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by elwatto 7mo ago
nah. focus on building cool things people want.
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by elwatto 9mo ago
I wouldn’t have had 400M. But I am fine.
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by elwatto 9mo ago
Not at all, we believe the asset is worth a lot more :)
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by elwatto 9mo ago
Check out the earlier posts in the series. They’re probably more relevant for that stage. What I’ve learned over the years is that the CTO role varies a lot depending on the company and personal context. I just tried to share my journey.
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by elwatto 9mo ago
Maybe we are wired differently, but as I wrote in the final part, I’m actually more motivated and see myself going much longer (which is what investors want, as long as there’s growth). It’s linked in the post, but a big part of the round w
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by elwatto 9mo ago
Thanks for your message and point of view. You’re probably the only person here who has been presented with a similar scenario, and this is exactly how I felt.
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by elwatto 9mo ago
I won’t disclose details out of respect for the other party, but no, not necessarily. As I wrote, it was a good deal for the founders and some investors, but not for everyone, including employees. There are many ways to structure a sale, an
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by elwatto 9mo ago
Hard disagree. Culture isn’t the problem, org structure is. You can call it an experiment or even a hack. Every team is already innovating within their scope, and splitting becomes easier as that scope grows. What is too much is asking an E
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by elwatto 9mo ago
That was the whole point of writing this series: to show how my role evolves and what I’ve had to give up. Trust me, if it were up to me, I’d still be having fun coding (even more so these days). There’s an entire section on delegation in t
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We solved RevenueCat's biggest challenges on data ingestion into Snowflake(revenuecat.com)
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by elwatto 6y ago
Agreed on having the flexibility. I think that's the key, the self awareness and ability to adapt. I don't think having CEO/CTO/CMO for founders is a bad idea though. Even at Cloudflare, CEO and COO were co-founders. I a
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by elwatto 6y ago
Hi! I could tell you that we were visionaries and we knew a pandemic was going to come, so we were super prepared, but that would not be true. In the early days, Jacob and I discussed a lot whether we wanted to be a remote company or not. W
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by elwatto 6y ago
Hi, author here. I would probably agree with that. We only managed to go that far because the first engineers were quite experienced and super proactive. We also had a PM (essentially part time, since he was in charge of other areas too) an
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RevenueCat (YC S18) Is Hiring an Engineering Manager (Remote)(jobs.lever.co)
1 points by elwatto 6y ago
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RevenueCat (YC S18) Is Hiring a Reliability Engineer (Remote)(jobs.lever.co)
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How we migrated our database to Amazon Aurora with zero downtime(revenuecat.com)
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What to Get Right When Doing Mobile Subscriptions(revenuecat.com)
9 points by elwatto 8y ago|0 comments
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by elwatto 8y ago
Hi – Miguel here. That is totally valid point. I also think this objection stands true for every dependency of your technical infrastructure. This is the kind of decision you have to make, assessing the risks on a case by case basis. I beli
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by elwatto 9y ago
Elevate (Apple App of the Year) | iOS Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | https://www.elevateapp.com Elevate is a cognitive training tool that was the recipient of Apple's App of the Year award and Google's Editors
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by elwatto 9y ago
Elevate (Apple App of the Year) | iOS Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | elevateapp.com Elevate is a cognitive training tool that was the recipient of Apple's App of the Year award and Google's Editors' Choice distinctio
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by elwatto 10y ago
Elevate (Apple App of the Year) | iOS Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | elevateapp.com Elevate is a cognitive training tool that was the recipient of Apple's App of the Year award and Google's Editors' Choice distinctio
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by elwatto 10y ago
Elevate (Apple App of the Year 2014) | iOS Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Onsite | elevateapp.com Elevate is a cognitive training tool that was the recipient of Apple's App of the Year award and Google's Editors' Choice disti