Rowland Graus is a Director of Product at Agoric, a startup developing open-source software to help create a better experience building applications across multiple blockchain networks. Listen to Rowland talk about what it was like studying at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, how his business development skills transferred into product management, how, after sensing the wave of innovations in DeFi applications, he knew he had to be part of the blockchain space, and much m...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Julianna Lamb is the Co-Founder and CTO of Stytch, a user authentication platform providing solutions for user logins management as well as fraud and risk prevention. Listen to Julianna talk about how the power of word-of-mouth got her to study Computer Sciences at Stanford, why user authentication is a common but complex problem, what are the best practices when building a product for developers, how she learned how to pitch a business, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Stytc...
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Geoffrey Huck is a professional speaking coach who helps tech leaders learn how to embrace any presentation stage. Listen to Geoffrey talk about the impact joining Toastmasters had on his career, what are the signs of someone who has the fear of speaking, what's the biggest mistake one can make preparing for a talk and how to correct it, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Geoffrey's Website: https://geoffreyhuck.com/podcast • Geoffrey's Podcast: https://casuallypropodcast.com •...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Brian Vallelunga is the Founder and CEO of Doppler, a cloud-based secrets management platform captivating DevOps enthusiasts around the world. Listen to Brian talk about how he negotiated the price of doppler.com down to $150k, how he first attempted to build a marketplace where people can share their machine learning models before pivoting into building Doppler, the 4 questions you should ask yourself about data security and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Doppler: https://www....
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Sophia Willows is the Head of Engineering at Rye, a one-stop shop API allowing its users to build e-commerces with any products on the internet. Listen to Sophia talk about her experience joining a startup as a founding engineer, building technical roadmaps for a high-velocity startup, what key factors matter when building for developers, how to enhance developer experience with automation and ChatGPT, why choosing the correct Slack channel is an efficiency booster and much more. Hosted by Perry...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Michael Scarpati is the Founder and CEO of RetireUS, a financial wellness platform educating everyday people about systems-based financial strategies. Listen to Michael talk about the differences between a benefits vs products vs systems-based financial planning, what is tax loss harvesting, how to insure your ability to generate income, the backdoor Roth IRA strategy and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • RetireUS: https://retire.us • Michael's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/i...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between. Dive into topics such as how to keep up with the development and application of AI in both a personal and professional way, what are the most freeing moments after starting a business, what are the differences living in New York City vs London vs Hong Kong, the best prank I've been involved in and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: https://perrytiu.com/podcast/ask-me-anything-5 — Intereste...
Nov 08, 2024•43 min
Dagna Bieda is an engineer turned coach for engineers and author of the book Brain Refactor. Listen to Dagna talk about when she helped build emergency notifications technology to alert people during natural disasters, the impactful mentors she had during her career, how she creates frameworks to help individuals in tech achieve more in their career and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Brain Refactor Book: https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Refactor-Engineering-Fulfillment-Opportunitie...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Lindsey Dixon is the Vice President of Product & Innovation at NAF, a nonprofit organization offering career readiness programs in over 600 academies across the United States. Listen to Lindsey talk about her unique background in educational nonprofits, what it takes to build an engaging educational product with technology, how to leverage NAF's Open Data Index for Schools to make better decisions and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • NAF: https://naf.org • Lindsey's LinkedIn:...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Amy Beckley is the Founder and CEO of Proov. Proov develops a suite of products to let you track your hormones and help you achieve your fertility goals. Listen to Amy talk about how she overcame an unexpected tumor cutting off the circulation of the fluid in the back of her brain, how she saved tens of thousands of dollars by using a supplement of progesterone instead of IVF to conceive, how she juggled raising a young family while getting her business degree, how she built an app company despi...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Fisayo Oluwadiya is the Founder of OKAO and the Creator of Resactly, an intelligent app that foodies can use to share their taste profiles and receive unique dining experiences. Dive into topics such as her journey on becoming a Principal Software Engineer, the social following she built around dining out in New York City, deploying her first restaurant experience AI model, proactive methods to find impactful mentors and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Resactly: https://www.resa...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Tomas Koprusak is the Chief Product Officer of UptimeRobot, an array of uptime monitoring services catering to millions of developers around the world. Dive into topics such as how he went from software engineering to product management to marketing then back to product management, the creative use cases people are finding for UptimeRobot, how to develop for millions of users with a team of only 6 software engineers, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • UptimeRobot: https://uptim...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 10 min
George Kailas is the CEO of Prospero.Ai, a financial intelligence platform providing hedge fund-level key signals and AI-driven insights—all in the palm of your hand. Dive into topics such as the differences between a hedge fund analyst and associate, his first time getting burned by the stock market, how to not only build a market signals model, but also provide it for free through Prospero.Ai, and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Prospero.Ai: https://www.prospero.ai • Prospero....
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 50 min
Sandy Ryza is the lead engineer at Dagster Labs, the group behind the popular developer tool Dagster which allows data practitioners to see all their data assets across their data pipelines. Dive into topics such as going from software engineering to data science / engineering (and back), what performance issues do data applications encounter, how to maintain an open-source project with thousands of developers and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Dagster: https://dagster.io • San...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Björn Kolbeck is the co-founder and CEO of Quobyte, a scalable and distributed file system that can be installed on your servers in minutes. Dive into topics such as the workflow of a PhD researcher, bringing a PhD project to life, the art of selling software and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Quobyte: https://www.quobyte.com • Bjorn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjorn-kolbeck-37925033 — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Steve Taplin is the CEO of Sonatafy, a software development company highlighting the talent of nearshore software developers. Dive into topics such as the lifecycle of a new venture, a checklist for a healthy software partnership, how to find and grow talent in a structured way and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Sonatafy Technology: https://www.sonatafy.com • Sonatafy Technology's LinkedIn (Sonatafy): https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonatafy • Steve's LinkedIn: https://www.lin...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between. Dive into topics such as simple tech concepts that anyone can learn, what does the work culture look like in NYC / SF / London, what is the best restaurant in NYC, how to find the motivation to start a new venture and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: https://perrytiu.com/podcast/ask-me-anything-4 — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Dana Oshiro is a general partner at Heavybit, a venture capital fund investing in startups focused on building great developer tools. Dive into topics such as how Dana got into VC, how to open communication with VCs, what to prepare before talking to VCs about raising capital and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Heavybit: https://www.heavybit.com • Heavybit Library: https://www.heavybit.com/library • Dana's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaoshiro — Interested being on th...
Mar 08, 2024•59 min
Natalie Kaminski is the co-founder and CEO of JetRockets, a software development company that helps non-technical founders build their dream applications. Dive into topics such as where do non-technical founders source their ideas from, how to spec a minimal viable product, how to t-shirt size software engineering projects and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • JetRockets: https://www.jetrockets.com • Natalie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliekaminski • Natalie's Email...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Reach out to podcast@okteto.com for a free session on how to improve your developer's experience. Ramiro Berrelleza is the Founder and CEO of Okteto, an online platform where a team of developers can automatically spin up development environments on the cloud so they can all be coding in the same app configurations. Dive into topics such as what it took to deliver software on a hard yearly deadline, how you can build a team before building a product, what kind of feature requests come in from de...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 47 min
Steven Schkolne is the founder and CEO of MightyMeld, a web development tool that bridges the gap between web development and web designing like we've never seen it before. Dive into topics such as what it takes to build a tool catered to engineers and designers, why engineers are designers and vice versa, how to approach fundraising as a solo founder and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • MightyMeld: https://royceandrocket.com • Steven's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schko...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Camryn Leibowitz is the co-founder and Product Designer of Royce and Rocket, a luxury travel brand featuring suitcases with an intuitive, modular interior design. Dive into topics such as how the culture and the environment around her lead her to be featured in the Washington Post, the unique path she took on her way to co-found Royce and Rocket, how to make consequential business decisions and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Royce and Rocket: https://royceandrocket.com • Royce ...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Jennifer Perrotta is the Chief Technology Office of WeWork, a coworking space company designed to foster a creative community. Dive into topics such as the hard and soft skills she acquired from her experience, the software applications she uses daily, the difference between a founder CTO and a non-founder CTO, how organizations decide what technologies to invest in and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • WeWork: https://www.wework.com • Jenn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/...
Nov 05, 2023•52 min
Maddy Chen is a Product Manager at Visa and the host of Tech Gals, a podcast highlighting women and their journey in tech. Dive into topics such as what it's like growing up in the Bay Area, what is the Data Science program at UC Berkley, deciding between going into software engineering or product management and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Tech Gals Podcast: https://linktr.ee/techgals • Tech Gals' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech.gals • Maddy's LinkedIn: https://www...
Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Grace Moore is a Software Engineer at Notable Health, a healthcare startup enhancing the American healthcare experience for patients, physicians and everyone in between. Dive into topics such as the journey from med school to software engineering, a day in the life of a software engineer, coding bootcamps, tech meetups and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Grace's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gg-moore — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquir...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as what makes a team a "Two-Pizza" team, why is it called a "Two-Pizza" team, what are the pros and cons of a "Two-Pizza" team and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Andy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dam-andy • Stan's LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stan-l-107a3b1b2 — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.com Follow Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer...
Aug 06, 2023•58 min
Perry answers your questions about tech, career, life, travel, food, and everything in between. Dive into topics such as how to get into the tech industry without a tech background, what do I think about upcoming industry trends, what are the future plans for this podcast and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: https://perrytiu.com/podcast/ask-me-anything-3 — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.com Follow Podcast Ruined by a Softw...
Jan 09, 2022•55 min
Featuring engineers Andy Dam and Stan Liu, dive into topics such as how much time a software engineer actually spends coding, what do software engineers think about meetings, software engineers' after hours and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Andy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dam-andy • Stan's LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stan-l-107a3b1b2 — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com Sponsorship enquiries: sponsor@perrytiu.com Follow Podcast Ruined by a So...
Dec 05, 2021•55 min
Jeroen Corthout is the co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, a software company reinventing how to manage client relationships. Dive into topics such as what are useful career skills in the tech industry, what is the difference between an incubator and an accelerator, how to make product decisions and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Salesflare: https://salesflare.com • Jeroen's LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout — Interested being on the show? contact@perrytiu.com S...
Nov 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Swizec Teller is a senior software engineer at Tia, an in-person and virtual care startup for better women healthcare, as well as the author of Serverless Handbook. Dive into topics such as what is a senior software engineer mindset, what is serverless, why do people love-hate Javascript, how to publish your content and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu. Episode Links: • Serverless Handbook: https://serverlesshandbook.dev • Senior Mindset: https://seniormindset.com • Swizec's Website: https://swize...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 34 min
