Hiring top-tier talent, the importance of adopting an evolutionary mindset, and taking critical feedback to solve technical problems w/ Sergiy Nesterenko #265
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Hiring top-tier talent, the importance of adopting an evolutionary mindset, and taking critical feedback to solve technical problems w/ Sergiy Nesterenko #265

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 4, 202649 min

In this episode, Sergiy Nesterenko (CEO @ Quilter) joins the pod to share how he turned a personal technical challenge into his own company, even before the market caught up. He shares his unique journey from SpaceX to Quilter and addresses common eng leader / founder challenges, including taking critical feedback to solve tough technical problems, knowing when your most important role is educating the market / customers, and choosing the right customers. Sergiy and Jerry also dissect insights into principles around building circuit boards, and common misconceptions around hiring top-tier talent, finding investors, and procuring customers as an early-stage company. <...

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This episode is brought to you by Sidero. If your team runs Kubernetes, chances are upgrades can feel risky. That's what the Talos platform is for. It's built on immutable, minimal OS designed for Kubernetes.

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Immutable means clusters cannot drift, so they stay identical and upgrades are a non-event. Minimal means there is almost nothing to attack. 50 binaries, no shell, no SSH, so it's secured by default. Upgrades gets boring, security gets boring, and that's exactly the point.

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Check it out at Siderolabs.com. That's S-I-D-E-R-O labs.com. who signs off on the budget and gives the approval, certainly different from the person who detracts and says that we shouldn't pursue this company's priority.

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