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Mark M. - Tutor

Software Engineer with Master's in Computer Science
Mark M. Tutors College Students
(226)
Hourly Fee: $60
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Travel Radius: 10 miles
In-person + Online
Your first hour with any tutor is always 100% refundable!

Personal Statement

I'm a software engineer with 20 years experience. I've worked on a variety of systems and projects, mostly Java
, C++, and Python, but am enthusiastic about all programming languages, and the Linux/Unix command line.

I enjoy helping students learn and succeed, and challenge myself to make sure I maintain mastery of the fundamentals of my profession. You don't truly understand a subject until you can explain it to someone else.

Besides my years of experience in software, I also have an ...

Reviews

Mark was great to work with on a complex computer science assignment for a college-level algorithms class.. He was knowledgeable, helpful and easy to work with.
- Cole M. from Chevy Chase, MD
This is my first time meeting mark . He is a very patience person and someone who likes to learn challenging things. We both figure it out the Linux assignment but he really able to guide me step by step until we finish the works . So far no complaints. I can see mark has so much passion about all these challenges projects or homeworks . He was so into my project . And he was so patience step by step explaining to me about each of the command line . To me I think he supposed to be one of the professors since he likes to explaining things to me . As a student , I did learn little by little from him . Highly recommend everyone should try him !
- Katie Y. from Rego Park, NY
This is my first time meeting mark . He is a very patience person and someone who likes to learn challenging things. We both figure it out the Linux assignment but he really able to guide me step by step until we finish the works . So far no complaints. I can see how passion is he into this project! Highly recommend everyone should try him !
- Katie Y. from Rego Park, NY
I reached out to Mark because I had a coding project I needed to get done before christmas. Not only did he help me complete this project, he studied more about it on his own and that way was able to understand it more in our sessions, which isn?t something most tutors would typically do. He seemed genuinely interested in the project and although it was stressful being on a time crunch, he kept his patience (especially with a person with zero coding experience). I learned a lot along the way and gained so much respect for anyone who codes and am way more interested in it than I was before. Mark is an amazing tutor who has the patience and the skill to help someone understand what they?re doing, and for me to accomplish building a ?swipe card juke-box?, which there isn?t a lot of instructions on. Mark had to figure it out as we went along which truly shows his experience and knowledge in this field. We were able to finish the jukebox on time as I was hoping for and I know now more than I ever have about coding. This was not an easy project to do and I truly admire his work ethic and would 100% hire him again. You would not regret hiring Mark and will learn so much from him along the way! He is the only coding tutor I would hire again.
- Helena H. from Fullerton, CA
Reviewed Java concepts and assignments. Mark was very patient and answered all of my questions. Thank you so much for all the help and will definitely use Mark again for and Java assistance.
- David M. from Glenshaw, PA
Great teacher for college physics. She explained everything very Well to my daughter .His knowledge in physics Is very useful to my daughter.
- Kaushik D. from Edison, NJ
Went over 3 different algorithms of differentiation and helped improved my code. Knew what he was talking about and was able to teach me in a way that I could reproduce the results
- Rebecca C. from Bronx, NY
Really great tutoring session. Very knowledgeable and a great experience. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
- Nathaniel K. from Pittsburgh, PA
He was able to go through my fortran program and help me understand why it wasn't working. More importantly he also came up with a way to make it run. Hope to use him again for programming!
- Joshua S. from Highland Springs, VA
Helped Install SVN on Linux/Ubuntu laptop of mine. The session went very good. All steps were pertinent. All commands were pertinent. IT was a good educative lesson for me.
- Babuddin A. from San Diego, CA
He's a great tutor who is very knowledgeable and patient. He tries his absolute best to make sure you understand the concept. I recommend booking a lesson with him
- Harris B. from Lake Elsinore, CA
I had a very good session with Mark. I was stuck on what my next steps should be. I was able to talk through my blocks on the assignment. So,I have been able to make progress. I certainly agree that Mark is patient and knowledgeable. I would rate Mark excellent. Regards, Linda Tinsley
- Cara T. from Cincinnati, OH
Mark was able to help me through setting up and running the VS Code IDE and helpfully ram me through multiple python excercises including a standard "hello world" and matrix transposition.
- Ian R. from South Webster, OH
Mark was very helpful and patient with all my questions. His wide range of knowledge allowed him to help me with my variety of Python questions. I highly recommend him if you need any help with Python.
- Charlie S. from Pittsburgh, PA
He is so familiar and helpful with finding errors and tried to fix them with explaining in details so glad to work with him!
- Nik P. from San Diego, CA
Mark was very good at leading me to solutions (Socratic method) versus dictating them. Mark is very knowledgeable in his areas of expertise, but also has a lot of patience for beginning computer scientists.
- Thomas C. from Douglassville, PA
Mark helped me do my assignment by guiding me but not doing it for me so that I still learn and understand what I'm doing. Great experience, very personable and easy to talk to.
- Rachel W. from Mc Kees Rocks, PA
Mark is very knowledgeable with python and showed a lot of patience while working through some technical difficulties at the start of our session. Was impressed at how quick Mark was able to form solutions for my data wrangling questions. Would definitely recommend!
- Thomas C. from Pittsburgh, PA
Mark was extremely helpful with explaining how tackle my java project. He helped break down a complex task into understandable units and offered tips and explained shortcuts when writing large files.
- Dan H. from Pittsburgh, PA
He helped with my computer science project, and using listarrays. We took a csv file and put it into the project and had it print out a different part number, the description of the part, quantity of the part, and the price of the part.
- Zachary S. from Pittsburgh, PA