Business Logic
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsBusiness Logic is a show for software developers to gain tactical, practical business knowledge. Join your host, Andy Qin, as he interviews luminaries in the tech industry to answer perennial questions that business-minded developers have, such as:
• How can I convince more people of my ideas?
• Should I get an MBA?
• When should I work for myself?
...and many more. This show is intended to make you more effective at work by providing the business context for the products you work on.
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Episodes
E8: Julianna Lamb of Stytch on organization design
February 22, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 84.4 MBPasswordless authentication methods provide a better user experience and are more secure than passwords. But how do developers make sense of the many differing technologies out there (WebAuthn, FIDO2, magic links, authenticator apps, Touch ID, etc.)? Julianna Lamb cofounded Stytch to help us out. They make it easy to integrate modern, passwordless authentication flows into your apps. She shares her expertise on picking the right authentication method, how she started a company during a pan...
E7: Jaren Glover of Robinhood on code, capital, and culture
April 06, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 80.3 MBHow do engineers ensure the best opportunities find them? Jaren Glover offers his perspective as an early engineer at Robinhood, mentor at /dev/color, and student of business. This discussion was wide-ranging: we appreciate the "pay it forward" culture that makes Silicon Valley unique, tradeoffs to event streaming architectures, and who should play Bond in the next 007 movie. Episode resources Jaren's favorite new consumer apps: Stadium Live, Compound, Bighead, Realtime, and Cappucino.fm...
E6: Michelle Bu of Stripe on rapidly scaling yourself
March 02, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 80.5 MBMichelle Bu has played pivotal roles in authoring products like Stripe Elements, Stripe Radar, and most recently, Stripe's new suite of payments APIs. She's learned a thing or two about building exceptional developer experiences, how to use product metrics, and building the team that builds the product. Lucky for all of us, she was generous with sharing her takes on these and more in this fun first episode of Season 2. Episode Resources Read Michelle's (soon-to-be-updated) blog Follow M...
E5: Oz Nova of Bradfield on pursuing engineering mastery
October 31, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBOz Nova, founder and instructor at the Bradfield School of Computer Science, explains how he approaches teaching, what he does to create a safe learning environment, and his moonshot idea to create a world-class computer networking class delivered over the internet. Listening to this episode will make you a more effective teacher. That's the Business Logic guarantee. Episode Resources Bradfield School of Computer Science The Gallwey approach to learning tennis From Nand to Tetris (...
E4: Chetan Puttagunta of Benchmark on enabling mass creativity
September 30, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBFounders and company builders, this one is for you. Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner at Benchmark Capital, offers his approach to recruiting pipelines, remote work cultures, and go-to-market strategy. Toward the end, we cover what software companies can take away from the ordering experience at Starbucks. Episode Resources Bill Gurley's talk on chasing a passion Follow Chetan on Twitter! Follow Andy on Twitter!
E3: Jeff Weinstein of Stripe on owning your career
August 30, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBSometimes the next step in a career is not clear. When there's a fork in the road between things you are passionate about and things you are good at, which should you pick? Jeff Weinstein, Product Lead for Payments Infrastructure at Stripe, offers learnings from his own career as guidance. Prior to Stripe, Jeff founded Wagon, which acquired by Box in 2016. Episode Resources "Be a player, not a victim" talk Follow Jeff on Twitter! Follow Andy on Twitter!
E2: Aline Lerner of interviewing.io on winning at interviewing
July 30, 2019 06:00 - 59 minutes - 84.2 MBHiring developers is hard. Getting hired as a developer is also hard. How on Earth can these both be true? Aline Lerner helps us identify the challenges of software developer recruiting and how to conquer them. She's the founder of interviewing.io and a distinguished thinker in the technical recruiting space. Listen to this episode for tips on getting hired at any company and being a world-class interviewer once you get there. Episode Resources How to negotiate salary by interviewing.io ...
E1: Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers on working for yourself
June 19, 2019 02:09 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBFirst episode! Andy sits down with Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers to discuss what it takes to start an independent software business and why anyone can do it. We cover a ton of ground, including: What kind of business should you start? Should you launch a product quickly and get feedback, or spend extra time to make a killer first impression? If things aren't going well, when should you quit? Episode Resources Indie Hackers Podcast Become an Indie Hacker Lynne’s story (Key Values) ...