Future Founder Promise

Show Notes: Sam Blinde is an accomplished Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer at Nearform (formerly Formidable Labs), where she has been instrumental in leading and driving the development of cutting-edge projects for over two years. Sam brings extensive expertise in React, Redux, Node.js, Next.js, and ypeScript to her current role. Beyond her technical prowess, Sam has excelled in various leadership capacities, including mentoring peers, onboarding new hires, and even managing hiring processes, showcasing her commitment to fostering growth and collaboration within her teams. With a diverse background spanning technical innovation, leadership, and user-centric design, Sam brought a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this discussion. This interview taps into the following topics: Design To Front-End Career In Management Splitting Time Keeping Context Being Accountable Owning Your Career IC Recommendations Growing Responsibilities Skill Overlaps Mentoring People Wins For Managers Advocating For Others Reviews Feedback Delegating Effectively Building Trust Leading By Example Having Boundaries Protecting Focus Time Adjusting Plans Revisiting University AI Impacts AI & Learning Skills Links: ⁠Sam Blinde⁠ ⁠GitHub⁠ ⁠X⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Nearform⁠ ⁠Stellate

Show Notes: Sam Blinde is an accomplished Engineering Manager and Senior Software Engineer at Nearform (formerly Formidable Labs), where she has been instrumental in leading and driving the development of cutting-edge projects for over two years. Sam brings extensive technical expertise in React, Redux, Node.js, Next.js, and TypeScript to her current role. Beyond her technical prowess, Sam has excelled in various leadership capacities, including mentoring peers, onboarding new hires, and even managing hiring processes, showcasing her commitment to fostering growth and collaboration within her teams. With a diverse background spanning technical innovation, leadership, and user-centric design, Sam brought a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this discussion. This interview taps into the following topics: Remote Work At Formidable Office vs. Remote vs. Hybrid Liberating Remote Culture Social Connections Scheduled Fun Fostering Connections Time Zone Challenges Games Managing Teams Developing Growth Space For Expressing Feelings Honesty & Transparency Community Channels Minecraft Team Server Trust Battery Culture Of Trust Using Timers Radical Candor Empathetic Feedback Work-Life Balance Protecting Your Time Importance Of Celebrations Company Podcast For Team Building Internal Tool Building Links: Sam Blinde GitHub X LinkedIn Nearform Stellate

Show Notes Maria Constantine, an educator turned startup generalist, is driven by a commitment to human-centric business practices. Presently, as the Executive Operations Manager at Stellate, she plays a pivotal role in achieving scalability through comprehensive strategies encompassing sales, marketing, operations, and client support. Maria's extensive background in executive operations management, business development, and marketing equips her with a multifaceted perspective. She adeptly oversees critical areas of sales operations, executive management, and marketing strategies, ensuring cohesive and effective approaches. During her leisure time, Maria channels her passion for reading into developing an app dedicated to enhancing the digital reading experience. Links: Twitter LinedIn Stellate My Bookstory app

Show Notes: In this podcast episode, Andreas Heiberg hosts Brian Walters from Nearform (Formidable Labs) and Viktor Tortolero from Stellate. The discussion revolves around accessibility in web development. Brian, a seasoned software engineer with over 15 years of experience, emphasizes that accessibility isn't solely about making adjustments for specific disabilities; rather, it contributes to an enhanced experience for all users. Viktor, a front-end engineer based in Guadalajara, shares insights into the importance of inclusive design, highlighting the necessity to accommodate diverse use cases and cater to different ways people interact with websites. This conversation delves into Stellate's recent accessibility audit, a proactive measure taken during a recent redesign. Viktor provides key learnings from the process, emphasizing the ongoing effort required to maintain accessibility. Brian echoes these sentiments, underscoring the challenges posed when introducing JavaScript widgets and the importance of making content decisions collaboratively within the team. The discussion illuminates accessibility as a continuous commitment, enriching the development lifecycle for a more robust and inclusive user experience. Topics Discussed: Accessibility "Normal People" Better For Everyone Inclusive Design Accessibility Audit Success Criteria Content Decisions Semantically Understood Team Effort Accessibility By Default Focus Issues HTML Order Accessibility Libraries Infinite Scrolling Scrolljacking Progressive Enhancement JS Interactivity W3C Accessibility Standards Valuable Resources axe Accessibility DevTools Proactivity vs Reactivity Accessibility Advocacy Pagination Navigation Screen Readers Growing Importance MVP Accessibility Limiting Customers Hooks Pro Tips Blind Power Users Links: Nearform Brian Walters Andreas Heiberg Victor Tortolero Stellate

Show Notes: Andreas Heiberg is an experienced entrepreneur and a software engineering leader with a passion for product development, space exploration, and nuclear energy. From shaping healthcare solutions at Babylon to optimizing global logistics at Gelato, Andreas brings a wealth of experience. He has co-founded and worked at a handful of venture-backed tech companies; ranging from startups to large enterprises across a diverse set of industries. In this interview Andreas shares many insights from his dynamic career. Topics Discussed: U.K. and U.S. Appeal Graphic Design and University Early Website Building Career Trajectory Becoming a Manager Consulting First Startups Startup Advice Working at Stellate Creating Culture Favourite Jobs Peace Time Leadership Moving Mountains Distributed Work Decompressing Influential Mentors Approximation of Progress AI Societal Changes Questioning Norms U.S. Startup Ecosystem Access to Capital Intense Workplace Fields of Interest Nuclear Energy Sailing Education in Denmark Question Everything Links: GitHub Website X LinkedIn

Show Notes: Victor Tortolero is a dedicated Senior Software Engineer at Stellate. He is specializing in front-end development, and has experience in open source. While his expertise lies in front-end development, Victor has also demonstrated proficiency in back-end tasks; consistently delivering end-to-end solutions with precision and care. During his time at Stellate, Victor has been instrumental in developing groundbreaking new features around GraphQL caching, and his work reflects his meticulous approach and deep technical understanding. Victor is currently based in Guadalajara and enjoys the local culture and food. Topics Discussed: Mexico Being Self-Taught Stellate CLI5 Startups Company Culture Becoming A Developer Math Remote Work AI Open Source Mentors Hotspot Mexico Links: Website Twitter GitHub LinkedIn

Show Notes: Hello. I'm Bogdan from Romania. I'm known for designing scalable digital systems, and my expertise is rooted in HTML/CSS/JS architecture. I'm driven by the pursuit of maintainable and reusable solutions and advocate for web apps that are both accessible and adaptable in our ever-changing digital landscape. I've always been drawn to the dynamic nature of sports: the thrill of chasing a ball on the tennis court, the rapid exchanges in a game of padel, or the strategic maneuvering of squash. The precision and focus required in these sports mirror my approach to life and work. When I'm not indulging in these adrenaline-packed activities, you'll find me immersed in the rhythmic world of movie soundtracks, which provide the perfect backdrop for my coding sessions. Topics Discussed: Origins Romania Early Tech Exposure First "Web Dollars" University Experience People Skills Development Early Tech Jobs Ruby on Rails Shopify E-Commerce Complexity Startup Experiences Deloitte Experience Growing A Team Freelancer Marketplace Startup Learnings Travel and Remote Work Coffee Shop Stimulus Nomad or Not Career Highs and Lows McDonald's Experience Taking Chances Passion for UI Designing for Developers Remote Work Experiences Asynchronous Collaboration Oversharing Racket Sports Hobbies GraphQL Experience Frontend Trends tRPC Open Source Work A.I. Trends A.I. Issues Stellate Experience Making Connections Future Outlook Links: http://bogdansoare.com/ Medium Twitter GitHub LinkedIn

Show Notes: In this “Meet The Team” episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Van Riper, a seasoned professional who brings a wealth of experience and passion for community work to the table. Van was the steward in the early days of a new developer community program that he helped start at Google, Google Developer Groups (Originally, Google Technology User Groups). Van worked as a global meta-community manager there. With two decades in community work, coupled with an impressive three decades in UX design and development, our guest and new team member's expertise is hard to match. We are grateful to work with someone who has dedicated himself so much to shaping vibrant developer communities with an eye for “win-win-wins” on all sides. Van's community adventure began in 2003 when volunteer work as a global community builder among developers ignited his passion. This led him to seize the opportunity to join Google as a full-time developer relations professional in 2010; marking a significant milestone in their career with many remarkable contributions. A deep passion for well-being practices adds a unique perspective to his work. At Stellate Van will build a strong foundation for the GraphQL community to thrive and grow. Hear Van Riper's perspective on: Community Liaison Work Getting Into Tech Studying At MIT Growing Up First Community Efforts Hewlett Packard Experience Career High Points User Interface Design Early UI Communities Career Low Points Google Legal Battles Representing Google Switching To DevRel Fostering Remote Communities Desire For Connection Unconferences' Strengths Self Care "Still Better Together" Sense Of Belonging GraphQL Community GraphQL Adoption Curve GraphQL At Scale Community Advocates Developer Evangelists Win-Win-Wins Early Community Building Community Tree Minimum Viable Communities Open Source Communities Starting Community Work Google vs AWS Community Competitive Advantages VC's Community Focus Community Volunteering Links: Van Riper on LinkedIn Van Riper on Medium Van Riper on Twitter We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

A “Meet The Team” FFP interview with Stellate Staff Software Engineer Jovi De Croock. Jovi is a software engineer who's very passionate about open-source, performance and developer-experience. He is part of the Preact and urql core teams. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with friends and running. Hear Jovi's perspective on: Origins Software Love Joining Stellate Consultancy Years Formidable Labs Ownership Open Source DNA Company Building Default To Open Favourite Job Supportive Culture Joining Startups Avoiding Red Flags Values Checking Culture Addition Decompressing Self Advice Context Is Key Open Source Funding Collaboration vs Focus Belgium Working Hard Getting Into Open Source Studying Psychology Books GraphQL Ecosystem Communication Skills Junior Dev Tips Problem Solving GraphQL's Future Personal Routine Website: https://www.jovidecroock.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/JoviDeCroock Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoviDeC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovidecroock?originalSubdomain=be We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with Guy Podjarny. Guy is a renowned entrepreneur and technologist who currently serves as the co-founder and president at Snyk, a leading cloud-native security company. Guy also hosts of The Secure Developer podcast, and is an O'Reilly author.  Prior to Snyk, Guy Podjarny co-founded Blaze, a groundbreaking web security startup that was later acquired by Akamai Technologies. With over two decades of experience in the software industry, Guy is recognized as a thought leader in the field of application security and has contributed to several open-source projects, including OWASP Top Ten and the Node.js security project. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored the book "Securing Open Source Libraries" to help developers improve the security of their software. As a passionate advocate for secure software development, Guy is dedicated to empowering developers to write secure code from the start. His mission with Snyk is to democratize security and make it accessible to all developers, regardless of their level of expertise. Under his leadership, Snyk has grown rapidly and become a trusted partner for many of the world's leading companies. Guy's innovative thinking and commitment to building a better, more secure digital world have earned him numerous accolades. Hear Guy Podjarny's perspective on: Invisible Security Providing Value Risk Reduction ROI Calculator Justifying Expenses Aligning On Price Messaging Is Definition Power Statements Product Problem Understanding Value Holding Complexity Primary Bits Core Messaging Links: Guy Podjarny on ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Snyk⁠ ⁠The Secure Developer Podcast⁠ Guy Podjarny on ⁠GitHub⁠ We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with Guy Podjarny. Guy is a renowned entrepreneur and technologist who currently serves as the co-founder and president at Snyk, a leading cloud-native security company. Guy also hosts of The Secure Developer podcast, and is an O'Reilly author.  Prior to Snyk, Guy Podjarny co-founded Blaze, a groundbreaking web security startup that was later acquired by Akamai Technologies. With over two decades of experience in the software industry, Guy is recognized as a thought leader in the field of application security and has contributed to several open-source projects, including OWASP Top Ten and the Node.js security project. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored the book "Securing Open Source Libraries" to help developers improve the security of their software. As a passionate advocate for secure software development, Guy is dedicated to empowering developers to write secure code from the start. His mission with Snyk is to democratize security and make it accessible to all developers, regardless of their level of expertise. Under his leadership, Snyk has grown rapidly and become a trusted partner for many of the world's leading companies. Guy's innovative thinking and commitment to building a better, more secure digital world have earned him numerous accolades. Hear Guy Podjarny's perspective on: Heavybit Environment High Standards Functionality vs Security Monetizing Security Explosive Growth Founder Image Humility Culture Unsolved Problems Appreciating Success Celebrating Teams Hiring Leadership Execution Ability Vision & Hustle Assessing Leadership Replacing Executives Retaining Leaders Heads Of X Inflated Titles Links: Guy Podjarny on ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Snyk⁠ ⁠The Secure Developer Podcast⁠ Guy Podjarny on ⁠GitHub⁠ We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with Guy Podjarny. Guy is a renowned entrepreneur and technologist who currently serves as the co-founder and president at Snyk, a leading cloud-native security company. Guy also hosts of The Secure Developer podcast, and is an O'Reilly author.  Prior to Snyk, Guy Podjarny co-founded Blaze, a groundbreaking web security startup that was later acquired by Akamai Technologies. With over two decades of experience in the software industry, Guy is recognized as a thought leader in the field of application security and has contributed to several open-source projects, including OWASP Top Ten and the Node.js security project. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored the book "Securing Open Source Libraries" to help developers improve the security of their software. As a passionate advocate for secure software development, Guy is dedicated to empowering developers to write secure code from the start. His mission with Snyk is to democratize security and make it accessible to all developers, regardless of their level of expertise. Under his leadership, Snyk has grown rapidly and become a trusted partner for many of the world's leading companies. Guy's innovative thinking and commitment to building a better, more secure digital world have earned him numerous accolades. Hear Guy Podjarny's perspective on: Outside Perspective Family Grounding Adapting Scale Managing Family Life Disconnecting Travel Rules Importance Of Vacations Inflection Points Dev Tools Companies Product User Fit Embracing Security Depth vs. Breadth Narrow But Deep Product Buyer Fit Links: Guy Podjarny on ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Snyk⁠ ⁠The Secure Developer Podcast⁠ Guy Podjarny on ⁠GitHub⁠ We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with Guy Podjarny. Guy is a renowned entrepreneur and technologist who currently serves as the co-founder and president at Snyk, a leading cloud-native security company. Guy also hosts of The Secure Developer podcast, and is an O'Reilly author.  Prior to Snyk, Guy Podjarny co-founded Blaze, a groundbreaking web security startup that was later acquired by Akamai Technologies. With over two decades of experience in the software industry, Guy is recognized as a thought leader in the field of application security and has contributed to several open-source projects, including OWASP Top Ten and the Node.js security project. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored the book "Securing Open Source Libraries" to help developers improve the security of their software. As a passionate advocate for secure software development, Guy is dedicated to empowering developers to write secure code from the start. His mission with Snyk is to democratize security and make it accessible to all developers, regardless of their level of expertise. Under his leadership, Snyk has grown rapidly and become a trusted partner for many of the world's leading companies. Guy's innovative thinking and commitment to building a better, more secure digital world have earned him numerous accolades. Hear Guy Podjarny's perspective on: Guy Podjarny's Journey Typical Week Replacing Himself Growing Quickly Snyk & Blaze Product Vision Looking Ahead Angel Investing External Perspectives Becoming A CTO Holistic Big Picture Quality Co-Founders Israel Branch Addictive Rollercoaster Links: Guy Podjarny on ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Snyk⁠ ⁠The Secure Developer Podcast⁠ Guy Podjarny on ⁠GitHub⁠ We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with Guy Podjarny. Guy is a renowned entrepreneur and technologist who currently serves as the co-founder and president at Snyk, a leading cloud-native security company. Guy also hosts of The Secure Developer podcast, and is an O'Reilly author.  Prior to Snyk, Guy Podjarny co-founded Blaze, a groundbreaking web security startup that was later acquired by Akamai Technologies. With over two decades of experience in the software industry, Guy is recognized as a thought leader in the field of application security and has contributed to several open-source projects, including OWASP Top Ten and the Node.js security project. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has authored the book "Securing Open Source Libraries" to help developers improve the security of their software. As a passionate advocate for secure software development, Guy is dedicated to empowering developers to write secure code from the start. His mission with Snyk is to democratize security and make it accessible to all developers, regardless of their level of expertise. Under his leadership, Snyk has grown rapidly and become a trusted partner for many of the world's leading companies. Guy's innovative thinking and commitment to building a better, more secure digital world have earned him numerous accolades. Hear Guy Podjarny's perspective on: Puzzle Connoisseur Guy Podjarny's Journey Growing Quickly Snyk & Blaze Product Vision Looking Ahead Quality Co-Founders External Perspectives Becoming A CTO Holistic Big Picture Israel Branch Co-Founder Trust Addictive Rollercoaster Family Grounding Importance Of Vacations Managing Family Life Developer Tooling Embracing Security Narrow But Deep Product Buyer Fit Snyk's Inflection Point Snyk's Culture Hiring Leadership Heads Of X Failing Leaders Selling Something Invisible Aligning On Value Total Addressable Market Messaging Is Definition Holding Complexity Alleviating Complexity Links: Guy Podjarny on ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Snyk⁠ ⁠The Secure Developer Podcast⁠ Guy Podjarny on ⁠GitHub⁠ We are currently hiring at ⁠Stellate⁠. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our ⁠hiring page⁠.

A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Customers As Partners Absorbing Insights Actionable Feedback Loops Winning Means… Metrics As Products Guillermo's Personal Evolution Biggest Lessons Improving The World Authenticity & Transparency Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Balancing Focus Trusting Great Leaders Stellar Feedback Colleagues As Customers Finding Exceptional Leaders No or Hell Yeah! Important Heuristic Extremely Curious Scaling Yourself Guillermo's Motivation Owing The Web Customers As Partners Absorbing Insights Actionable Feedback Loops Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Staying Ahead Reverse Engineering Back Porting “Democratizing” Technology Access Typical CEO Day Oversimplifying Problems Infrastructure As Code Main Responsibilities Declarative Systems Driving Change Powerful Metaphors Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Simple vs Easy Engineering vs Shipping Protecting Crown Jewels Value System Software At Scale Enabling Features Psychological Safety Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A “Meet The Team” FFP interview with Stellate's first main designer Julian Bauer from the design agency Overnice. Here are a few lines in his own words about himself. Hi, I'm Julian, a self-taught designer and developer. I co-founded the brand and product design agency, Overnice, some years ago and have been helping high-tech startups get their brands and products right ever since. In my mind, a digital brand and its product should be one and the same thing. I'm passionate about the intersection of art, design and technology and get a fuzzy feeling every time I see someone pushing the limits of that. Lastly: I do judge books by their cover. Hear Julian's perspective on: Pandemic Reset Design Agency Beginnings Career Liftoff First Startup First UX Lessons Berlin Startup Scene Tech Influence Juggling Startups Brand Strategy Brand & UX Working with Good Founders Remote Freedom Job Satisfaction Carpentry Joys Influences Trends and AI Favorite Books Evaluating Usability Product Stories Incorporating Feedback Agency Transitioning Off Twitter: @julianbauer_ Overnice Agency: https://www.overnice.com/ LinkedIn Julian Bauer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jul1anbauer/ LinkedIn Overnice: https://www.linkedin.com/company/overnice/ We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Promoting Quickly Celebration Culture Sharing Kudos Best Feedback North Star Saying No "Hell Yes!" Decisions Customer Delight And vs Or Products Dismissing React Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Unearthing Talent Space To Thrive Fostering Talent Community Building Best Hires Great Product People Product Ownership Well-Defined Ownership Field Insights Working w/ Large Companies Vercel CLI Spectrum Of Abstractions API-First Companies ChatGPT Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Unearthing Talent Space To Thrive Fostering Talent Community Building Best Hires Great Product People Product Ownership Well-Defined Ownership Field Insights Working with Large Companies Vercel CLI Spectrum Of Abstractions API-First Companies ChatGPT Promoting Quickly Celebration Culture Sharing Kudos Best Feedback North Star Saying No "Hell Yes!" Decisions Customer Delight And vs Or Products Dismissing React Simple vs Easy Engineering vs Shipping Protecting Crown Jewels Value System Software at Scale Enabling Features Psychological Safety Reverse Engineering Back Porting Typical CEO Day Infrastructure as Code Declarative Systems Driving Change Powerful Metaphors Balancing Focus Trusting Great Leaders Stellar Feedback Colleagues as Customers Finding Exceptional Leaders No or Hell Yeah! Important Heuristic Extremely Curious Scaling Yourself Guillermo's Motivation Owing The Web Customers as Partners Absorbing Insights Actionable Feedback Loops Winning Means… Metrics as Products Guillermo's Personal Evolution Biggest Lessons Improving The World Authenticity & Transparency Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel Next.js Conf 2022 We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A “Meet The Team” FFP interview with Stellate's Global People Operations Manager Jenald Villena. Here are a few lines in his own words about himself. Hi! I'm Jenald, the Global People Operations Manager at Stellate. I have experience scaling micro-sized to medium-sized tech startups. I'm energized by being a trustworthy provider and helping and caring deeply for those around me. I'm a caretaker, who loves to plan and implement routine and organization. I apply this skill both to social contexts and the workplace, and can often be found planning events or activities that will bring happiness to others. Hear Jenald's perspective on: First Jobs In-N-Out University Working Hard Breaking Into Tech Temping Philippines Sense Of Community Between Two Cultures Bay Area Childhood Culture Shock Bay Area Changes People Operations Value Calm Under Pressure Paths Into Tech Caring For Others Remote Transition Connecting The Team No Work Meetings Pairing Beauty Of Startups Excited For Change Staying Current HR TikTok Learning-Driven Organisation Learning To Manage People Juggling Methodologies Favourite Books Mindset For Success Hidden People Ops Aspects Quiet Companies Value Interviews Eliminating Bias Onboarding Process Passion For Accounting Timezone Challenges Working With Kids Taking Things Personal Startup Advice Open To Learning Thankless Work Assuming Positive Intent The Great Resignation Learning About Each Other Dimensional App Check-In Questions Gratitude Culture Twitter: @dlanejv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenaldvillena/

A “Meet The Team” FFP interview with Stellate's Head of Customer Success Marko Locher. Marko is an experienced Customer Success professional with a history of working in developer tooling and startups. He spent the last couple of years learning all about and helping people with Continuous Integration and Delivery at companies like CloudBees and CodeShip. In his spare time, Marko enjoys skiing and sailing, among a lot of other outdoor activities. You can also find him reading the newest Expanse novel at Vienna's Donaukanal, or enjoying a coffee in one of the city's many cafes. Hear Marko's perspective on: Support and Customer Success Origins Austrian Stereotypes Quality Customer Support Responsive Organisations Documentation Great Customer Success Teams Avoidable Internal Struggles Getting Into Customer Success CodeShip CloudBees Acquisition Getting Into Startups Future Startup Plans Berlin Experience Stellate's Founder Support Voicing Ideas Avoidable Startup Nightmares Burnout Hustle Culture Sailing Instructor Life COVID Years Remote Office Environment Unhealthy Habits Decompress Strategies Joining Stellate Getting Into GraphQL GraphQL's Possible Future GraphQL Community Excitement About Stellate European Startup Ecosystem Austrian Startup Mindset Twitter: @mlocher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markolocher/

A FFP interview with Stellate's Senior Engineering Manager Philip Krauss. Philip has eight-plus years of engineering management under his belt, working in domains like security, geospatial, open source, and datastore. He spent the last couple of years at Elastic, leading the language clients & query languages teams in Elasticsearch. When Philip is not staring at a computer screen, he spends time with his family, fires up the BBQ grill, or enjoys the Tyrolean mountains on a snowboard or a mountain bike. Hear Philip's perspective on: Engineering Leadership Style Fostering Talent Bones Brigade Innsbruck Finding Time Learning Style Finding Time Why Stellate? Snowboarding Hustle Mentoring and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Parents & Time Parenting & Startup Life Lee Bryon Social & Self Time Empathy For Parents Intentionality "Self-Eliminating" Job Candidates and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Learning Journey Cross-Departmental Management Joys Of Startups Progress Over Perfection Sharing Learnings Applying Learnings Career Changes Jumping Into Tech Stretching Yourself Becoming A Parent Embracing Change Supportive Teams and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Transitioning Into Tech Ramp Up Efficiency Huge Change Support Tooling Slack Resistance Old School Companies Ultimate Signal For Growth and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Lauren Bell | Clip 02 Finding Rare People Mutual Testing Asking Hard Questions Design Requirements Impressive Self-Awareness Gravitating Towards People Gaining Executive Trust Developing Training Programs Jumping Into Challenges COVID Work Changes Initial Startup Intimidations and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Journey Into Recruiting College Goals Career Path Embracing Growth Mindset Passion For People Importance Of Connections Joining A Startup Stretching Yourself Earning Years Taking Chances Slope vs Intercept Evaluating Aptitude Passion Indicator Human Puzzles and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate's Full-Cycle Recruiter Lauren Bell. Lauren has a unique background of being part of an events startup. From the “just an idea” stage to helping operate and scale the company for 8.5 years. Lauren has owned the recruiting, people ops / HR, training, and onboarding processes, and worked with A-list entertainers on high-profile events and experiences. Lauren is a gritty employee advocate, passionate about motivating and developing others to their full potential in alignment with an organization's missions, vision, and goals. She has deep expertise in event planning and vendor management, and enjoys creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since leaving that role, she has worked as a full-cycle recruiter in two scaling companies: one for Armory, a CI/CD tech startup in Silicon Valley, and the other for a veterinary medicine conglomerate based in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, friends, and three dogs (Arnie, Mowgli, and Taco Bell). You can often find her enjoying live music, trying new gluten-free eateries, practicing photography, and gardening to relax! Hear Lauren's perspective on: Journey Into Recruiting Career Path Embracing Growth Mindset Passion For People Importance Of Connections Stretching Yourself Earning Years Taking Chances Slope vs Intercept Evaluating Aptitude Passion Indicator Human Puzzle Finding Rare People Mutual Testing Asking Hard Questions Gravitating Towards People Gaining Executive Trust COVID Work Changes Initial Startup Intimidations Tech Startup Learnings Default To Open Collaboration Tools Rear Mirror Inefficiencies Opportunities To Learn Shared Learnings Applying Learnings Pursuing New Opportunities Switching Industries Wearing All The Hats Becoming A Great Recruiter Embracing Change Supportive Team Becoming A Mum Parenting & Startups Maximizing Time Empathy For Parents Self-Elimination Tendencies and much more… Links: LinkedIn Twitter We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate Software Engineer Stephan Schneider. Stephan is a Berlin based software engineer with a deep love for backend logic and a living example that attending meetups can help your career progression. He started working for Contentful after being on one of the meetups they hosted and stuck with them for many years, building and maintaining various APIs, including their GraphQL API from scratch. He later toured a few meetups to give back to the community by talking about the lessons learned - design decisions, developer experience and performance on scale - and ended up chatting with the Stellate team on one of those. Now he's an engineer for Stellate, doubling-down on what he loves to do: helping users with their backend APIs. Hear Stephan's perspective on: Main Stellate learnings Striving for excellence Frequent retrospectives Retro culture Liked-Learned-Long for Overstepping Developer buy in Alignment phase Feeling heard Uncomfortable learnings Blame-free environment Feedback culture and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate Software Engineer Stephan Schneider. Stephan is a Berlin based software engineer with a deep love for backend logic and a living example that attending meetups can help your career progression. He started working for Contentful after being on one of the meetups they hosted and stuck with them for many years, building and maintaining various APIs, including their GraphQL API from scratch. He later toured a few meetups to give back to the community by talking about the lessons learned - design decisions, developer experience and performance on scale - and ended up chatting with the Stellate team on one of those. Now he's an engineer for Stellate, doubling-down on what he loves to do: helping users with their backend APIs. Hear Stephan's perspective on: New job GraphQL love Fading product attachment Quitting beloved job Joining small startup Productive pair programming Flow state Feeling productive Pairing engineering culture Sharing domain knowledge “The War Of Art” Starting vs proceeding Larger companies Office vs remote experience Meetup recruitment Quitting secure job Family support and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate Software Engineer Stephan Schneider. Stephan is a Berlin based software engineer with a deep love for backend logic and a living example that attending meetups can help your career progression. He started working for Contentful after being on one of the meetups they hosted and stuck with them for many years, building and maintaining various APIs, including their GraphQL API from scratch. He later toured a few meetups to give back to the community by talking about the lessons learned - design decisions, developer experience and performance on scale - and ended up chatting with the Stellate team on one of those. Now he's an engineer for Stellate, doubling-down on what he loves to do: helping users with their backend APIs. Hear Stephan's perspective on: Dream job requirements Back-End attraction CSS avoidance Internal framework downside Community adoption benefits Facebook's recruiting masterstroke Longing to learn Pull request driven learning Triangulating feedback Delayed feedback reflection “Listening to listen” Gratitude and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate Software Engineer Stephan Schneider. Stephan is a Berlin based software engineer with a deep love for backend logic and a living example that attending meetups can help your career progression. He started working for Contentful after being on one of the meetups they hosted and stuck with them for many years, building and maintaining various APIs, including their GraphQL API from scratch. He later toured a few meetups to give back to the community by talking about the lessons learned - design decisions, developer experience and performance on scale - and ended up chatting with the Stellate team on one of those. Now he's an engineer for Stellate, doubling-down on what he loves to do: helping users with their backend APIs. Hear Stephan's perspective on: Getting into coding Love for hardware Overclocking CPUs Science experiments w/ kids Outdated university classes Leaving university First job and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with Stellate Software Engineer Stephan Schneider. Stephan is a Berlin based software engineer with a deep love for backend logic and a living example that attending meetups can help your career progression. He started working for Contentful after being on one of the meetups they hosted and stuck with them for many years, building and maintaining various APIs, including their GraphQL API from scratch. He later toured a few meetups to give back to the community by talking about the lessons learned - design decisions, developer experience and performance on scale - and ended up chatting with the Stellate team on one of those. Now he's an engineer for Stellate, doubling-down on what he loves to do: helping users with their backend APIs. Hear Stephan's perspective on: Getting into coding Love for hardware Overclocking CPUs Outdated university classes Leaving university First job Dream job requirements Back-End attraction CSS avoidance Internal framework downside Community adoption benefits Facebook's recruiting masterstroke Longing to learn Pull request driven learning Triangulating feedback Delayed feedback reflection “Listening to listen” Gratitude and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the full interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: Obvious coaching benefits Coaching misconceptions Maintaining excellence Finding coaches "Chemistry Test" Practice space Winging leadership Skiing instructor training and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the full interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: What is coaching? Coaching stigma "Next level of greatness" Outside perspectives Common leadership problems "Coaching for everyone " Addressing fears Building trust Conflict aversion and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the full interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: DX responsibility Owning developer experience Autonomous teams Tips for ICs Developer productivity Relevant metrics SPACE framework Applied FOMO People-Process-Platform Small changes and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the full interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: DORA Metrics Assessing engineering orgs Productivity proxies The SPACE framework Developer experience focus Executive pressure Providing customer value Closing loops and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the full interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: Measuring developer productivity Productivity definitions DX Automatically generated metrics Productivity vs effectiveness Survey metrics "Elite teams" Telemetry data DORA metrics Continuous delivery Developer tooling bubble and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A FFP interview with the former VP of engineering and engineering leadership coach Laura Tacho. Laura helps with building high-performing dev teams. Previously she was leading engineering teams at Codeship and CloudBees. She partners with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and her engineering management program. You can find more information about her services here: lauratacho.com Hear Laura's perspective on: Coaching developers Managing teams Automated data collection vs survey data DX Having a strictly neutral position Measuring productivity Localising leadership pressure Dealing with non-technical leaders "Elite" teams Why coaching is important and much more… We are currently hiring for a lot of new positions at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: Startup Joining Advice Checking Vibes Commitment To Improve Growing Together Joining Stellate Good At Ideas And Hunches Helping Customers The Most Difficult Thing and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: Starting at GraphCDN Unexplored Niche Unbounded Space Leaving Formidable Labs Company Culture Value Caring About Employees Putting People First and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: GraphQL Client urql Beginnings First Principle Novelty Addressed Problems Incubated at Formidable Bias Avoidance Unopinionated and Flexible Design Principles and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: First Job Startup Phase Early React Early Styled Components React Evolution Basic React Community Pendulum Swings Getting Into GraphQL and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: Getting Into Coding University vs Self-Taught Creating From Nothing Learning And Discovery Abundance Of Routes University Curricula Expert Courses and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Stellate Office Hour interview for the Future Founder Promise Podcast with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: Getting into coding Being self-taught Dropping out of university Early jobs Advice for joining startups Getting into the GraphQL space urql beginnings Working with Lego Starting at Stellate Formidable Labs Massive opportunities for Stellate Putting people first Building companies The value of company culture Being good at ideas Helping customers and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Thomas Heyenbrock, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Thomas worked as a Data Scientist, and was also the “Head of Analytics” at Finanzchef24, before he joined Stellate. Right now he is wearing multiple hats; working on both front-end and backend tasks, as well as integrations and product. Hear Thomas' perspective on: Excitement About Stellate's Impact Fixing Customer Problems Scaling The Stellate Team Huge Opportunities and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Thomas Heyenbrock, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Thomas worked as a Data Scientist, and was also the “Head of Analytics” at Finanzchef24, before he joined Stellate. Right now he is wearing multiple hats; working on both front-end and backend tasks, as well as integrations and product. Hear Thomas' perspective on: Stellate Experience Going Remote First Early Stage Differences Mission Sessions Vision And Why Leveling People Up and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Thomas Heyenbrock, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Thomas worked as a Data Scientist, and was also the “Head of Analytics” at Finanzchef24, before he joined Stellate. Right now he is wearing multiple hats; working on both front-end and backend tasks, as well as integrations and product. Hear Thomas' perspective on: Managing Split Roles Joining GraphCDN Analytics Idea To Cache Or Not To Cache Interview Process and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.