background and qualifications
Mike worked as a software engineer and technical lead before he became a coach. His work covered web systems, databases, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure and microservices, along with scaling teams. He also spent years in Agile coaching, working with teams whose process looked fine but felt broken. He noticed burnout loops and unclear expectations on those teams, and saw the same patterns in himself. That led him to start Formative Solutions in Tucson, Arizona.
Mike Saladino pricing
Programs and services
- 1:1 coaching for engineers, leads and tech professionals
- Agile and team coaching
- Free intro conversation
- Lightweight websites and tools to support behavior change
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The CoachVouch take
Mike is a former software engineer and technical lead who created The Persona Method for naming and dismissing self-doubt.
Best for engineers and tech professionals who feel overwhelmed, doubt themselves and want clear steps to act on.
Common questions
How much does Mike Saladino charge?
Coaching with Mike runs $125 to $200 an hour. Message Mike from this page for an exact quote.
What does Mike Saladino help with?
Mike Saladino helps with overwhelm and burnout, career transitions, impostor syndrome and self-doubt and overthinking and second-guessing.
Does Mike Saladino only coach people in tech?
His main focus is high performers in tech. He also says the same overwhelm and paralysis show up everywhere, and coaching does not require a technical background.
What happens at the end of a session with Mike?
Every session ends with homework. He wants clients to leave with something to do before the next session.
How do I contact Mike Saladino?
Send Mike a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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