Guillermo Rauch, CEO @ Vercel, on Fostering Talent; Community Building; Best Hires; API-First Companies; ChatGPT; Customer Delight; Most Valuable Feedback; Improving The World; … | Full Interview

Show Notes: A FFP interview with the CEO at Vercel, Guillermo Rauch. Guillermo is a highly accomplished fixture in the web development community with over a decade of experience in the field. He is widely recognized for his expertise and contributions, particularly for creating the popular JavaScript library, Socket.io, which allows for real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. He has also played a key role in the success of several startups as a co-founder. Guillermo Rauch is currently the CEO of Vercel, a platform that simplifies the process of deploying and scaling web applications. Vercel has become a highly popular choice for developers, companies, and organizations to build and deploy their web projects. Throughout his career, Guillermo Rauch has achieved many notable accomplishments, including co-founding LearnBoost and Cloudup. His expertise, leadership, and contributions are recognized as a leader in the industry. Guillermo is frequently invited as a speaker to many conferences and events, and has been featured in multiple publications and media outlets. Hear Guillermo Rauch's perspective on: Unearthing Talent Space To Thrive Fostering Talent Community Building Best Hires Great Product People Product Ownership Well-Defined Ownership Field Insights Working with Large Companies Vercel CLI Spectrum Of Abstractions API-First Companies ChatGPT Promoting Quickly Celebration Culture Sharing Kudos Best Feedback North Star Saying No "Hell Yes!" Decisions Customer Delight And vs Or Products Dismissing React Simple vs Easy Engineering vs Shipping Protecting Crown Jewels Value System Software at Scale Enabling Features Psychological Safety Reverse Engineering Back Porting Typical CEO Day Infrastructure as Code Declarative Systems Driving Change Powerful Metaphors Balancing Focus Trusting Great Leaders Stellar Feedback Colleagues as Customers Finding Exceptional Leaders No or Hell Yeah! Important Heuristic Extremely Curious Scaling Yourself Guillermo's Motivation Owing The Web Customers as Partners Absorbing Insights Actionable Feedback Loops Winning Means… Metrics as Products Guillermo's Personal Evolution Biggest Lessons Improving The World Authenticity & Transparency Links: Guillermo Rauch on Twitter Guillermo Rauch's blog Vercel Next.js Conf 2022 We are currently hiring at Stellate. If you got interested in potentially working with us, please take a look at our hiring page.