Alex Kessinger (Stitch Fix) and David Noël-Romas (Stripe)

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Dec 28, 2021

In a closing conversation, two engineering leaders trade stories about their paths into programming and the changing role of code as they move into leadership. They explore mentorship, finding community, continuous delivery, setting priorities, handling disagreements, and the resources that shaped their work.

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Web Dev Beginnings

David Noël-Romas's programming journey started with web development.
He taught himself HTML, JavaScript, and Perl to create websites for others.

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Stripe Platform

David Noël-Romas improved internal tools at Stripe by creating a platform approach.
This improved ownership, analytics, security, and maintainability.

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Continuous Delivery

Alex Kessinger implemented continuous delivery for a legacy system.
This significantly improved the system's stability and the team's workflow.

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