The CEO of Modal, Erik Bernhardsson, is a super well regarded former CTO. In this conversation, we spoke about his best practices for driving developer productivity, a topic that he has thought a *great* deal about, as you will soon see. We covered:

* What is the secret to developer productivity?

* What are the common mistakes that CTOs make?

* How do the best practices change over the course of a startup’s life?

* How did these best practices inform the way he developed Modal to enhance the productivity of data teams?

It’s always fun to host a leader who has reflected so deeply. You’ll find some useful frameworks in this conversation. Feel free to listen to the audio version or else read the lightly edited transcript below. Let’s dive in!

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