The 10 Most Innovative CDN Disruptors to Watch in 2022 May2022

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Tech EvolutionDave GulloCo-founder & CTOVideoAmpMay 2022 | 20 | www.insightssuccess.com
VideoAmp turns 4 years old this month. So manymemories, and so much growth. Let’s reflect onsome of the worst decisions and associatedlearnings that have been fundamental to our growth. Whythe worst you say? Because when you accelerate yourlearning rate in a fail-fast environment, it then allows you tomake fast decisions vs the analysis paralysis predicament.Ref lectionOne of my favorite wildcard interview questions formanagers is: “Describe the failure you’re most proud of.”This sometimes catches people off guard, so I’ll share minefirst to get the conversation going. Inevitably it comes downto choosing because there are so many.You can’t talk about growth and success without talkingabout these failures. Unless you’re some kind of hybrid AIrobot-space-alienwho’s absolutely perfect, there’s going tobe mistakes. What’s important is that as a leader you ownyour mistakes and be transparent about them.HiringFinding the right people is the single most important aspectof growing a startup. The biggest mistakes in hiring havebeen:ŸŸ“Promoting out of hand” is another variation ofthis where you don’t put someone through thenormal due diligence because they alreadypresent. In our case, individual contributor (IC)engineers don’t go through the rigorousreference checks that new managers do.“Hiring under duress” or lowering your barsimply to meet headcount goals. I stronglyadvise to hire fewer “full-full stack” seniorengineers vs a bunch of junior or mid-levelcareer developers who require more time,nurturing and precious attention units from yoursenior staff.ProcessThis is a moving target, and one which has definitely beenan ongoing series of blogs. In the early stage, we “overprescribed scrum.” Something that a very early stagecompany can do, along with too much agile processes toosoon.For example, prototypes and proof of concepts should nothave a rigorous definition of done, with endless unit,functional, and end-to-end tests because the product’srequirements will probably zig-zag wildly.Ÿ“Hiring out of hand” or short cutting the normalprocesses because the candidate is well known by otherengineers in the group.Conversely, having too little process when you aresupporting enterprise customers can also be aproblem. I spent my prior days as an IC andMay 2022 | 21 | www.insightssuccess.com
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