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Navigating Growth and Innovation in Tech with Dan Farrelly
Season 5 · Episode 25

Navigating Growth and Innovation in Tech with Dan Farrelly

This episode discusses the challenges and strategies of managing growth and innovation in the tech industry with Dan Farrelly.

Chats with Kent C. Dodds · Kent C. Dodds, Dan Farrelly

April 3, 202412m 26s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Kent C. Dodds interviews Dan Farrelly, the CTO and co-founder of Jest, about his journey from front-end engineer to CTO, the challenges of scaling a tech company, and the importance of staying small to maintain agility and innovation. Farrelly shares insights into the evolving challenges of a tech team, from infrastructure to front-end development, and emphasizes the value of a generalist approach in a small, dynamic team. The conversation also delves into Farrelly's upcoming conference talk on improving long-standing APIs and his enthusiasm for learning from and contributing to the developer community.

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Guest: Dan Farrelly

Host: Kent C. Dodds

Topics

innovationtech industrysoftware developmentteam scalingapi improvement