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
See routes & book →
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
See sessions & book →
Verified client reviews
People have paid for this before
23 five-star reviews from mentoring clients in six countries.
Read them all →