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#106 - Meritocracy, Backend and Engineer-led Sales feat. Shyam Sankar // CTO @ Palantir Technologies
30 Aug 2024
Discover new ways to do things with Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir, who is working to deprecate backend development using their experience with 150 independent dev teams running a collection of 5,000 microservices. Yet this podcast is more than that (although I was blown away by the demo)โexpect great nuggets of wisdom on meritocracy, data, and of course, backend. Think of this podcast as a series of back-to-back nuggets of wisdom that not only help you make sense of what you've observed but also open your mind to emerging trends. Listen to find out ๐จโ๐ณ How French Restaurants Inspired Engineer-led Sales โ๏ธ Finding Success in Contradicting Ideas ๐งโ๐ป The Two Types of Engineers: Artists ๐จ vs. Hackers ๐ง ๐๏ธ How he is working on deprecating backend development ๐ Why data is only as good as the decisions it guides and actualizes ๐ The Power of Ontologies ๐งฉ Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning ๐ Diversity in meritocracy through acts of rebellion ๐ฅ โน๏ธ Why you need to reduce information asymmetry +๐ค Like Analog to Digital: How LLMs will change things
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