Techruiter Talks | Ep 1 with Julien Lavigne du Cadet - The VP of Engineering at ZOE

We’re excited to launch the first episode of Techruiter Talks - a new podcast series made by techies, for techies. Technical questions, career advice, and thought leadership from leaders of startups, scaleups, and some of the world’s biggest brands.

Our first guest is Julien Lavigne du Cadet, VP of Engineering at nutritional science start-up ZOE. Host and Techruiter. Co-Founder Max Blake describes Julien as “one of the best engineering leaders I know” and a good friend.

The two chat through Julien’s career to date, what the last two years have been like since joining ZOE, and what he’s been working on recently; mainly the COVID Symptom Study app, hackathoned from planning to launch in 36 hours flat. We’ll hear about how the project came to life, Julien’s philosophy on the future of work, and the right way to budget your time when you’re launching a business.

“It's okay to take baby steps. You didn't have all of this planned out or structured. You learn along the way to pick things that have the biggest impact, and not just focus on tiny increases here and there.”

We cover a lot of ground in the conversation that will be valuable to established and aspirant tech leaders alike.