The Data Stack Show

221: The Art and Science of Technical Leadership in Early-Stage Startups: Building World-Class Engineering Teams from Scratch with Sokratis Vidros of Novu


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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Sokratis’ Background and Journey in Data (1:19)
  • Engineers Wearing Multiple Hats (2:17)
  • The Era of Early Startups (3:32)
  • Lessons from Building Software (7:15)
  • Importance of Team Dynamics (9:12)
  • Balancing Creativity and Stability (15:00)
  • Version Control in Data Analysis (18:57)
  • Opinionated Modern Data Software (21:14)
  • Creating Dashboards for Company Stats (22:41)
  • Hiring for Intuition in Tech (27:38)
  • Interview Process Insights (30:15)
  • Protecting Intuitive Thinkers in Companies (35:08)
  • The Challenge of Trust (39:21)
  • Loss of Control in Delegation (40:14)
  • Founder Work-Life Balance (42:15)
  • Advice for Early-Stage Engineers (44:03)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

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