One person. Two things worth booking. Who I am, and the proof ↓

Innovation in Motion

I'm Daniel Mattox. Online, DanTheMan.

I do two things, and I do both of them myself. I guide kayak tours on the Hillsborough River, in downtown Tampa and up at Crystal River. One guide, small trips, water I have paddled for years. And I mentor developers one-to-one over Zoom: debugging, architecture, and the parts of this job the tutorials stop short of.

They sound unrelated. They are the same thing. Somebody is stuck, and an hour with a person who has done it before is worth more than another week of reading.

Pick a path

What you can actually book

On the water

Guided Kayak Tours

from $55

Manatees at Crystal River in the winter. Alligators, turtles and cypress on the Hillsborough. Downtown Tampa from the river, which is a completely different city. I paddle the whole route with you, gear included on the river runs.

  • You park at the finish, so your car is waiting where the trip ends
  • Real live availability, card payment, instant confirmation
  • Beginners welcome on the loops and the downtown run
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At the keyboard

Code & GameDev Mentoring

from $75

Bring the bug you have been staring at since Tuesday, the codebase you inherited and cannot navigate, or the app idea you do not know how to start. We work on your actual problem, not a tutorial's.

  • 1-hour debugging, 2-hour deep-dive, or SaaS architecture consulting
  • Fixed prices, real time slots, Zoom link emailed the moment you pay
  • Mutual NDA available free at booking
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Verified client reviews

People have paid for this before

23 five-star reviews from mentoring clients in six countries. Read them all →

One name, one link

Everything I do lives here at dantheman.fyi. Bookmark the one address and you will always find both.