Future Founder Promise: Recent Episodes

Future Founder Promise Podcast

This podcast from the folks at Stellate interviews interesting personalities in the startup world — including occasional office hours with the Stellate team themselves — and aims to condense lessons learned for other founders, who might benefit from the knowledge and insights of our expert guests.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Twitter: @mlocher

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markolocher/

A FFP interview with Stellate's Senior Engineering Manager Philip Krauss.

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:

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.

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:

Learning Modern Stacks
Hype-Driven Development
Learning Projects | Expertise Transfer
Open Source Traction
Assimilating Ideas
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:

Learning By Doing
University Degrees
Self-taught Careers
Just In Time Learning
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:

Hooked On Math
Getting Into Data Science
First Real Job
Getting Into Programming
Terrible Beginnings
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 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:

Getting into Data Science and Software Engineering
University Degree vs Self-taught
Hype-driven Development and Assimilating Ideas
Working at Stellate and Scaling Teams
Stellate's Vision and Mission
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 with Tim Suchanek, CTO at Stellate. Hear Tim's perspective on:

Parental Leave
Coaching for Everyone
People Organisation
Gratitude Superpower

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.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas—which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend and colleague Tim Suchanek.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip with Tim Suchanek, CTO at Stellate. Hear his perspective on:

Prioritizing
Being Overwhelmed
Sprint Planning
Values Driven
Getting Things Done
Deep Work

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.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas—which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend Tim Suchanek.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip with Tim Suchanek, CTO at Stellate. Hear his perspective on:

Modern Product Management
MVP Misunderstandings
Discovery and Delivery
Side Projects

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.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas—which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend Tim Suchanek.

This is a clip from our first "Stellate Office Hours" episode on the Future Founder Promise podcast. We want to give our listeners an update about our recent changes, and tell you the story of how GraphCDN became Stellate.

Our host and CEO Max Stoiber talks to his co-founder and CTO Tim Suchanek about the recent announcements, and their vision for the company.

Tim Suchanek is a software engineer from Berlin, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience from the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. We hope you will enjoy this clip from our first "Stellate Office Hours" conversation.

This is a clip from our first "Stellate Office Hours" episode on the Future Founder Promise podcast. We want to give our listeners an update about our recent changes, and tell you the story of how GraphCDN became Stellate.

Our host and CEO Max Stoiber talks to his co-founder and CTO Tim Suchanek about the recent announcements, and their vision for the company.

Tim Suchanek is a software engineer from Berlin, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience from the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. We hope you will enjoy this clip from our first "Stellate Office Hours" conversation.

This is the first "Stellate Office Hours" episode on the Future Founder Promise podcast. We want to give our listeners an update about our recent changes, and tell you the story of how GraphCDN became Stellate.

Our host and CEO Max Stoiber talks to his co-founder and CTO Tim Suchanek about the recent announcements, and their vision for the company.

Tim Suchanek is a software engineer from Berlin, and also the co-founder of Stellate. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding Stellate, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience from the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. We hope you will enjoy this first episode of Stellate Office Hours.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip with Tim Suchanek, CTO at GraphCDN. Hear his perspective on:

Ego is the Enemy
Tough Lessons
False Urgency
Letting Go
Paid Learnings

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of GraphCDN. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding GraphCDN, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend Tim Suchanek.

A Future Founder Promise Podcast clip with Tim Suchanek, CTO at GraphCDN. Hear his perspective on:

Starting startups in Germany
Common complacency
Welfare system in Germany.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of GraphCDN. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding GraphCDN, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend Tim Suchanek.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our second guest in this interview series is Tim Suchanek from Berlin. Tim is a software engineer, and also the co-founder of GraphCDN. He’s very passionate about technology, startups, and new ideas, which eventually then brought him to Berlin. Before founding GraphCDN, Tim worked for a number of years at Prisma where he lead their TypeScript efforts.

Tim brings a lot of technical expertise and experience in the GraphQL world with him. On top of his supportive personality and kind attitude towards building the best possible team for this product, Tim is also very focused on expanding the team with diversity and equal opportunities in mind. Let us introduce you to our friend Tim Suchanek.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people-oriented organisation from the very start.

Topics discussed include: Sue’s professional responsibilities Establishing a culture of “pronoia” Dealing with ADD Laying the foundation for diversity Tips for building a startup Feedback, conflicts, friction Benefits and perks DEIB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Emotional startup rollercoaster and what founders can control Coaching for everyone Future Founder Promise 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 GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.

Topics discussed include: * Sue’s professional responsibilities * Establishing a culture of “pronoia” * Dealing with ADD * Laying the foundation for diversity * Tips for building a startup * Feedback, conflicts, friction * Benefits and perks * DEIB - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging * Emotional startup rollercoaster and what founders can control * Coaching for everyone * Future Founder Promise * 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 GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.

In this clip Sue is discussing emotional resiliency and locus of control. She explains how founders can approach failure as an opportunity for learning, and how one can tap into a deep sense of trust when the startup rollercoaster hits in unexpected ways.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.

We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at GraphCDN. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you.

Our first guest in this interview series is Sue Odio from San Francisco. She is in charge of “Operations and People” at GraphCDN, and was one of the very first team members we brought on board early; in order to build a solid, people oriented organisation from the very start.