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Dan Manges - Co-Founder of RWX: Finding Your Co-Founder, Engineering Challenges, and Decision Making

Jan 02, 202547 minEp. 58
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Episode description

Dan Manges is the Co-Founder of RWX. RWX develops software engineering tools that optimize build and test performance, reliability, and developer experience. Its flagship product, Mint, is a generation newer Continuous Integration platform that gives engineers unparalleled capabilities to optimize their builds.


Dan was previously the CTO of Root, a technology-powered car insurance carrier, which he co-founded in 2015 and took public via an IPO in 2020. Before Root, Dan was the CTO of Braintree, where he built a payments platform that PayPal acquired in 2013 for $800M.


In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • The unique challenges engineers face 
  • What to look for in a technical co-founder
  • What to look for in a non-technical co-founder  
  • The benefits of assigning a mentor to new employees 
  • Why you need to focus on the problems you’re having now 


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