Lee Edwards

Lee Edwards is a Partner at Root Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups that are focused on solving hard engineering problems. Lee is an investor in Privacy Dynamics, a company that offers data anonymisation as a service. You can listen to our interview with the CTO of Privacy Dynamics, John Craft here. Lee is interested in investing in startups founded by engineers who are committed to addressing complex software challenges. This includes areas such as developer tools and services, software infrastructure, applied artificial intelligence and machine learning, tooling for data scientists and engineers, computer vision, and any other endeavor that requires a highly skilled technical team to develop. This epsiode is hosted by Jocelyn Houle. Jocelyn is focused on data, ML and enterprise software. She has experience as a founder, investor, and product leader and has worked with both start-ups and large financial services companies. Jocelyn is currently a Senior Director of Product management for Securiti, a unified data controls company. Follow Jocelyn on Linked or on Twitter @jocelynbyrne.   Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com   The post Seeding Bold Engineers with Lee Edwards appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lee_edwards.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Lee Edwards is a Partner at <a href="https://root.vc/welcome.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Root Ventures</a>, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups that are focused on solving hard engineering problems. Lee is an investor in Privacy Dynamics, a company that offers data anonymisation as a service. You can listen to our interview with the CTO of <a href="https://www.privacydynamics.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Privacy Dynamics</a>, John Craft <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/12/12/minimizing-pii-in-dev-environments/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Lee is interested in investing in startups founded by engineers who are committed to addressing complex software challenges. This includes areas such as developer tools and services, software infrastructure, applied artificial intelligence and machine learning, tooling for data scientists and engineers, computer vision, and any other endeavor that requires a highly skilled technical team to develop. This epsiode is hosted by Jocelyn Houle. Jocelyn is focused on data, ML and enterprise software. She has experience as a founder, investor, and product leader and has worked with both start-ups and large financial services companies. Jocelyn is currently a Senior Director of Product management for Securiti, a unified data controls company. Follow Jocelyn on Linked or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jocelynbyrne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jocelynbyrne</a>. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2023/02/23/seeding-bold-engineers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seeding Bold Engineers with Lee Edwards</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Seeding Bold Engineers with Lee Edwards

Andy Johns

Software engineering can be a surprisingly grueling career. It is both physically and mentally demanding to sit in front of a screen for hours on end producing code. Andy Johns is our guest in this episode. Andy previously worked on growth at Facebook, Twitter, and Quora as an early employee. He’s also an investor in Robinhood, Webflow, and Reforge. Andy joins the show to discuss Mental health in tech, burnout, and work/life balance. Check out the show notes to learn more about Andy’s work, specifically his substack blog on Mental Health. Show Notes:     Andy’s Substack      Andy’s Linkedin  Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Mental Health in Tech with Andy Johns appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Andy-Johns.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Software engineering can be a surprisingly grueling career. It is both physically and mentally demanding to sit in front of a screen for hours on end producing code. <a href="https://twitter.com/ibringtraffic?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Johns</a> is our guest in this episode. Andy previously worked on growth at Facebook, Twitter, and Quora as an early employee. He’s also an investor in Robinhood, Webflow, and Reforge. Andy joins the show to discuss Mental health in tech, burnout, and work/life balance. Check out the show notes to learn more about Andy’s work, specifically his substack blog on Mental Health. Show Notes:     Andy’s<a href="https://andyjohns.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Substack</a>     Andy’s<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjohns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Linkedin</a> Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/09/14/mental-health-in-tech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mental Health in Tech with Andy Johns</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Mental Health in Tech with Andy Johns

Gabe Greenberg

Michelle Bakels

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/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 */ .elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}				<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Gabe-Greenberg.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gabe Greenberg </a> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Group-226.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelle Bakels</a> Software engineering can be a surprisingly grueling career. It is both physically and mentally demanding to sit in front of a screen for hours on end producing code. During the pandemic, the strains of being an engineer became even more acute, as we were secluded in our homes, in some cases alone. Gabe Greenberg and Michelle Bakels work at G2i, a company that manages a large number of developers. G2i has a focus on developer health, which they believe is an underappreciated topic. They are also helping organize React Miami, a conference that takes place April 18-19, 2022. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/04/02/developer-health-with-gabe-greenberg-and-michelle-bakels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Developer Health with Gabe Greenberg and Michelle Bakels</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Developer Health with Gabe Greenberg and Michelle Bakels

Ben Schaechter

Vantage is a system for optimizing cloud costs. It provides tools and interfaces for developers to analyze how they are spending on AWS resources, and has recently expanded into GCP as well. Vantage users gain an easy interface into their costs that would otherwise be hard to analyze via the raw AWS console. Ben Schaechter is the founder of Vantage. In a previous show he gave an overview of Vantage. In today’s episode he returns to discuss the engineering internals of Vantage and provide a macro perspective on where people are wasting money in the cloud. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Vantage Engineering with Ben Schaechter appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ben-Schaechter.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Vantage is a system for optimizing cloud costs. It provides tools and interfaces for developers to analyze how they are spending on AWS resources, and has recently expanded into GCP as well. Vantage users gain an easy interface into their costs that would otherwise be hard to analyze via the raw AWS console. Ben Schaechter is the founder of Vantage. In a previous show he gave an overview of Vantage. In today’s episode he returns to discuss the engineering internals of Vantage and provide a macro perspective on where people are wasting money in the cloud. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/03/24/vantage-engineering-with-ben-schaechter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vantage Engineering with Ben Schaechter</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Vantage Engineering with Ben Schaechter

 Substack is a platform for subscription based content, covering newsletters, podcasts, and soon video. The design and speed of the platform are notable–with a minimalistic format that simply gets creators paid for its work, Substack has gained massive popularity. Chris Best is the CEO of Substack and joins the show to talk about the platform, architecture, and engineering of Substack. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Substack with Chris Best appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/chris-best.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Substack is a platform for subscription based content, covering newsletters, podcasts, and soon video. The design and speed of the platform are notable–with a minimalistic format that simply gets creators paid for its work, Substack has gained massive popularity. Chris Best is the CEO of Substack and joins the show to talk about the platform, architecture, and engineering of Substack. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/03/16/substack-with-chris-best/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Substack with Chris Best</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Substack with Chris Best

Luke Schreier

National Instruments develops software and hardware for engineering in a wide variety of domains, from aerospace to government technology to application testing. The interface between hardware and software presents a variety of difficult engineering challenges. Luke Schreier is a Senior Vice President at National Instruments and joins the show to discuss the engineering and management of the company. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com     The post National Instruments with Luke Schreier appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/luke-sch.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>National Instruments develops software and hardware for engineering in a wide variety of domains, from aerospace to government technology to application testing. The interface between hardware and software presents a variety of difficult engineering challenges. Luke Schreier is a Senior Vice President at National Instruments and joins the show to discuss the engineering and management of the company. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/03/07/national-instruments-with-luke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Instruments with Luke Schreier</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

National Instruments with Luke Schreier

Increasingly, technology groups need to be strategic about the cloud services they adopt to ensure their vendor’s pricing is both fair and measured exactly right for the application’s unique access pattern.  Definitely answering questions like these can take a significant amount of time and energy from your most valuable engineers.  Taloflow is a company trying to make this decision making process easier for object storage and cloud cost management.  In this episode, I interview LV Jadavji about the key questions companies are asking and how Taloflow helps people navigate them.Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Taloflow with LV Jadavji appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

<a href="https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/lv-2.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Increasingly, technology groups need to be strategic about the cloud services they adopt to ensure their vendor’s pricing is both fair and measured exactly right for the application’s unique access pattern.  Definitely answering questions like these can take a significant amount of time and energy from your most valuable engineers.  Taloflow is a company trying to make this decision making process easier for object storage and cloud cost management.  In this episode, I interview LV Jadavji about the key questions companies are asking and how Taloflow helps people navigate them.Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/03/02/taloflow-with-lv-jadavji/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taloflow with LV Jadavji</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Taloflow with LV Jadavji

Taylor Crane

Online poker was deemed illegal in the United States ten years ago. Since then, poker has decreased in popularity, then found new invigoration thanks to live streaming and a large volume of bored gamers looking for something to do during the pandemic. Poker is a strategy game that can be played even without the financial element, and Clubs Poker is a free-to-play web-based poker client that grew significantly over the past year. Taylor Crane is the founder of Clubs Poker, and he joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of online poker, as well as the engineering around the platform. https://clubspoker.com/ Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com   The post Clubs Poker with Taylor Crane appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Online poker was deemed illegal in the United States ten years ago. Since then, poker has decreased in popularity, then found new invigoration thanks to live streaming and a large volume of bored gamers looking for something to do during the pandemic. Poker is a strategy game that can be played even without the financial element, and Clubs Poker is a free-to-play web-based poker client that grew significantly over the past year. Taylor Crane is the founder of Clubs Poker, and he joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of online poker, as well as the engineering around the platform. <a href="https://clubspoker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://clubspoker.com/</a> Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/02/01/clubs-poker-with-taylor-crane/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clubs Poker with Taylor Crane</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Clubs Poker with Taylor Crane

Pinterest is a visual discovery engine people use to find ideas in home, food, style, beauty, and more. The service grew quickly after its founding in 2010 and the company has grown to be a global team of thousands of professionals spanning time zones and continents. To deliver the smooth experience Pinterest users have come to expect requires an engineering team to keep the system running while continuously improving it. In this episode, I speak with three engineering leaders about their decision to work at Pinterest, the contributions they’ve made, and what makes Pinterest engineering different from other companies. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Pinterest Engineering appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Pinterest is a visual discovery engine people use to find ideas in home, food, style, beauty, and more. The service grew quickly after its founding in 2010 and the company has grown to be a global team of thousands of professionals spanning time zones and continents. To deliver the smooth experience Pinterest users have come to expect requires an engineering team to keep the system running while continuously improving it. In this episode, I speak with three engineering leaders about their decision to work at Pinterest, the contributions they’ve made, and what makes Pinterest engineering different from other companies. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/01/11/pinterest-engineering/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest Engineering</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Pinterest Engineering

TechLit Africa is a non-profit on a mission to lessen African poverty by leveraging the internet.  Rural Africans lack digital skills and computers to gain from the digital economy, even though developed countries have an abundance of used computers.  That’s where TechLit Africa comes in.  They accept used computers, refurbish them with custom classroom code, ship them to Africa, and establish relationships with schools that provide space for the labs they create.  In this episode, I interview Nelly Cheboi, one of the founders of TechLit Africa. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post TechLit Africa with Nelly Cheboi appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

TechLit Africa is a non-profit on a mission to lessen African poverty by leveraging the internet.  Rural Africans lack digital skills and computers to gain from the digital economy, even though developed countries have an abundance of used computers.  That’s where TechLit Africa comes in.  They accept used computers, refurbish them with custom classroom code, ship them to Africa, and establish relationships with schools that provide space for the labs they create.  In this episode, I interview Nelly Cheboi, one of the founders of TechLit Africa. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/01/03/techlit-africa-with-nelly-cheboi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TechLit Africa with Nelly Cheboi</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

TechLit Africa with Nelly Cheboi

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Jean-Denis Greze

Plaid

A bank account is a platform for apps to be built on top of.  If that sounds like a weird idea, think about the features of a bank account. Most users only have a single bank account, making it a tool for identity and authentication. The series of transactions in a bank account provides a data set that can be used for analyzing payment history and issuing loans, or insurance. But there are difficulties to building a platform on top of banking. There are thousands of different banks. If you want to build an application that integrates with a user’s bank, you need to be able to integrate with any bank that the user might use–whether it’s Bank of America, Wells Fargo, or Chase. Plaid is a company that builds APIs for users to connect to banks. Applications such as Venmo, Betterment, and Coinbase use Plaid to connect with the bank accounts of their users. Jean-Denis Greze joins the show to explain how applications use Plaid, and how Plaid has scaled its infrastructure to handle a high volume of requests. He also discusses the potential of banking as a platform, and the strategy for expanding the APIs that Plaid can offer to developers. Fintech Daily is a new podcast from Software Engineering Daily covering payments, cryptocurrencies, trading, and the intersection of finance and technology. We are looking for volunteer hosts for Fintech Daily, and if you are interested in working with us to conduct interviews, send an email to host@fintechdaily.co. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Google, and everywhere else, and if you are interested in hosting, don’t hesitate to reach out. The post Plaid: Banking API Platform with Jean-Denis Greze appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

A bank account is a platform for apps to be built on top of. If that sounds like a weird idea, think about the features of a bank account. Most users only have a single bank account, making it a tool for identity and authentication. The series of transactions in a bank account provides a data set that can be used for analyzing payment history and issuing loans, or insurance. But there are difficulties to building a platform on top of banking. There are thousands of different banks. If you want to build an application that integrates with a user’s bank, you need to be able to integrate with any bank that the user might use–whether it’s Bank of America, Wells Fargo, or Chase. Plaid is a company that builds APIs for users to connect to banks. Applications such as Venmo, Betterment, and Coinbase use Plaid to connect with the bank accounts of their users. Jean-Denis Greze joins the show to explain how applications use Plaid, and how Plaid has scaled its infrastructure to handle a high volume of requests. He also discusses the potential of banking as a platform, and the strategy for expanding the APIs that Plaid can offer to developers. Fintech Daily is a new podcast from Software Engineering Daily covering payments, cryptocurrencies, trading, and the intersection of finance and technology. We are looking for volunteer hosts for Fintech Daily, and if you are interested in working with us to conduct interviews, send an email to <a href="mailto:host@fintechdaily.co">host@fintechdaily.co</a>. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Google, and everywhere else, and if you are interested in hosting, don’t hesitate to reach out. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/12/13/plaid-banking-api-platform-with-jean-denis-greze/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plaid: Banking API Platform with Jean-Denis Greze</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Plaid: Banking API Platform with Jean-Denis Greze

Martin Casado

Infrastructure software can be a great business.  An infrastructure software company sells core technology to a large enterprise such as a bank or insurance company. This software has near zero marginal cost and generates a large annuity for the infrastructure software company. Once a bank has purchased your infrastructure software, the bank is likely to renew every year and never remove the software. Selling infrastructure software is like selling concrete or steel, except the software is cheaper to produce, easier to distribute, and generates an annuity rather than being a one-time sale. The fundamental economics of enterprise infrastructure software are extremely appealing, and every year more businesses enter the space–but few businesses ever leave. If you are starting an infrastructure software company, you can expect a complex battle for market share. There is no easy trick to get it into the hands of your target customer. Martin Casado studied computer science at Stanford before founding Nicira, a company that pioneered software-defined networking and virtualization technology. In 2012, Nicira sold to VMware for $1.26 billion. Martin now works as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Martin writes about the modern strategies of building a successful infrastructure software company. He describes two methods of selling into an enterprise: bottoms-up and top-down.  In a bottoms-up model, engineers within an enterprise start using your product to solve a well-defined problem, such as API management. As more and more employees within the organization start to use your product, you can begin to engage the enterprise about becoming a paying customer for your product. Since the enterprise is already using your product, the sales conversation is much easier. In the top-down model, you engage the CIO, CEO, or CTO directly and try to convince them that your product is worth paying for. When the senior leadership of a bank buys into your product idea, you can count on that senior leadership to convince their developers to use your product within the bank. It is a rare occurrence that your infrastructure software company will be able to fit cleanly into either of these models–bottoms-up or top-down. More often, there will be some bottoms-up usage, and some top-down buy-in for your product. But you will have to evangelize the product on all fronts. You will have to convince both the engineers and the senior leadership.  Your product probably won’t speak for itself. You will have to develop expertise in sales, marketing, and consultancy. And in many cases, you might end up in an unending chasm. The unending chasm describes a mode in which an infrastructure company must function as both a product company and a consultancy. Your consultancy is necessary to integrate your product into the enterprise, and ensure that your software actually gets used. But it reduces the appealing economics of a pure software company.  The unending chasm does not prevent you from being successful. Companies who have had very successful IPOs remain in the unending chasm. But it’s useful to know whether you are heading for an unending chasm–or if you are already in one. Martin Casado joins the show today for a discussion of product development, software engineering, and go-to-market strategy. To find all 900 of our episodes, including past episodes with a16z partners, check out the Software Engineering Daily app in the iOS and Android app stores. Whether or not you are a software engineer, we have lots of content about technology, business, and culture. In our app, you can also become a paid subscriber and get ad-free episodes–and you can have conversations with other members of the Software Engineering Daily community. Image Source The post Software Chasms with Martin Casado appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Infrastructure software can be a great business. An infrastructure software company sells core technology to a large enterprise such as a bank or insurance company. This software has near zero marginal cost and generates a large annuity for the infrastructure software company. Once a bank has purchased your infrastructure software, the bank is likely to renew every year and never remove the software. Selling infrastructure software is like selling concrete or steel, except the software is cheaper to produce, easier to distribute, and generates an annuity rather than being a one-time sale. The fundamental economics of enterprise infrastructure software are extremely appealing, and every year more businesses enter the space–but few businesses ever leave. If you are starting an infrastructure software company, you can expect a complex battle for market share. There is no easy trick to get it into the hands of your target customer. Martin Casado studied computer science at Stanford before founding Nicira, a company that pioneered software-defined networking and virtualization technology. In 2012, Nicira sold to VMware for $1.26 billion. Martin now works as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Martin writes about the modern strategies of building a successful infrastructure software company. <a href="https://a16z.com/2018/12/11/bottom-up-adoption-enterprise-sales-combined/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">He describes two methods of selling into an enterprise: bottoms-up and top-down</a>. In a bottoms-up model, engineers within an enterprise start using your product to solve a well-defined problem, <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/01/04/kong-api-platform-with-marco-palladino/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">such as API management</a>. As more and more employees within the organization start to use your product, you can begin to engage the enterprise about becoming a paying customer for your product. Since the enterprise is already using your product, the sales conversation is much easier. In the top-down model, you engage the CIO, CEO, or CTO directly and try to convince them that your product is worth paying for. When the senior leadership of a bank buys into your product idea, you can count on that senior leadership to convince their developers to use your product within the bank. It is a rare occurrence that your infrastructure software company will be able to fit cleanly into either of these models–bottoms-up or top-down. More often, there will be some bottoms-up usage, and some top-down buy-in for your product. But you will have to evangelize the product on all fronts. You will have to convince both the engineers and the senior leadership. Your product probably won’t speak for itself. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/12/18/market-strategy-with-herb-cunitz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You will have to develop expertise in sales, marketing, and consultancy</a>. And in many cases, you might end up in an <a href="http://a16z.com/2018/12/27/endless-chasm-enterprise-startups/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unending chasm</a>. The unending chasm describes a mode in which an infrastructure company must function as both a product company and a consultancy. Your consultancy is necessary to integrate your product into the enterprise, and ensure that your software actually gets used. But it reduces the appealing economics of a pure software company. The unending chasm does not prevent you from being successful. Companies who have had very successful IPOs remain in the unending chasm. But it’s useful to know whether you are heading for an unending chasm–or if you are already in one. Martin Casado joins the show today for a discussion of product development, software engineering, and <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/09/07/go-to-market-with-mitch-ferguson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">go-to-market strategy.</a> To find all 900 of our episodes, including past episodes with a16z partners, check out the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily app in the iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android app stores</a>. Whether or not you are a software engineer, we have lots of content about technology, business, and culture. In our app, you can also become a paid subscriber and get ad-free episodes–and you can have conversations with other members of the Software Engineering Daily community. <a href="https://news.energysage.com/best-solar-leads-2017/10_the-chasm-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Image Source</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/01/28/software-chasms-with-martin-casado/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Chasms with Martin Casado</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Software Chasms with Martin Casado

Patrick McKenzie

Stripe

Starting an Internet business is harder than it should be. You need to incorporate, create an operating agreement, set up a system to accept payments, and many other straightforward tasks.  In the 1990s, this was how it felt to set up anything on the Internet. You always had to stand up a web server on your own infrastructure, before you could get to the interesting part–which was building an actual product. With the popularization of cloud computing, it became massively easier to stand up a server. Because of that lower activation energy, millions of applications and thousands of software businesses got started. But the activation energy required to start a business remains higher than necessary. It feels like standing up a web server in the 90s–lots of tedium and reinventing the wheel that has been done by people before you. This is the motivation behind Stripe Atlas, a project to simplify the process of starting an Internet business. Patrick McKenzie works on Atlas at Stripe. He was previously on the show to discuss his experience leaving a large corporation to work on his own small software companies. And his name has become synonymous with the modern phenomenon of the small software company–he has been writing about this topic for over a decade at Kalzumeus.com. It was great to talk to Patrick once again about Internet businesses, and I’m excited to see Stripe Atlas become something huge. The post Stripe Atlas with Patrick McKenzie appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Starting an Internet business is harder than it should be. You need to incorporate, create an operating agreement, set up a system to accept payments, and many other straightforward tasks. In the 1990s, this was how it felt to set up anything on the Internet. You always had to stand up a web server on your own infrastructure, before you could get to the interesting part–which was building an actual product. With the popularization of cloud computing, it became massively easier to stand up a server. Because of that lower activation energy, millions of applications and thousands of software businesses got started. But the activation energy required to start a business remains higher than necessary. It feels like standing up a web server in the 90s–lots of tedium and reinventing the wheel that has been done by people before you. This is the motivation behind Stripe Atlas, a project to simplify the process of starting an Internet business. Patrick McKenzie works on Atlas at Stripe. He was previously on the show to discuss his experience leaving a large corporation to work on his own small software companies. And his name has become synonymous with the modern phenomenon of the small software company–he has been writing about this topic for over a decade at <a href="http://kalzumeus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kalzumeus.com</a>. It was great to talk to Patrick once again about Internet businesses, and I’m excited to see Stripe Atlas become something huge. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/05/08/stripe-atlas-with-patrick-mckenzie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe Atlas with Patrick McKenzie</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Stripe Atlas with Patrick McKenzie

Edward Wible

Nubank was started in 2013 with a credit card that was controlled through a mobile app. At the time, it was the first service in Brazil that allowed customers to do banking without going to a physical bank branch. Since then, Nubank has expanded into additional financial services and currently has 850 employees working in Brazil. Edward Wible is a co-founder and CTO of Nubank and in this episode he discusses his work growing Nubank from a small team of less than 10 people into a company with almost 1000 people. We have covered two other banks in the past few weeks: Monzo and N26. In terms of software engineering and product management, Nubank is similar to Monzo and N26. One characteristic that stood out was Nubank’s use of Clojure, a functional programming language built on the JVM. A question that came up during this show: what is the line between “fintech company” and “bank”? We hope to explore this more in future shows about the intersection of money and software. The post Build a Bank: Nubank with Edward Wible appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Nubank was started in 2013 with a credit card that was controlled through a mobile app. At the time, it was the first service in Brazil that allowed customers to do banking without going to a physical bank branch. Since then, Nubank has expanded into additional financial services and currently has 850 employees working in Brazil. Edward Wible is a co-founder and CTO of Nubank and in this episode he discusses his work growing Nubank from a small team of less than 10 people into a company with almost 1000 people. We have covered two other banks in the past few weeks: Monzo and N26. In terms of software engineering and product management, Nubank is similar to Monzo and N26. One characteristic that stood out was Nubank’s use of Clojure, a functional programming language built on the JVM. A question that came up during this show: what is the line between “fintech company” and “bank”? We hope to explore this more in future shows about the intersection of money and software. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/07/10/build-a-bank-nubank-with-edward-wible/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Build a Bank: Nubank with Edward Wible</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Build a Bank: Nubank with Edward Wible

Frank Chen

Self-driving, electric cars will someday outnumber traditional automobiles on the road. As transportation becomes autonomous, it is hard to imagine an industry that will not be affected by the downstream effects of this change. These cars will likely be managed by fleet operators like Lyft and Uber. We will need fewer cars, and the amount of space dedicated to those cars will shrink dramatically. Parking lots, massive roads, and gas stations will be reclaimed or repurposed. City planning departments will have to devise entirely new strategies. As the self-driving cars reach consumer availability, an intricate supply chain for these cars will develop. When smartphones became mass-produced, the costs of GPS devices, accelerometers, and other small components dropped steeply. A consequence of the smartphone supply chain was that other devices like consumer drones became affordable. The self-driving car supply chain will lead to the mass production of building blocks for other new devices. With fewer automotive fatalities, the economics of the car insurance industry might collapse completely. At a minimum, the costs of car insurance will likely shift to the fleet operators, who can purchase that car insurance at prices factoring in their large risk pool. Frank Chen is a deal and research partner with Andreessen Horowitz. In a series of presentations on the Autonomy Ecosystem, Frank explores the effects of our impending shift to self-driving electric cars. His analysis considers changes to energy infrastructure, the competitive landscape of software companies, and a range of other topics. Frank joins the show to discuss autonomous vehicles and the side effects of widespread autonomous deployments. The post Autonomy with Frank Chen appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Self-driving, electric cars will someday outnumber traditional automobiles on the road. As transportation becomes autonomous, it is hard to imagine an industry that will not be affected by the downstream effects of this change. These cars will likely be managed by fleet operators like Lyft and Uber. We will need fewer cars, and the amount of space dedicated to those cars will shrink dramatically. Parking lots, massive roads, and gas stations will be reclaimed or repurposed. City planning departments will have to devise entirely new strategies. As the self-driving cars reach consumer availability, an intricate supply chain for these cars will develop. When smartphones became mass-produced, the costs of GPS devices, accelerometers, and other small components dropped steeply. A consequence of the smartphone supply chain was that other devices like consumer drones became affordable. The self-driving car supply chain will lead to the mass production of building blocks for other new devices. With fewer automotive fatalities, the economics of the car insurance industry might collapse completely. At a minimum, the costs of car insurance will likely shift to the fleet operators, who can purchase that car insurance at prices factoring in their large risk pool. Frank Chen is a deal and research partner with Andreessen Horowitz. In a series of presentations on the <a href="https://a16z.com/2018/02/03/autonomy-ecosystem-frank-chen-summit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autonomy Ecosystem</a>, Frank explores the effects of our impending shift to self-driving electric cars. His analysis considers changes to energy infrastructure, the competitive landscape of software companies, and a range of other topics. Frank joins the show to discuss autonomous vehicles and the side effects of widespread autonomous deployments. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/05/25/autonomy-with-frank-chen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autonomy with Frank Chen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Autonomy with Frank Chen

Charles Lee

From Africa to India to Asia to South America–computer science and programming are rising in popularity in every emerging market. Each of these markets has regional needs for technology. Just like every culture develops its own food and television, every culture needs different types of applications to run their lives. In Vietnam, the day-to-day life of a citizen is different than it is in the United States. Yes, everyone needs Google and YouTube and Instagram. But the trends in messaging, food delivery, gig economy, and other B2C technology sectors are considerably different than the west. Charles Lee is the founder of CoderSchool a coding school in Vietnam. Before moving to Vietnam to start CoderSchool, he worked as a software engineer in San Francisco for several years. In today’s show, Charles describes the difference between the US and Vietnamese technology sectors, from consumer applications to business software to coding education. ANNOUNCEMENTS  New SEDaily app for iOS and for Android. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on SoftwareDaily.com to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe. Altalogy is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.     FindCollabs is a place to find collaborators and build projects. FindCollabs is the company I am building, and we are having an online hackathon with $2500 in prizes. If you are working on a project, or you are looking for other programmers to build a project or start a company with, check out FindCollabs. I’ve been interviewing people from some of these projects on the FindCollabs podcast, so if you want to learn more about the community you can hear that podcast. Upcoming conferences I’m attending: Datadog Dash July 16th and 17th in NYC, Open Core Summit September 19th and 20th in San Francisco We are hiring two interns for software engineering and business development! If you are interested in either position, send an email with your resume to jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com with “Internship” in the subject line.  The post Emerging Markets: Vietnam with Charles Lee appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

From Africa to India to Asia to South America–computer science and programming are rising in popularity in every emerging market. Each of these markets has regional needs for technology. Just like every culture develops its own food and television, every culture needs different types of applications to run their lives. In Vietnam, the day-to-day life of a citizen is different than it is in the United States. Yes, everyone needs Google and YouTube and Instagram. But the trends in messaging, food delivery, gig economy, and other B2C technology sectors are considerably different than the west. Charles Lee is the founder of CoderSchool a coding school in Vietnam. Before moving to Vietnam to start CoderSchool, he worked as a software engineer in San Francisco for several years. In today’s show, Charles describes the difference between the US and Vietnamese technology sectors, from consumer applications to business software to coding education. <h2>ANNOUNCEMENTS</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New SEDaily app for iOS</a> and for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a>. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on <a href="https://www.softwaredaily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoftwareDaily.com</a> to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe</a>. <a href="http://altalogy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Altalogy</a> is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.    </li> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to find collaborators and build projects. FindCollabs is the company I am building, and we are having an <a href="http://findcollabs.com/open" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online hackathon with $2500 in prizes</a>. If you are working on a project, or you are looking for other programmers to build a project or start a company with, check out FindCollabs. I’ve been interviewing people from some of these projects on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/findcollabs-podcast/id1460158612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs podcast</a>, so if you want to learn more about the community you can hear that podcast.</li> <li>Upcoming conferences I’m attending: <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Datadog Dash July 16th and 17th in NYC</a>, <a href="http://opencoresummit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Core Summit September 19th and 20th in San Francisco</a></li> <li>We are hiring two interns for software engineering and business development! If you are interested in either position, send an email with your resume to <a href="mailto:jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com">jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> with “Internship” in the subject line.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/07/22/emerging-markets-vietnam-with-charles-lee/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emerging Markets: Vietnam with Charles Lee</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Emerging Markets: Vietnam with Charles Lee

Tomasz Tunguz

Software companies such as Slack, Zoom, and Uber have recently gone public. When a company goes public, they issue a document called an S-1. Within the S-1, there is a wealth of information about the company, providing a detailed story about the company’s business model, economics, and future prospects. The S-1 describes the operating model and the philosophy of a newly public company. Going public serves several purposes. Being public allows a company to gain access to the public capital markets. It allows previous investors to have a liquidity event, by selling the shares that they purchased from the company in private markets. Being public also puts some constraints and visibility on a company, which can be useful for a company that is trying to develop internal discipline. In the software industry, it is useful for most people to understand the dynamics of going public. A technology worker who is earning equity at a private company needs to understand the roadmap to their company going public, or potentially getting acquired. Anyone who invests in public technology stocks is evaluating the different available options for investment, and considering the best software companies to place a bet on. Tom Tunguz is a venture investor at Redpoint, and the author of a popular blog at tomasztonguz.com. In a recent series of posts, Tom has evaluated the S-1s and compared the growth dynamics between a variety of newer public software companies. Tom joins today’s show to discuss his writing, and offer reflections on what can be learned about company building from the recent series of IPOs and direct listings. ANNOUNCEMENTS  New SEDaily app for iOS and for Android. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on SoftwareDaily.com to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe. Altalogy is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.     FindCollabs is a place to find collaborators and build projects. FindCollabs is the company I am building, and we are having an online hackathon with $2500 in prizes. If you are working on a project, or you are looking for other programmers to build a project or start a company with, check out FindCollabs. I’ve been interviewing people from some of these projects on the FindCollabs podcast, so if you want to learn more about the community you can hear that podcast. Upcoming conferences I’m attending: Datadog Dash July 16th and 17th in NYC, Open Core Summit September 19th and 20th in San Francisco We are hiring two interns for software engineering and business development! If you are interested in either position, send an email with your resume to jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com with “Internship” in the subject line.  The post Software IPOs with Tomasz Tunguz appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Software companies such as Slack, Zoom, and Uber have recently gone public. When a company goes public, they issue a document called an S-1. Within the S-1, there is a wealth of information about the company, providing a detailed story about the company’s business model, economics, and future prospects. The S-1 describes the operating model and the philosophy of a newly public company. Going public serves several purposes. Being public allows a company to gain access to the public capital markets. It allows previous investors to have a liquidity event, by selling the shares that they purchased from the company in private markets. Being public also puts some constraints and visibility on a company, which can be useful for a company that is trying to develop internal discipline. In the software industry, it is useful for most people to understand the dynamics of going public. A technology worker who is earning equity at a private company needs to understand the roadmap to their company going public, or potentially getting acquired. Anyone who invests in public technology stocks is evaluating the different available options for investment, and considering the best software companies to place a bet on. Tom Tunguz is a venture investor at Redpoint, and the author of a popular blog at <a href="https://tomtunguz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tomasztonguz.com</a>. In a recent series of posts, Tom has evaluated the S-1s and compared the growth dynamics between a variety of newer public software companies. Tom joins today’s show to discuss his writing, and offer reflections on what can be learned about company building from the recent series of IPOs and direct listings. <h2>ANNOUNCEMENTS</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New SEDaily app for iOS</a> and for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a>. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on <a href="https://www.softwaredaily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoftwareDaily.com</a> to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe</a>. <a href="http://altalogy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Altalogy</a> is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.    </li> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to find collaborators and build projects. FindCollabs is the company I am building, and we are having an <a href="http://findcollabs.com/open" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online hackathon with $2500 in prizes</a>. If you are working on a project, or you are looking for other programmers to build a project or start a company with, check out FindCollabs. I’ve been interviewing people from some of these projects on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/findcollabs-podcast/id1460158612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs podcast</a>, so if you want to learn more about the community you can hear that podcast.</li> <li>Upcoming conferences I’m attending: <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Datadog Dash July 16th and 17th in NYC</a>, <a href="http://opencoresummit.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Core Summit September 19th and 20th in San Francisco</a></li> <li>We are hiring two interns for software engineering and business development! If you are interested in either position, send an email with your resume to <a href="mailto:jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com">jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> with “Internship” in the subject line.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/07/26/software-ipos-with-tomas-tunguz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software IPOs with Tomasz Tunguz</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Software IPOs with Tomasz Tunguz

Arturo Bejar

Facebook leadership has a significant amount of engineers in its ranks, and engineers understand how to create an environment that appeals to other engineers.  Engineers do not like working on projects that they are not interested in, so Facebook optimizes for matching engineers to enjoyable work. Engineers do not like taking orders from managers, so Facebook optimizes for a collaborative relationship between engineering and management. Arturo Bejar was a director of engineering at Facebook for more than five years. Arturo managed a team that built site integrity tools, as well as the Product Infrastructure team, which created the groundbreaking React and GraphQL open source tools. Arturo has a deep understanding of what engineers want from a manager, and this is apparent in the results of the teams he has worked with. Arturo also cares deeply about the human side of technology. When he was at Facebook, he started the Compassion Project, which looked at ways that technology could help support people through difficult times, and alleviate suicide and bullying. Arturo joins the show for a conversation about engineering management, humanity, and the ethos of Facebook. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Show Notes Articles by Arturo Bejar Managing Your Manager Challenges and Opportunities in Communication Online: Summary and Full Version Check out our active projects:  We are hiring a head of growth. If you like Software Engineering Daily and consider yourself competent in sales, marketing, and strategy, send me an email: jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com FindCollabs is a place to build open source software. The SEDaily app for iOS and Android includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. Subscribe for ad-free episodes.  The post Facebook Leadership with Arturo Bejar appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Facebook leadership has a significant amount of engineers in its ranks, and engineers understand how to create an environment that appeals to other engineers.  Engineers do not like working on projects that they are not interested in, so Facebook optimizes for matching engineers to enjoyable work. Engineers do not like taking orders from managers, so Facebook optimizes for a collaborative relationship between engineering and management. Arturo Bejar was a director of engineering at Facebook for more than five years. Arturo managed a team that built site integrity tools, as well as the Product Infrastructure team, which created the groundbreaking React and GraphQL open source tools. Arturo has a deep understanding of what engineers want from a manager, and this is apparent in the results of the teams he has worked with. Arturo also cares deeply about the human side of technology. When he was at Facebook, he started the Compassion Project, which looked at ways that technology could help support people through difficult times, and alleviate suicide and bullying. Arturo joins the show for a conversation about engineering management, humanity, and the ethos of Facebook. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>Show Notes</h2> Articles by Arturo Bejar <a href="https://medium.com/@arturobejar/managing-your-manager-9414e0e7f0aa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Managing Your Manager</a> Challenges and Opportunities in Communication Online: <a href="https://medium.com/@arturobejar/challenges-and-opportunities-short-fe1d441a81af" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summary</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@arturobejar/challenges-and-opportunties-long-ea3d272c758e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Version</a> <h2>Check out our active projects:</h2> <ul> <li>We are hiring a <a href="https://www.softwaredaily.com/jobs/5c3a6cf0f7fb250029d873a9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">head of growth</a>. If you like Software Engineering Daily and consider yourself competent in sales, marketing, and strategy, send me an email: jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com</li> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to build open source software.</li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SEDaily app for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a> includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> for ad-free episodes.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/11/01/facebook-leadership-with-arturo-bejar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Leadership with Arturo Bejar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Facebook Leadership with Arturo Bejar

Tony Godar

The PlayStation is a line of game consoles created by Sony. PlayStation devices include the PS2, PS3, PS4, and the PSP mobile system. Tony Godar worked as an engineer in the PlayStation ecosystem for 15 years, and he joins the show to give a retrospective on his time in the console industry. Developing hardware and software for game consoles differs significantly from the world of web development. Tony describes the culture of the game development world, and the challenges involved in the domains of software tooling, custom operating systems, and streaming media. In 2010, the PS3 was hacked by notorious tinkerer George Hotz, a previous guest on the show, an event which Tony also discusses. We also discuss the world of modern gaming and VR technology. Tony currently works as an engineer at MelodyVR, a company that makes virtual reality live music experiences. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com ANNOUNCEMENTS  FindCollabs is a place to find collaborators and build projects. We recently launched GitHub integrations. It’s easier than ever to find collaborators for your open source projects. And if you are looking for some people to start a project with, FindCollabs we have topic rooms that allow you to find other people who are interested in a particular technology, so that you can find people who are curious about React, or cryptocurrencies, or Kubernetes, or whatever you want to build with. Podsheets is an open source podcast hosting platform that we recently launched. We are building Podsheets with the learnings from Software Engineering Daily, and our goal is to be the best place to host and monetize your podcast. If you have been thinking about starting a podcast, check out podsheets.com.  New SEDaily app for iOS and for Android. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on SoftwareDaily.com to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe. Altalogy is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.     The post PlayStation Engineering with Tony Godar appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

The PlayStation is a line of game consoles created by Sony. PlayStation devices include the PS2, PS3, PS4, and the PSP mobile system. Tony Godar worked as an engineer in the PlayStation ecosystem for 15 years, and he joins the show to give a retrospective on his time in the console industry. Developing hardware and software for game consoles differs significantly from the world of web development. Tony describes the culture of the game development world, and the challenges involved in the domains of software tooling, custom operating systems, and streaming media. In 2010, the PS3 was hacked by notorious tinkerer <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/08/08/self-driving-engineering-with-george-hotz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Hotz</a>, a previous guest on the show, an event which Tony also discusses. We also discuss the world of modern gaming and VR technology. Tony currently works as an engineer at <a href="https://melodyvr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MelodyVR</a>, a company that makes virtual reality live music experiences. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>ANNOUNCEMENTS</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to find collaborators and build projects. We recently launched GitHub integrations. It’s easier than ever to find collaborators for your open source projects. And if you are looking for some people to start a project with, FindCollabs we have topic rooms that allow you to find other people who are interested in a particular technology, so that you can find people who are curious about React, or cryptocurrencies, or Kubernetes, or whatever you want to build with.</li> <li><a href="http://podsheets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podsheets</a> is an open source podcast hosting platform that we recently launched. We are building Podsheets with the learnings from Software Engineering Daily, and our goal is to be the best place to host and monetize your podcast. If you have been thinking about starting a podcast, check out <a href="http://podsheets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podsheets.com</a>. </li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New SEDaily app for iOS</a> and for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a>. It includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. You can comment on episodes and have discussions with other members of the community. I’ll be commenting on each episode, so if you hear an episode that you have some commentary on, jump onto the app, or on <a href="https://www.softwaredaily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoftwareDaily.com</a> to share your thoughts. And you can become a paid subscriber for ad free episodes at <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe</a>. <a href="http://altalogy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Altalogy</a> is the company who has been developing much of the software for the newest app, and if you are looking for a company to help you with your mobile and web development, I recommend checking them out.   </li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/08/13/playstation-engineering-with-tony-godar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlayStation Engineering with Tony Godar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

PlayStation Engineering with Tony Godar

Jocelyn Goldfein

Facebook engineering is designed to self-assemble.  When an engineer joins Facebook, the engineer goes through boot camp, where they are exposed to multiple projects to find a good fit in terms of technical skills and personal preferences. Since there are so many different initiatives within the company at any given moment, a new hire can usually find something to work on through this exploration. As an engineer builds credibility within Facebook, opportunities to move to other projects or to become a manager will present themselves, allowing the engineer to move within the company as they mature and their interests change. The sense of autonomy and freedom to explore is one feature of Facebook engineering that distinguishes the company. Facebook is a flat, decentralized organization by nature. But there have been existential moments in Facebook’s history where an executive mandate was required. During these existential situations, Facebook centralizes and becomes a more top-down environment. Facebook’s most crucial inflection point to date was its shift to focusing on mobile computing. Even two years after the launch of the iPhone, it was not obvious that the world of consumer computing would change completely due to mobile devices. Facebook was becoming a dominant place where consumers navigated to on desktop, and Facebook engineering was focused on optimizing that desktop experience. As the impact of the iPhone became noticeable, Facebook found itself with a desktop web product in the middle of a platform shift away from the desktop. During this same time, Facebook was beginning to succeed with its advertising platform and was evaluating an initial public offering. Facebook leadership was able to recognize the importance of mobile computing in time to develop high quality mobile applications, but there were numerous challenges. The Facebook desktop web app had been difficult enough to build due to the unprecedented data requirements and amount of interactivity. Mobile introduced the additional hurdles of limited bandwidth and distinct native operating systems in Android and iPhone.  Facebook’s early efforts to build a mobile application involved a cross-platform HTML5 solution. HTML5 had insufficient performance for Facebook’s needs, and the company needed to develop native apps in order to deliver the desired experience. Facebook’s ability to pivot to mobile is comparable to the classic story of Intel pivoting from a memory company to a microprocessor company. To succeed at mobile application development, Facebook had to shift its focus dramatically, reallocating engineering resources and acqui-hiring small mobile companies in order to build up the domain expertise for mobile. As a side effect of this transition to mobile, Facebook developed an understanding of how dramatically software engineering was changed by the introduction of smartphones and the high bandwidth requirements of social networking. The challenges of this new paradigm led to the development of open source tools such as GraphQL and React Native, which have allowed countless projects to build applications more easily. Jocelyn Goldfein was an engineering director at Facebook for four years, from 2010 to 2014. She currently works as an investor at Zetta Venture Partners. In her time at Facebook, Jocelyn saw the shift to mobile firsthand. In today’s episode, she describes how Facebook management works, and gives her perspective on the distinguishing characteristics of the engineering organization as a whole. RECENT UPDATES: The FindCollabs Open has started. It is our second FindCollabs hackathon, and we are giving away $2500 in prizes. The prizes will be awarded in categories such as machine learning, business plan, music, visual art, and JavaScript. If one of those areas sounds interesting to you, check out findcollabs.com/open! The FindCollabs Podcast is out! We are booking sponsorships for Q3, find more details at https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/ The post Facebook Management with Jocelyn Goldfein appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Facebook engineering is designed to self-assemble. When an engineer joins Facebook, the engineer goes through boot camp, where they are exposed to multiple projects to find a good fit in terms of technical skills and personal preferences. Since there are so many different initiatives within the company at any given moment, a new hire can usually find something to work on through this exploration. As an engineer builds credibility within Facebook, opportunities to move to other projects or to become a manager will present themselves, allowing the engineer to move within the company as they mature and their interests change. The sense of autonomy and freedom to explore is one feature of Facebook engineering that distinguishes the company. Facebook is a flat, decentralized organization by nature. But there have been existential moments in Facebook’s history where an executive mandate was required. During these existential situations, Facebook centralizes and becomes a more top-down environment. Facebook’s most crucial inflection point to date was its shift to focusing on mobile computing. Even two years after the launch of the iPhone, it was not obvious that the world of consumer computing would change completely due to mobile devices. Facebook was becoming a dominant place where consumers navigated to on desktop, and Facebook engineering was focused on optimizing that desktop experience. As the impact of the iPhone became noticeable, Facebook found itself with a desktop web product in the middle of a platform shift away from the desktop. During this same time, Facebook was beginning to succeed with its advertising platform and was evaluating an initial public offering. Facebook leadership was able to recognize the importance of mobile computing in time to develop high quality mobile applications, but there were numerous challenges. The Facebook desktop web app had been difficult enough to build due to the unprecedented data requirements and amount of interactivity. Mobile introduced the additional hurdles of limited bandwidth and distinct native operating systems in Android and iPhone. Facebook’s early efforts to build a mobile application involved a cross-platform HTML5 solution. HTML5 had insufficient performance for Facebook’s needs, and the company needed to develop native apps in order to deliver the desired experience. Facebook’s ability to pivot to mobile is comparable to <a href="https://anthonysmoak.com/2016/03/27/andy-grove-and-intels-move-from-memory-to-microprocessors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the classic story of Intel pivoting from a memory company to a microprocessor company.</a> To succeed at mobile application development, Facebook had to shift its focus dramatically, reallocating engineering resources and acqui-hiring small mobile companies in order to build up the domain expertise for mobile. As a side effect of this transition to mobile, Facebook developed an understanding of how dramatically software engineering was changed by the introduction of smartphones and the high bandwidth requirements of social networking. The challenges of this new paradigm led to the development of open source tools such as GraphQL and React Native, which have allowed countless projects to build applications more easily. Jocelyn Goldfein was an engineering director at Facebook for four years, from 2010 to 2014. She currently works as an investor at Zetta Venture Partners. In her time at Facebook, Jocelyn saw the shift to mobile firsthand. In today’s episode, she describes how Facebook management works, and gives her perspective on the distinguishing characteristics of the engineering organization as a whole. RECENT UPDATES: <a href="http://findcollabs.com/open" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FindCollabs Open has started. It is our second FindCollabs hackathon, and we are giving away $2500 in prizes. The prizes will be awarded in categories such as machine learning, business plan, music, visual art, and JavaScript. If one of those areas sounds interesting to you, check out findcollabs.com/open!</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/findcollabs-podcast/id1460158612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FindCollabs Podcast is out!</a> <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We are booking sponsorships for Q3, find more details at https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/05/15/facebook-management-with-jocelyn-goldfein/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Management with Jocelyn Goldfein</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Facebook Management with Jocelyn Goldfein

Troy Goode

A gig economy application generates lots of notifications.  There is SMS, mobile phone updates, emails, and native application updates. If you order a ride from Uber, you might receive a text message and a push notification at the same time. If an app overloads the user with notifications, the user might end up annoyed and delete the app from their phone.  But perhaps all of these notifications are necessary. You would rather get three simultaneous notifications from your food delivery app than fail to get your food on time. If you are the mobile application developer building the food delivery app, what other choice do you have? At large companies such as Linkedin, there are entire teams devoted to figuring out how to optimize the notifications that they send you. It has a surprisingly large impact on the usability of a mobile application. Troy Goode is the founder of Courier, a company that provides notification optimization. This might sound like a small, trivial problem. But it actually has a large impact on the usage of apps. And it is not an easy engineering problem. Troy joins the show to talk about the problem that Courier solves and the backend infrastructure that powers it. Courier is built entirely on serverless APIs. This is a great case study in how to build a completely scalable infrastructure product based on serverless tools. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Courier with Troy Goode appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

A gig economy application generates lots of notifications.  There is SMS, mobile phone updates, emails, and native application updates. If you order a ride from Uber, you might receive a text message and a push notification at the same time. If an app overloads the user with notifications, the user might end up annoyed and delete the app from their phone.  But perhaps all of these notifications are necessary. You would rather get three simultaneous notifications from your food delivery app than fail to get your food on time. If you are the mobile application developer building the food delivery app, what other choice do you have? At large companies such as Linkedin, there are entire teams devoted to figuring out how to optimize the notifications that they send you. It has a surprisingly large impact on the usability of a mobile application. Troy Goode is the founder of Courier, a company that provides notification optimization. This might sound like a small, trivial problem. But it actually has a large impact on the usage of apps. And it is not an easy engineering problem. Troy joins the show to talk about the problem that Courier solves and the backend infrastructure that powers it. Courier is built entirely on serverless APIs. This is a great case study in how to build a completely scalable infrastructure product based on serverless tools. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2020/02/21/courier-with-troy-goode/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Courier with Troy Goode</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Courier with Troy Goode

Mike Vernal

Facebook’s strategy is shaped by long term goals, short term requirements, and the available resources of the company. Long term goals are necessary for thinking through big decisions such as acquisitions, hardware product investments, and open source software ecosystems. To implement long term goals, Facebook needs to communicate the vision of the company and foster an internal culture that supports that vision. Short term requirements can affect how the company is thinking on a more immediate time horizon. When Facebook realized the importance of mobile computing, the mentality in the company quickly shifted from looking at mobile as a tax on engineering resources to a long-term source of business value. When Google started to work on Google+, Facebook engineers focused their resources on the potential competitive threat. Facebook’s strategy is implemented by the engineers, product managers, and other employees of the company. Facebook is unique in its ability to allow those employees to self-assemble into work that is meaningful to the individuals as well as to the company.  As the long term goals and short term requirements of Facebook change over time, company resources are shifted to focus the company on the correct set of priorities. Some of those priorities might be speculative investments in new technologies. Other priorities might include doubling down on areas of the company that are showing promise. Mike Vernal worked as a VP of product and engineering at Facebook for 8 years. He left the company in 2016 and joined Sequoia Capital, where he now works as a partner. In his time at Facebook, he helped architect and implement strategies relating to product direction and engineering. Mike joins the show for a discussion about his time at Facebook and the strategic lessons that he learned from his time at the company.   RECENT UPDATES: The FindCollabs Open has started. It is our second FindCollabs hackathon, and we are giving away $2500 in prizes. The prizes will be awarded in categories such as machine learning, business plan, music, visual art, and JavaScript. If one of those areas sounds interesting to you, check out findcollabs.com/open! The FindCollabs Podcast is out! We are booking sponsorships for Q3, find more details at https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/ The post Facebook Strategy with Mike Vernal appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Facebook’s strategy is shaped by long term goals, short term requirements, and the available resources of the company. Long term goals are necessary for thinking through big decisions such as acquisitions, hardware product investments, and open source software ecosystems. To implement long term goals, Facebook needs to communicate the vision of the company and foster an internal culture that supports that vision. Short term requirements can affect how the company is thinking on a more immediate time horizon. When Facebook realized the importance of mobile computing, the mentality in the company quickly shifted from looking at mobile as a tax on engineering resources to a long-term source of business value. When Google started to work on Google+, Facebook engineers focused their resources on the potential competitive threat. Facebook’s strategy is implemented by the engineers, product managers, and other employees of the company. Facebook is unique in its ability to allow those employees to self-assemble into work that is meaningful to the individuals as well as to the company. As the long term goals and short term requirements of Facebook change over time, company resources are shifted to focus the company on the correct set of priorities. Some of those priorities might be speculative investments in new technologies. Other priorities might include doubling down on areas of the company that are showing promise. Mike Vernal worked as a VP of product and engineering at Facebook for 8 years. He left the company in 2016 and joined Sequoia Capital, where he now works as a partner. In his time at Facebook, he helped architect and implement strategies relating to product direction and engineering. Mike joins the show for a discussion about his time at Facebook and the strategic lessons that he learned from his time at the company. RECENT UPDATES: <a href="http://findcollabs.com/open" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FindCollabs Open has started. It is our second FindCollabs hackathon, and we are giving away $2500 in prizes. The prizes will be awarded in categories such as machine learning, business plan, music, visual art, and JavaScript. If one of those areas sounds interesting to you, check out findcollabs.com/open!</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/findcollabs-podcast/id1460158612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The FindCollabs Podcast is out!</a> <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We are booking sponsorships for Q3, find more details at https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/sponsor/</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/05/17/facebook-strategy-with-mike-vernal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Strategy with Mike Vernal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Facebook Strategy with Mike Vernal

Ben Horowitz

Photo credit: Elisabeth Fall Ben Horowitz started Loudcloud with Marc Andreessen in 1999. He ran the company for eight years and chronicled his experience in his first book The Hard Thing About Hard Things. In his time running Loudcloud, the dotcom bubble burst, but Loudcloud needed cash so badly that he took the company public in 2001. Loudcloud went through layoffs, downsizing, and a difficult strategic maneuver in which Loudcloud sold its cloud provider business for cash, then used the core competency it had developed to create new software for building and running cloud services. This new software was the core product of the company Opsware, which was sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6bn. The Loudcloud story looks like a rational, straightforward execution in retrospect, but at many points in the timeline, Ben was unsure he was making the correct decision. As the subtitle of his first book states “there are no easy answers.”  The Hard Thing About Hard Things tells the story of Loudcloud and Opsware in harrowing detail. Most founders of software companies will end up reading the book at some point when they are building their company, because there are so few books which capture the granular details of what it feels like to run a company. A CEO is completely alone in their understanding of the company. Nobody else has nearly as much information as the CEO–not the board, not the market, and not the employees. When you are a CEO, there is simply nobody to turn to who can give you the actionable advice that you wish you could have access to. And because there is nobody else, it means that the CEO’s own psychological state is extremely important. The Hard Thing About Hard Things provides a CEO with solace: while the CEO is alone within their company, they are not alone in the world. Every CEO has a set of issues which they have never faced before, and the CEO can learn to face those issues confidently and competently.  Like any influential book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things presents the reader with useful answers, but also raises many questions. How can a normal person foster the mentality of a leader? How can a leader convince smart people to follow their direction? How can a seemingly crazy direction be framed as completely rational? The second book by Ben Horowitz is called What You Do Is Who You Are. This book surveys a set of case studies in leadership, including a Haitian slave revolt, the Mongol empire, and a dominant prison gang. By studying violent environments, Ben frames leadership in the context of the highest stakes.  These stories are about life and death. When a leader’s performance is measured in blood, it frames the true nature of leadership in the starkest resolution. Ben uses each distilled example as a base case which inducts into broader applications: the cultures of Netflix, Facebook, Uber, and McDonalds are explored alongside editorials about Hillary Clinton and hip hop culture. Throughout all of these stories, the most important thread is continually reinforced: the leader creates the culture. The culture is the leader. What you do is who you are. Ben joins the show to discuss his writing, and how he has applied these beliefs to Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm he co-founded and leads today. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Check out our active projects:  FindCollabs is a place to build open source software. The SEDaily app for iOS and Android includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. Subscribe for ad-free episodes.  The post Leadership with Ben Horowitz appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Photo credit: Elisabeth Fall Ben Horowitz started Loudcloud with Marc Andreessen in 1999. He ran the company for eight years and chronicled his experience in his first book The Hard Thing About Hard Things. In his time running Loudcloud, the dotcom bubble burst, but Loudcloud needed cash so badly that he took the company public in 2001. Loudcloud went through layoffs, downsizing, and a difficult strategic maneuver in which Loudcloud sold its cloud provider business for cash, then used the core competency it had developed to create new software for building and running cloud services. This new software was the core product of the company Opsware, which was sold to HP in 2007 for $1.6bn. The Loudcloud story looks like a rational, straightforward execution in retrospect, but at many points in the timeline, Ben was unsure he was making the correct decision. As the subtitle of his first book states “there are no easy answers.”  The Hard Thing About Hard Things tells the story of Loudcloud and Opsware in harrowing detail. Most founders of software companies will end up reading the book at some point when they are building their company, because there are so few books which capture the granular details of what it feels like to run a company. A CEO is completely alone in their understanding of the company. Nobody else has nearly as much information as the CEO–not the board, not the market, and not the employees. When you are a CEO, there is simply nobody to turn to who can give you the actionable advice that you wish you could have access to. And because there is nobody else, it means that the CEO’s own psychological state is extremely important. The Hard Thing About Hard Things provides a CEO with solace: while the CEO is alone within their company, they are not alone in the world. Every CEO has a set of issues which they have never faced before, and the CEO can learn to face those issues confidently and competently.  Like any influential book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things presents the reader with useful answers, but also raises many questions. How can a normal person foster the mentality of a leader? How can a leader convince smart people to follow their direction? How can a seemingly crazy direction be framed as completely rational? The second book by Ben Horowitz is called What You Do Is Who You Are. This book surveys a set of case studies in leadership, including a Haitian slave revolt, the Mongol empire, and a dominant prison gang. By studying violent environments, Ben frames leadership in the context of the highest stakes.  These stories are about life and death. When a leader’s performance is measured in blood, it frames the true nature of leadership in the starkest resolution. Ben uses each distilled example as a base case which inducts into broader applications: the cultures of Netflix, Facebook, Uber, and McDonalds are explored alongside editorials about Hillary Clinton and hip hop culture. Throughout all of these stories, the most important thread is continually reinforced: the leader creates the culture. The culture is the leader. What you do is who you are. Ben joins the show to discuss his writing, and how he has applied these beliefs to Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm he co-founded and leads today. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>Check out our active projects:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to build open source software.</li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SEDaily app for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a> includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> for ad-free episodes.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/11/04/leadership-with-ben-horowitz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leadership with Ben Horowitz</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Leadership with Ben Horowitz

Kent Beck

Kent Beck is a legendary figure in the world of software engineering.  Kent was an early advocate of Test-Driven Development (TDD), and popularized the idea of writing unit tests before writing code that would satisfy those unit tests. A unit test isolates and tests a small piece of functionality within a large piece of software. Practitioners of Test-Driven Development write tens or hundreds of tests in order to cover a large variety of cases that could potentially occur within their software. When Kent Beck joined Facebook in 2011, he was 50 years old and thought he had seen everything in the software industry. During Facebook Boot Camp, Kent started to realize that Facebook was very different than any other company he had seen. Facebook Boot Camp is the six-week onboarding process that every new hire learns about the software practices of the company. After graduating Facebook Boot Camp, Kent began to explore Facebook’s codebase and culture. He found himself rethinking many of the tenets of software engineering that he had previously thought were immutable. Kent joins the show to discuss his time at Facebook, and how the company’s approach to building and scaling products thoroughly reshaped his beliefs about software engineering. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com ANNOUNCEMENTS Check out our active companies and projects:  FindCollabs is a place to find collaborators and build projects. Find a project to work on Podsheets is an open source podcast hosting platform built with the learnings from Software Engineering Daily. Our goal is to be the best place to host and monetize your podcast. If you have been thinking about starting a podcast, check out podsheets.com.  The SEDaily app for iOS and Android includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. Subscribe for ad-free episodes.  The post Facebook Engineering Process with Kent Beck appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Kent Beck is a legendary figure in the world of software engineering.  Kent was an early advocate of Test-Driven Development (TDD), and popularized the idea of writing unit tests before writing code that would satisfy those unit tests. A unit test isolates and tests a small piece of functionality within a large piece of software. Practitioners of Test-Driven Development write tens or hundreds of tests in order to cover a large variety of cases that could potentially occur within their software. When Kent Beck joined Facebook in 2011, he was 50 years old and thought he had seen everything in the software industry. During Facebook Boot Camp, Kent started to realize that Facebook was very different than any other company he had seen. Facebook Boot Camp is the six-week onboarding process that every new hire learns about the software practices of the company. After graduating Facebook Boot Camp, Kent began to explore Facebook’s codebase and culture. He found himself rethinking many of the tenets of software engineering that he had previously thought were immutable. Kent joins the show to discuss his time at Facebook, and how the company’s approach to building and scaling products thoroughly reshaped his beliefs about software engineering. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>ANNOUNCEMENTS</h2> Check out our active companies and projects: <ul> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to find collaborators and build projects. Find a project to work on</li> <li><a href="http://podsheets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podsheets</a> is an open source podcast hosting platform built with the learnings from Software Engineering Daily. Our goal is to be the best place to host and monetize your podcast. If you have been thinking about starting a podcast, check out <a href="http://podsheets.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podsheets.com</a>. </li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SEDaily app for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a> includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> for ad-free episodes.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/08/28/facebook-engineering-process-with-kent-beck/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Engineering Process with Kent Beck</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Facebook Engineering Process with Kent Beck

Praneet Sharma

Shailin Dhar

Advertising fraud occurs when a brand pays for an advertisement online and that advertisement is shown to an automated bot account that has been created to view ads. Advertising fraud is rampant on the Internet. It’s not possible to know how much money is lost to ad fraud, but the costs are in the billions of dollars. Praneet Sharma and Shailin Dhar are the founders of Method Media Intelligence, a company that builds solutions around improving advertising quality. In previous shows, Praneet and Shailin have described the online advertising ecosystem in detail. They have told stories of bot farms, replay attacks, and adtech companies. In today’s episode, Praneet and Shailin return to the show to discuss how advertising fraud is getting worse–not better. Praneet and Shailin worked with BuzzFeed reporter Craig Silverman, who was a previous guest on the show to talk about his remarkable findings about mobile advertising fraud, which accounts for hundreds of millions of dollars in theft every year. The post Ad Fraud Engineering with Praneet Sharma and Shailin Dhar appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Advertising fraud occurs when a brand pays for an advertisement online and that advertisement is shown to an automated bot account that has been created to view ads. Advertising fraud is rampant on the Internet. It’s not possible to know how much money is lost to ad fraud, but the costs are in the billions of dollars. Praneet Sharma and Shailin Dhar are the founders of Method Media Intelligence, a company that builds solutions around improving advertising quality. In previous shows, Praneet and Shailin have described the online advertising ecosystem in detail. They have told stories of bot farms, replay attacks, and adtech companies. In today’s episode, Praneet and Shailin return to the show to discuss how advertising fraud is getting worse–not better. Praneet and Shailin worked with BuzzFeed reporter <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/02/28/ad-fraud-economics-with-craig-silverman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Silverman, who was a previous guest</a> on the show to talk about his remarkable findings about mobile advertising fraud, which accounts for hundreds of millions of dollars in theft every year. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/03/12/ad-fraud-engineering-with-praneet-sharma-and-shailin-dhar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ad Fraud Engineering with Praneet Sharma and Shailin Dhar</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Ad Fraud Engineering with Praneet Sharma and Shailin Dhar

Astasia Myers

Investors often use the term “moat” to describe the durable competitive advantage of a company. When an investor puts money into a company, they are making that investment based on a valuation. That valuation is subjective–it is how much the investor thinks the company is worth. A valuation is determined by the present value of future cash flows. What are the future cash flows of a company? In order to figure that out, the investor needs to know how the business will look in the future. This is why moats are so important. If an investor looks at how much money a business made this year, it does not tell the investor very much information about how much money the business will make in the future. If the business has a durable competitive advantage, then that means that the cash flows of the company are also durable. It also means that any compounding of those cash flows will be durable growth. It is easy to understand durability for some businesses. Why do we keep using Google? Because there is no substitute search engine that is so integrated with our daily lives. Why do we keep using Facebook? Because there is no other social networking company that has all of our friends and family. But what about companies with substitutes? There are lots of cloud providers, log management companies, and analytics providers. These are crowded markets, and yet in each of the crowded markets there seems to be a dominant player who captures the most market share. Why is that? How do software companies in competitive markets develop a moat? Astasia Myers is a venture investor with Redpoint, a software investment firm that makes large bets on technology companies. Astasia joins the show to discuss how software companies form competitive advantages, as well as several specific markets such as log management and cloud cost optimization. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Check out our active companies and projects:  FindCollabs is a place to build open source software. The SEDaily app for iOS and Android includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. Subscribe for ad-free episodes.  The post Software Moats with Astasia Myers appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Investors often use the term “moat” to describe the durable competitive advantage of a company. When an investor puts money into a company, they are making that investment based on a valuation. That valuation is subjective–it is how much the investor thinks the company is worth. A valuation is determined by the present value of future cash flows. What are the future cash flows of a company? In order to figure that out, the investor needs to know how the business will look in the future. This is why moats are so important. If an investor looks at how much money a business made this year, it does not tell the investor very much information about how much money the business will make in the future. If the business has a durable competitive advantage, then that means that the cash flows of the company are also durable. It also means that any compounding of those cash flows will be durable growth. It is easy to understand durability for some businesses. Why do we keep using Google? Because there is no substitute search engine that is so integrated with our daily lives. Why do we keep using Facebook? Because there is no other social networking company that has all of our friends and family. But what about companies with substitutes? There are lots of cloud providers, log management companies, and analytics providers. These are crowded markets, and yet in each of the crowded markets there seems to be a dominant player who captures the most market share. Why is that? How do software companies in competitive markets develop a moat? Astasia Myers is a venture investor with Redpoint, a software investment firm that makes large bets on technology companies. Astasia joins the show to discuss how software companies form competitive advantages, as well as several specific markets such as log management and cloud cost optimization. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>Check out our active companies and projects:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to build open source software.</li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SEDaily app for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a> includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> for ad-free episodes.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/09/30/software-moats-with-astasia-myers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Moats with Astasia Myers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Software Moats with Astasia Myers

Quincy Larson

freeCodeCamp was started five years ago with the goal of providing free coding education to anyone on the Internet. freeCodeCamp has become the best place to begin learning how to write software. There are many other places that a software engineer should visit on their educational journey, but freeCodeCamp is the best place to start, because it is free, and there are no advertisements.  For most people learning to code, the price of that education is important, because they are learning to code to build a new career. It’s also important that a new programmer learns from an unbiased source of information, because an ad-supported environment will educate the new programmer towards products that they might not need. freeCodeCamp has not been easy to build. Building freeCodeCamp has required expertise in software engineering, business, media, and community development. The donation-based business model of freeCodeCamp doesn’t collect very much money. Why would somebody build a non-profit when they could spend their time building a highly profitable software company? Quincy Larson is the founder of freeCodeCamp, and he joins the show for a special episode about his backstory and the journey to building the best place on the Internet for a new programmer to begin. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Announcements  We are hiring a content writer and also an operations lead. Both of these are part-time positions working closely with Jeff and Erika. If you are interested in working with us, send an email to jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com.  Show Notes Support freeCodeCamp The post freeCodeCamp with Quincy Larson appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

freeCodeCamp was started five years ago with the goal of providing free coding education to anyone on the Internet. freeCodeCamp has become the best place to begin learning how to write software. There are many other places that a software engineer should visit on their educational journey, but freeCodeCamp is the best place to start, because it is free, and there are no advertisements.  For most people learning to code, the price of that education is important, because they are learning to code to build a new career. It’s also important that a new programmer learns from an unbiased source of information, because an ad-supported environment will educate the new programmer towards products that they might not need. freeCodeCamp has not been easy to build. Building freeCodeCamp has required expertise in software engineering, business, media, and community development. The donation-based business model of freeCodeCamp doesn’t collect very much money. Why would somebody build a non-profit when they could spend their time building a highly profitable software company? Quincy Larson is the founder of freeCodeCamp, and he joins the show for a special episode about his backstory and the journey to building the best place on the Internet for a new programmer to begin. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> Announcements <ul> <li>We are hiring a content writer and also an operations lead. Both of these are part-time positions working closely with Jeff and Erika. If you are interested in working with us, send an email to jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com.</li> </ul> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support freeCodeCamp</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/12/20/freecodecamp-with-quincy-larson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freeCodeCamp with Quincy Larson</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

freeCodeCamp with Quincy Larson

James Smith

Crash monitoring emerged as a software category over the last decade. Crash monitoring software allows developers to understand when their applications are crashing on client devices. For example, we have an app for Software Engineering Daily that people download on Android or iOS. Users download the app to their smartphone. When the user is playing an episode, and the app crashes, the details of the crash are sent to a server that collects all of these crash reports. Crash reports allow a company to understand where their application is breaking on client devices. This is important, since there are so many client surfaces to test, from iOS to Android to browsers. As a business, crash monitoring is a category that has some similarities to log management. There are lots of companies that offer crash monitoring. At first glance, it seems like a simple problem to solve. It seems like a market without winner-take-all or winner-take-most dynamics. But at scale, crash monitoring becomes a deeply complex engineering problem. From indexing to database choices to complex distributed systems tradeoffs, crash monitoring is not a simple business, and it promises to provide an extremely good business for the few companies who are able to out-execute the crowded market. James Smith is the CEO of Bugsnag, a company that makes crash monitoring and application stability tools. James returns to the show to discuss the growth-stage engineering challenges of error monitoring, and the business opportunities that come with them. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Bugsnag Business with James Smith appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Crash monitoring emerged as a software category over the last decade. Crash monitoring software allows developers to understand when their applications are crashing on client devices. For example, we have an app for Software Engineering Daily that people download on Android or iOS. Users download the app to their smartphone. When the user is playing an episode, and the app crashes, the details of the crash are sent to a server that collects all of these crash reports. Crash reports allow a company to understand where their application is breaking on client devices. This is important, since there are so many client surfaces to test, from iOS to Android to browsers. As a business, crash monitoring is a category that has some similarities to log management. There are lots of companies that offer crash monitoring. At first glance, it seems like a simple problem to solve. It seems like a market without winner-take-all or winner-take-most dynamics. But at scale, crash monitoring becomes a deeply complex engineering problem. From indexing to database choices to complex distributed systems tradeoffs, crash monitoring is not a simple business, and it promises to provide an extremely good business for the few companies who are able to out-execute the crowded market. James Smith is the CEO of <a href="https://bugsnag.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bugsnag</a>, a company that makes crash monitoring and application stability tools. James returns to the show to discuss the growth-stage engineering challenges of error monitoring, and the business opportunities that come with them. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/11/13/bugsnag-business-with-james-smith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bugsnag Business with James Smith</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Bugsnag Business with James Smith

Sunil Dhaliwal

Robotics, genomics, and backend infrastructure: as an investor, it can be difficult to assess the viability of a startup that is on the cutting edge in any of these areas. A robotics startup requires a team with an integrated understanding of hardware and software. A genomics company will not only have to develop a successful healthcare product, but will have to bring it to market through regulation. And in the world of backend infrastructure, building a business that will be differentiated from giant cloud providers gets harder every day. Amplify Partners is a venture capital fund with an emphasis on technical investments. Their portfolio includes infrastructure companies like Datadog and Gremlin, as well as pharmaceutical and hardware companies. Sunil Dhaliwal is the founder of Amplify Partners, and joins the show to discuss the thesis of Amplify. The investments that Amplify makes are in technical companies–which makes these financing decisions complex enough to require detailed, individualized research. But there are commonalities among the founding teams. Sunil lays out a useful rubric for anyone who is looking to learn about venture capital investing. The post Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Robotics, genomics, and backend infrastructure: as an investor, it can be difficult to assess the viability of a startup that is on the cutting edge in any of these areas. A robotics startup requires a team with an integrated understanding of hardware and software. A genomics company will not only have to develop a successful healthcare product, but will have to bring it to market through regulation. And in the world of backend infrastructure, building a business that will be differentiated from giant cloud providers gets harder every day. Amplify Partners is a venture capital fund with an emphasis on technical investments. Their portfolio includes infrastructure companies like Datadog and Gremlin, as well as pharmaceutical and hardware companies. Sunil Dhaliwal is the founder of Amplify Partners, and joins the show to discuss the thesis of Amplify. The investments that Amplify makes are in technical companies–which makes these financing decisions complex enough to require detailed, individualized research. But there are commonalities among the founding teams. Sunil lays out a useful rubric for anyone who is looking to learn about venture capital investing. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/12/07/technical-investing-with-sunil-dhaliwal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Technical Investing with Sunil Dhaliwal

Antonio Garcia Martinez

Chaos Monkeys is a book about Silicon Valley startups and Facebook. It is one of the most accurate books written about the modern technology industry, and captures both the negatives and the positives of software companies. Antonio Garcia Martinez is the author of Chaos Monkeys. He wrote the book after going through a gauntlet of prototypical Silicon Valley experiences. Antonio founded an adtech company called AdGrok. His company was funded by the startup accelerator Y-Combinator, and during his time at the company there were many dramatic events that Antonio tells in great detail. AdGrok was acquired by Twitter, and Antonio went to work at Facebook on its ads platform. Antonio is a fantastic writer. What makes Chaos Monkeys special is that it reads like a book written by an author who accidentally found himself in a technology career, rather than a technologist who opportunistically wrote a book. Note: This episode contains explicit language. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com Check out our active projects:  We are hiring a head of growth. If you like Software Engineering Daily and consider yourself competent in sales, marketing, and strategy, send me an email: jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com FindCollabs is a place to build open source software. The SEDaily app for iOS and Android includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. Subscribe for ad-free episodes.  The post Facebook Fallout with Antonio Garcia Martinez appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Chaos Monkeys is a book about Silicon Valley startups and Facebook. It is one of the most accurate books written about the modern technology industry, and captures both the negatives and the positives of software companies. Antonio Garcia Martinez is the author of Chaos Monkeys. He wrote the book after going through a gauntlet of prototypical Silicon Valley experiences. Antonio founded an adtech company called AdGrok. His company was funded by the startup accelerator Y-Combinator, and during his time at the company there were many dramatic events that Antonio tells in great detail. AdGrok was acquired by Twitter, and Antonio went to work at Facebook on its ads platform. Antonio is a fantastic writer. What makes Chaos Monkeys special is that it reads like a book written by an author who accidentally found himself in a technology career, rather than a technologist who opportunistically wrote a book. Note: This episode contains explicit language. Sponsorship inquiries: <a href="mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com</a> <h2>Check out our active projects:</h2> <ul> <li>We are hiring a <a href="https://www.softwaredaily.com/jobs/5c3a6cf0f7fb250029d873a9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">head of growth</a>. If you like Software Engineering Daily and consider yourself competent in sales, marketing, and strategy, send me an email: jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com</li> <li><a href="https://findcollabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FindCollabs</a> is a place to build open source software.</li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/software-engineering-daily/id1253734426?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SEDaily app for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koalatea.sedaily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Android</a> includes all 1000 of our old episodes, as well as related links, greatest hits, and topics. <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> for ad-free episodes.</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/10/31/facebook-fallout-with-antonio-garcia-martinez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Fallout with Antonio Garcia Martinez</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Facebook Fallout with Antonio Garcia Martinez

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