The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source My roadmap to become a blockchain engineer (Interview)
Nov 8, 2017
01:04:17
Preethi Kasireddy, a self-employed blockchain and smart contract Engineer, joined the show to talk about why she left the best job in the world at Andreessen Horowitz on the deal team, how she got entrepreneurship envy, the roadmap she laid out in 2015 and where she’s at today as an engineer, her excitement for blockchain-based technologies, and why blockchains don’t scale.
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Featuring:
- Preethi Kasireddy – Website, GitHub, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Why I left the best job in the world
- Blockchains don’t scale. Not today, at least. But there’s hope.
- Preethi Kasireddy on Medium
- Ask Preethi on YouTube
- Between the Wires and what is Between the Wires?
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