Ajey is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several startups over the course of his 25 year career and is currently an operating partner at Sequoia. In this episode he spoke about his journey so far, balancing speed versus quality and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa and Augustus D'Souza.

Key highlights:

00:00 Introduction

02:07 Ajey's Journey So far

07:13 High level challenges

16:45 Principles for build v/s buy

23:24 How does visibility factor into the Build v/s Buy decision

26:47 Balancing quality and speed

31:09 Refactoring and technical debt

35:07 Microservices vs Monoliths

40:39 Advice on hiring CTOs

43:43 Downsides of Job Hopping

46:18 Prioritising and building hiring skillset

51:22 Key skills to transition to an Engineering Leader

53:42 What makes a great engineer?

57:00 Closing Remarks

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeygore/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjeyGore

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EP 103 : Scaling the Engineering Function | Ajey Gore ( Operating Partner - Technology, Sequoia India )