7 November 2019
Don’t Overengineer Things, You’re Not Google
There’s no need to ‘think big’ and be super scalable if you’re a small startup. In this episode, we will talk with Andreas Palsson, CTO at BetterWealth FTS that provides automated investment advisory service with a focus on algorithm-based portfolio management. If you disagree that overengineering can do harm or just interested to learn why this podcast is for you.
Navigation
| 1:30 | Andreas’ background. His role in Better Wealth |
| 4:23 | Context switching is the worst way to spend time |
| 7:21 | Best tools for time management and team |
| 9:28 | Why should everyone know what’s going on at the project? |
| 11:15 | Two ‘mantras’ of choosing technologies |
| 15:59 | Having a broader technical sense is crucial for hires |
| 18:04 | What’s more important than financial domain knowledge? |
| 22:24 | Product strategy and its biggest challenge |
| 26:53 | Why does Andreas prefer keeping teams small? |
| 29:50 | Spending time on reading… Medium |
| 31:36 | CTO is the one who leverages others |
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