Collective Intelligence Community Podcast Shaping the Future of Developer Productivity with Sourcegraph CEO - Quinn Slack | Ep 18
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Oct 12, 2024 
Quinn Slack, Co-founder and CEO of Sourcegraph, discusses his journey from founding Blend Labs in mortgage tech to revolutionizing developer productivity with advanced code search tools. He delves into the challenges of recruiting technical talent and the importance of aligning personal passions with career objectives. Slack shares insights from Sourcegraph's early days, addressing skepticism about new technologies, and explores the strategic advantages of multi-cloud solutions. He also reflects on AI's transformative potential and its philosophical implications for the future of software development.
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Coding Passion
- Quinn Slack, Sourcegraph's CEO, loved coding since his early open-source project days.
- He co-founded Blend, a successful mortgage processing company, but returned to his coding passion.
Early Value Validation
- Sourcegraph's early code search tool proved valuable within two weeks of development.
- Quinn Slack found an open-source library using the tool, saving him two weeks of coding time.
Target Enterprise First
- Focus on enterprise customers with large codebases for horizontal software tools like code search.
- Avoid targeting small startups or consultancies early on, as their needs differ.