
You're listing to The Retro, our show where we talk about the tactical, nitty-gritty, of how anyone can build a successful career in tech. I'm your host, Randy Brown, and along with Kirk Fernandes, we're the co-founders of Merit. Merit is a free platform to connect people on software teams to senior leaders in their field to growth their craft and career.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 8 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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Today we're joined by Donald DeSantis. Donald is a founder, designer, investor, and (soon to be) author. He was previously co-founder of Hightower (now VTS), which he grew from an idea in a Seattle coffee shop to a 250 person company. In this episode... more
Today we're joined by Jen Hau.
Jen Hau is currently a Senior Product Manager at Truss. Previously Jen has held product leadership roles at Troops, VTS and VenueBook. Jen also has worked as an Operations Manager at Compass, worked at one of David Cha... more
Today we're joined by Urim Choi, Director of Product at Eden Health and a coach on Merit. At Eden Health, Urim is building a new type of primary care delivery platform.
Urim has nearly a decade of experience in Product Management across healthcare, ... more
Today we're joined by Kwame Thomison.
Kwame is currently the Founder and Principal at Magnetic, which provides coaching for engineering leaders and social learning experiences for emotional intelligence, software delivery best practices, leadership,... more
Today's format is a bit different than normal, as we're going to interview my co-founder, Kirk Fernandes. As such, joining us today as co-host is Stephanie Del Paggio. Stephanie is a Product Manager at Harry's, a direct to consumer company which desi... more
Today we're joined by Will Howard, who's a coach a Merit. This year, Will co-founded Do What Works, which provides companies data and insights to help them run better tests faster. Before that, he was a Director of Engineering at Meetup, where over 1... more
Today we're joined by Kate Matsumoto. Kate is a Senior Product Designer at Etsy, which is an online marketplace where people can make, sell, and buy unique goods. She previously worked for CreativeMornings and Tattly. When Kate's not at her monitor, ... more
Today we're joined by Jackie Jiménez, a Staff Software Engineer at Meetup, where she's worked on Product and Platform teams. Prior to Meetup, she led engineering teams at SportsRocket Media, where she was a Director of Engineering.
Jackie is passion... more










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