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Dear startups, your developers and engineers are on an island

Dear startups, your developers and engineers are on an island

FromEquity


Dear startups, your developers and engineers are on an island

FromEquity

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, Natasha interviewed Lizzie Matusov, the co-founder and CEO of Quotient, which wants to fix the "leaky pipeline problem" in tech onboarding that doesn't set up engineers for success. Yes, that's right, this week we're talking about the work needs, habits and aspirations of developers.Here's a few topics we get into:The stereotype of a coder, and where collectivism contrasts with those characteristics.How Quotient is using research, not just aspiration, to fuel its onboarding processThe status quo of tech jobs and if we're seeing employers question some of their pre-conceived notionsDeveloper resistance to change and if engineers really do want to work together moreFor episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. As always, the full Equity crew will be back on Friday, but you can keep up with us in the meantime on Twitter @EquityPod.Equity drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:00 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more!
Released:
Mar 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Equity is TechCrunch’s venture capital podcast. In each episode, we bring you the numbers behind the headlines in Venture Captial. TechCrunch reporter Alex Wilhelm teams up with Danny Crichton and Natasha Mascarenhas to give a window into startup land.