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CloudKitchens CTO on Intelligence, Regrets, Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick Stories

21 Nov 2025

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Brian Attwell grew to Senior Staff at Uber by age 25. After that he left Uber to join CloudKitchens (Travis Kalanick’s current startup) and quickly became the CTO after his team doubled in size every 6 months. I asked him about how he did it. He also had a bunch of interesting takes about big tech and stories about Travis Kalanick and Steve Jobs. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/cloudkitchens-cto-on-intelligence• YouTube: https://youtu.be/egNtHu4q-vI• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:26 - Growth to Senior Staff at Uber00:10:05 - Was it luck?00:11:45 - Interviewing for IQ00:18:02 - Intelligence and prioritization00:22:19 - How his team doubled every 6 months00:28:30 - Manager promos tied to scope00:39:13 - Amazon and Google brutal honesty00:43:39 - CloudKitchens behind the scenes00:50:24 - Biggest career regret00:54:17 - Travis Kalanick experiences00:56:01 - Most impactful advice received00:56:56 - Most impactful book for career00:57:53 - Advice for his younger self00:58:48 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-attwell/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/attwellbrian• CloudKitchens: https://cloudkitchens.com/careers/• CloudKitchens tech blog: https://techblog.cloudkitchens.com/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman

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