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Fast-growing livestream shopping platform Whatnot acquires Pastel Labs, hires VP of engineering

TechCrunch

To aid on that front, Whatnot is making two key hires, one of which involves the acquisition of Pastel Labs, a company founded in 2020 by Jeff Chang , previously the technical lead for Pinterest’s growth team and a well-known growth advisor. ” Chang had already advised Whatnot on some of its growth problems in the past, he notes.

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But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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How to Scale Engineering Processes w/ Twitter's VP of Engineering

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Maria Gutierrez is the VP of Engineering for Strategy and Operations at Twitter. She joins a special livestream of the Dev Interrupted podcast to share her career journey, her strategies for sustainably scaling engineering teams and the three pillars of engineering processes.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire

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Early-stage entrepreneurs who are eager to ship usually spend more time calculating their startup’s monthly burn rate than selecting an optimal development environment. Dear Sophie: Any suggestions for recruiting international tech talent? Dear Sophie: Any suggestions for recruiting international tech talent?

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Juro draws $23M into its browser-based contract automation platform

TechCrunch

” “In the same way that developers use GitHub or designers use Figma to collaborate, in Juro you can process contracts from creation through to signature without ever leaving your browser. The startup has offices in London and Riga, as well as a growing “remote hub” — and says it is hiring in all locations.

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How prioritizing training and mentorship retains talent

CIO

Hear from three different employees about the unique training programs and opportunities they’ve had to develop their careers at Discover. Mentorship supports movement from college intern to VP of Application Engineering From day one as a college intern, Jason Burke was assigned a mentor to help him navigate his role. “One

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Activeloop snags $5M seed to build streaming database for AI applications

TechCrunch

Davit Buniatyan, founder and CEO at the company says the company developed out of research he was doing at Princeton where saw the need for a streaming database of unstructured data like images and video specifically designed for AI use cases. The company has 15 employees so far and is looking to hire around half a dozen high-end engineers.