My guests today are Ganesh Datta and Nikhil Unni. They are the co-founders of Cortex, a solution that helps engineering teams reduce the complexity of their services and backed by Sequoia and YCombinator (W20). In this episode we discussed how three technical co-founders divide responsibilities at an early-stage company, the importance of aligning your team to business outcomes and the headwinds and tailwinds that come with a remote-first world.  I really enjoy speaking to founders and I think you'll find our conversation interesting!

Ganesh’s Twitter / LinkedIn

Nikhil’s Twitter / LinkedIn

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Show Highlights

(2:17) - Founding story of Cortex

(5:03) - Division of responsibility amongst three technical co-founders

(8:33) - Channeling early employee excitement into ownership

(9:23) - Cortex’s spin on retros

(11:59) - History of microservices and their impact on organizations

(15:11) - How engineering teams organize around microservices

(16:22) - Organizational agility from monoliths

(17:40) - COVID’s impact

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