Hello and welcome! It's Daniel here, the author of LangChain for JavaScript Developers.
Today, I’m excited to share my interview with Justin Rodermond, whom I first met while working at Skillshare. Justin was on the interview team when I applied for the job. He later became Skillshare’s Senior Director of Engineering, and now he’s bootstrapping his own company, Jump Revenue. We talked about his journey from coding as a kid to leading engineering teams, his approach to entrepreneurship, and the challenges of building a startup from scratch. It was a fun episode to make!
💻 Mentioned Links
Below are the links mentioned during our talk:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWduT9ygUQ4
- https://jumprevenue.com/
- https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Executive-Definitive-Harperbusiness-Essentials/dp/0060833459
🎙 Chapters and topics
Topics we covered and their timestamps:
- 0:00 - 11:50 - Justin Rodermond Introduction
- 11:51 - 14:50 - Individual Contributor vs Manager
- 14:51 - 16:23 - Focus Time
- 16:24 - 32:18 - Jump Revenue & entrepreneurship
- 32:18 - 36:24 - Managing Dev Teams
- 36:25 - 48:18 - Career Advice for Younger self
- 48:19 - 54:39 - Adding Real Value
📖 Neural Networks from Scratch - Presale
I'm writing a book about the timeless foundational concepts of neural networks for JavaScript developers. Go from if-else to weights and biases by building tiny AI models from scratch!
📖 Neural Networks from Scratch - Presale
I'm writing a book about the timeless foundational concepts of neural networks for JavaScript developers. Go from if-else to weights and biases by building tiny AI models from scratch!