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Dax Raad

Dax Raad

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820 total appearances

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The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

I think in like the couple months that I was doing that, I learned a lot.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Yeah, yeah.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So that was a company that did transportation in the healthcare space.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

It was just me and the co-founder originally.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And that company grew to like...

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

people or so that was my second swing at doing a startup i would say and it got further than my previous attempts um but all but like it kind of ended up in a disaster uh i did end up meeting my wife there she was head of product i was ahead of engineering we got together after a year so better than a startup exit i would say definitely learned a lot but uh yeah it was one of the situations where everyone was super young in their 20s and i think there's this uh stereotype of startups that oh yeah it's a bunch of like super young people you know building stuff

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

After that experience, if I ever end up investing in companies, I'm not going to invest in companies with a bunch of young people because we were all just like our brains weren't fully developed.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

We're all insecure about various things still.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And I played out with like company politics and dramatics and stuff.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So, yeah, that cliche of like, oh, yeah, it's a bunch of young people.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

I think that's like the exception, I would say, looking back.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So like a bunch of young people succeeding is probably the exception.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Yeah, yeah.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And of course, we have like, famous stories of that.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

But you know, like, on average, like, for me, I felt like my brain didn't finish developing until I was like, 26, I think.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So prior to that, you know, I don't know if I really should have been running a startup.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Yeah, I think for me, it's like startups are so intimate because it's just you and a few people.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And it's very intense.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Like you are, this is the thing you're doing.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Like you're not really, this is your hobby.