Trint

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Sam Role in Trint: Associate Software Engineer Time at Trint: 2.5 At my interview, I was excited about the culture at Trint and couldn’t wait to advance my career at Trint. years Responsibilities: Currently, I am building new features for users of our product.

Software Engineering 130

Software Engineering Engineering Interviewing Travel 130

Trint

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In my 30 years of news reporting for ABC, CBS and CBC News I traveled to more than 40 countries, dodged bullets while reporting on wars, I interviewed prime ministers and presidents. I was introduced to a team of software engineers who’d been working on tech that aligned audio and text so that you could follow it like karaoke.

Branding 130

Branding Advertising Underperforming Technical Team VP of Engineering 130

User Pilot

AUGUST 22, 2024

After graduation, he worked as a software engineer for around 3 years at different companies such as IMC Pacific and Macquarie Group. Following his brief career as a software engineer, he transitioned into a Business Analyst and worked in this role at the Reserve Bank of Australia, and then the Australian Securities Exchange.

Software Engineering 104

Software Engineering Interviewing Banking Strategy 104

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 27, 2021

That’s why I interviewed more than 50 developers in DevOps, DevSecOps, and generalist back-end roles about how they prefer to discover, try, and purchase software. From these conversations, I learned a ton about what devs are looking for in a software website, in developer documentation, in onboarding, and even in sales interactions.

Development 105

Development DevOps as a Service Software AWS 105

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. So now we spend most of our time and our effort and our energy focusing on, what would the world look like if every student had their own headhunter, if they had somebody to go out and beat all the doors down and set up interviews for them?

Acquisition 174

Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 174

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 21, 2025

He says the IT department of the future will be like the HR department for AI agents We’ll be managing and ’training’ these agents to work with our data Transition: This change starts first within the engineering org Slide 9 Clearing: Historically, there’s been a divide between software engineering and AI/ML teams.

Data 100

Data AI Search Scale Software Engineering 100

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Examples: Software Engineer, Product Manager, or Account Executive.Sales Enablement Manager. Interview salespeople: Great salespeople obsess about their deals, game planning to win at each step, and agonizing about the factors that could kill a deal. Functional Leader: This is the department bigwig.

Part-Time VPE 122

Part-Time VPE Technical Review Forecasting Software Review 122

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

” At Intercom, we build a SaaS solution for our customers, but we don’t consider ourselves a software company. The people who spend their days writing software are not called software engineers. They are called product engineers. We are a product company.

Outsourcing Services 224

Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

User Pilot

MAY 30, 2024

After studying at Yale University, Eric began his career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com. Reflections on a movement : In an interview with Lenny Rachitsky , Eric shares the current state of the Lean methodology and addresses common misconceptions people have about it. How did Eric Ries begin his career?

Innovation 105

Innovation Startup Government AI 105

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Listen to the rest of the interview here. Listen to the rest of the interview here. Karen Peacock: In college, I studied math and computer science and engineering. Listen to the rest of the interview here. Listen to the rest of the interview here. Listen to the rest of the interview here.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Technical Review Scale Outsourcing Services 118

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

There’s a set of skills that overlap with the skills of software engineering, data science, or analytics, but they’re not the same as it. We’re at this weird intersection of software engineering, and we have to be able to deploy these products with data science or research. That’s difficult.

Artificial Intelligence 249

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI Search AI 249

User Pilot

JULY 16, 2024

On the other hand, a technical product manager brings in-depth technical knowledge to guide the development process , often working closely with engineering and design teams. They gather data through surveys , interviews, and focus groups to identify user pain points and ways the company can address them.

Management 111

Management Engineering Data Analysis Software Development 111

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You need a range of disciplines to bring a new product to life: Product development team: Your software engineers play an important role. They'll choose the development framework you use, conduct software development activities (i.e. users hate a concept – or it's not technically feasible).

Development 105

Development Software Review Sales Recruiting Technical Review 105

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To become a TPR you don’t need a degree in software engineering, but it will definitely help. The technical skills include a solid understanding of software development and system architecture. Technical product managers are also responsible for running experiments and collecting customer feedback to inform future iterations.

Management 105

Management Software Development Engineering Market Research 105

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

. “Take the work out of work, that’s my motto in life” Prior to that, I was the CIO of another large Fortune 500 company called KLA-Tencor, and the rest of my life has been in software engineering: building tools to help people get things done without having to do all the work. Balancing human-computer interaction.

Artificial Intelligence 169

Artificial Intelligence Scale CTO Hire Technology 169

OpenView Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Everyone hears that and says IT, and I say, “You know, yeah—IT’s a part of it, but it’s mostly software engineers who are writing code and building software for small businesses for a marketing platform.” Listen to clips from Casey’s interview with Eric. ? ? ?. I just say I lead technology.

CTO Coach 97

CTO Coach CTO Interviewing Technology 97

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

” I talked to a staff designer, reached out, and actually staff.design is a website with interviews with staff designers, and it’s like, what is a staff designer? I don’t know what a TPM is, and I’ve been a TPM for almost a decade, and no one can tell me what a TPM is.”

Technical Review 274

Technical Review Leadership VP of Engineering CTO Coach 274

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

You can track user in-app behavior , run in-app surveys , conduct interviews and analyze user social media feedback and online reviews. Your software engineer may not be the most vocal team member but it doesn’t mean she has nothing to offer, and not recognizing it can be costly. How to do that?

Automotive 98

Automotive Social Media Education Management 98

Buffer Resources

JUNE 13, 2024

These may include: Interviews Podcasts Checklists Cheatsheets Templates Ultimate guides In-house research Customer success stories Interactive content AR/VR experiences Email newsletters For example, Airbnb leverages interactive content to drive engagement and personalize the user experience.

Strategy 129

Strategy Social Media Development Team Review Software Review 129

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Zak Hemraj. Zak is the co-founder and CEO of Loopio, a Toronto-based software company that streamlines the RFP process for companies like IBM and DocuSign. Go to saleshacker.com and create your profile today. About Zak Hemraj & Loopio [2:18].

Scale 115

Scale Technical Review Software Review Systems Review 115

OpenView Labs

JUNE 18, 2020

I tell them that I do what I do with music, but with software engineers. Read more interviews with the most interesting humans in SaaS. How do you explain what you do to your parents, friends, kids, or non-industry people? What’s your elevator pitch? I struggle to do that well. Do they understand that?

CTO Hire 52

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Software Engineering 52

Stax

MAY 30, 2024

You can write a case study by interviewing a client, stating their challenges before using your product, and showing how your product was the solution they were looking for. A case study is a real-life account of how your product helped a client solve an issue, streamline their processes, and boost business growth.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Vishal Sunak. Not me personally, but a bunch of smart PhDs and software engineers, they’re the ones that can make it a reality. Check them out. Who is Vishal Sunak and what is LinkSquares? [02:00]. Sam Jacobs: Hi everybody it’s Sam Jacobs.

Scale 120

Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach Scaling 120

Point Nine Land

APRIL 21, 2021

As interviewing 100 applicants can be quite draining, I recommend the following process: 1. A quick HR interview 2. Invite the candidate to a face-to-face or a Zoom interview. Culture fit interview. Start early as finding the right PM for your company might take a while (often a few months).

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Startup Scale Software Review 52

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

You haven’t found product-market fit on just a few hundred users… In the early days, user interviews are your main source of feedback, but eventually, you can leverage metrics such as usage growth, revenue, retention, customer referrals, churn, reviews, NPS scores, and PR, to name a few. Startup Grind. Startup Grind. Where are they drawn to?

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing Marketing VP of Engineering Scale 52

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

You haven’t found product-market fit on just a few hundred users… In the early days, user interviews are your main source of feedback, but eventually, you can leverage metrics such as usage growth, revenue, retention, customer referrals, churn, reviews, NPS scores, and PR, to name a few. Startup Grind. Startup Grind. Where are they drawn to?

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing Marketing VP of Engineering Scale 52

Chart Mogul

MARCH 10, 2023

Slack’s magic in their use of PLG was that they were landing with software engineers in tech companies that were probably 40 to 50% of the overall company headcounts and very influential. In other sectors, that’s not always the case.

VP of Engineering 52

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Compensation 52

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer. She diligently rose through the ranks, finally growing into the individual contributor role of a staff engineer.

Engineering 204

Engineering Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review 204

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Allie. And I said like “computer programmer” or “software engineer” or something like that. And I ended up interviewing lots of potential users for all sorts of different kinds of products that I was excited about. Harry Stebbings.

Sales Hiring 162

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Technical Advisors Scale 162

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

These types of experiences will allow you to show up strongly when it comes time for the interview because you will have examples and experiences to demonstrate your skill set. It was my seventh interview for my first leadership role. Katie Carty Tierney is an Area Vice President for the Americas at BMC Software. Asia Gladden.

Scale 137

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 137

Mucker Capital

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

We started with a couple of the founding team members who are developers, and since then we’ve grown our software engineering team to 10 people. Starting with such an incredible team, we were in a great position to be able to tackle this head on and start building out all the necessary pieces to make this work.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Entrepreneurship Scale Enterprise 40

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2019

I mean, my career started as a software engineer, and out of frustration, I went into sales. What do you think you did in the interview there that impressed them so much, having flown from the UK, sitting in front of them for that evangelist position? Do I feel like I know the person vs. I know the interview candidate?

DevOps as a Service 100

DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Now, without further ado, my interview with Bryan Caplin of Andela. Bryan Caplin: Andela is what I would call an engineering as a service company. We help technology leaders build distributed software engineering teams quickly and cost effectively so they can ship product faster. What a great interview with Bryan Caplin.

Leadership 49

Leadership Technical Review Systems Review Development Team Review 49

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Krish Subramanian. Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training. My co-founders cut their teeth at Zoho for over 10 years building product and for over six years [inaudible] software products. Harry Stebbings. Krish Subramanian. Robert Hohman.

Scale 164

Scale Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Services 164

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2019

Prior to founding Scale, Alexandr was a Tech Lead at Quora, directly responsible for all speed projects and before that a software engineer at Addepar responsible for building and maintaining financial models. With the market itself, and I’ve interviewed over 2,500 VCs if you can believe it. Harry Stebbings: I love it.

Scale 140

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Customer Success 140

SaaStr

MAY 17, 2019

Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Godard Abel. But two other software engineers, building [inaudible 00:04:24] that was kind of a time and expense software system. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin.

Scale 160

Scale Sales Hiring Software Review Leadership 160

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 18, 2025

OpenAI has also talked about / previewed in recent interviews their own software engineering agent (SWE agent) that is on the horizon. It shows (at some level, all depends on how real the rumors are) an interest from a “model company” to own more of the application layer.

Cloud 157

Cloud AI ChatGPT Scale 157