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Aaron Blohowiak: The Myth of the Sufficiently Smart Engineer
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Robby speaks with Aaron Blohowiak, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. They discuss mistakes teams make when refactoring too much before finding a product-market-fit and how Netflix deals with technical debt. Aaron also shares some early era Ruby on Rails stories, along with reasons why developers might be intimidated to apply at top-tier organizations like Netflix.Helpful LinksAaron on TwitterAaron on LinkedIn[Book] Radical Candor[Book] Thinking in SystemsSubscribe to Maintainable on:Apple PodcastsOvercastSpotifyOr search "Maintainable" wherever you stream your podcasts.
Released:
Sep 14, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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