Interview: Sourcegraph Founder/CEO Slack Quinn
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Sourcegraph reports growth from about 25 people in 2019 to ~180 now, claims software engineers transition naturally into CEO roles, and credits advisers and mentors plus learning to trust intuition for scaling. The concrete tension described is needing one person to set and overrule for single-direction focus even while admitting gaps in functional expertise. The interview is on the Pragmatic Engineer podcast and discusses practical leadership trade-offs during fast growth.
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