"If you go into every interview with some blind faith that the company you're working for will be well run, and financially stable, you're in for a wake-up call."

"A lot of times the code you want to write, is not the code the business needs you to write."

 In this Business of Coding podcast series, CPO Joe Stump talks with former CTO of Simple and former API Leader at Twitter Alex Payne about his education and career. Looking back, what would a 16 or 17 year old Alex Payne want to learn more about? Joe and Alex discuss what helps and doesn't help a company dynamic and the importance of a company's mission. To hear more about Alex Payne’s experience at Simple and Twitter, listen to this podcast.

Business of Coding: Alex Payne, former CTO of Simple and API Lead at Twitter

In this edition of Business of Coding, Quick Left CPO Joe Stump talks to Head of Engineering at Pinterest, Michael Lopp. Throughout this podcast, Joe and Michael talk about his new position as a manager at a pre-existing company. What are the first things you look to do when entering in as the outsider? Michael explains the importance of the company culture, and the two also discuss the possible red flags and green flags that a person should look for in the organization of a company. Listen to the full podcast here.

Business of Coding: Michael Lopp Head of Engineering at Pinterest

Chief Product Officer of Quick Left and repeat entrepreneur, Joe Stump, talks about the business of coding in this series of podcasts. Twice monthly, we will feature a new podcast with different industry experts that explore not only the challenges that face the technical side of business, but the business side of technology. 

Each all-star guest shares their own experience on the technical and nontechnical aspects of running a company and imparts tips, tools and advice for the programmer and business person. 

Business of Coding: Alex Payne, former CTO of Simple and API Lead at Twitter

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