A decade long retrospective with Ben Orenstein

Ben is the CEO of Tuple, a pair programming application for remote developers.

He currently co-hosts The Art of Product with Derrick Reimer.

We talk about:

• His first crazy programming job
• Why you should speak at conferences
• The trade-offs of remote work
• Why great coworkers should be the #1 priority for new developers
• How these are "the good old days" of Tuple
• Ben's favorite smash bros character
• ...and much more!

Ben Orenstein

• Personal Site
• @r00k

Podcasts

• The Art of Product
• Giant Robots (Ben hosted this podcast until episode 240)

Other Links

• Tuple (Remote pair programming application)
• Refactoring Rails (Ben's video course)
• How to talk to developers (Fantastic talk for anyone giving presentations)
• Upcase (Rails, vim, and tmux video tutorials)