11 episodes
Equivalent to Magic General Catalyst
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5.0 • 23 Ratings
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Equivalent to Magic is a podcast about the wizards behind the world’s most influential companies and tech platforms. Two veteran tech executives, Steve Herrod and Quentin Clark, talk with CTOs, CPOs, and engineers about how they dreamed, designed and managed their way to scale. The show is produced by General Catalyst.
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Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath on Maximizing Innovation
Atlassian’s technical leader on experimentation and complex adaptive systems.
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Snowflake’s Christian Kleinerman on Breaking Limits of Data Warehousing
Snowflake is reinventing the way we make sense of big data in the public cloud.
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GitLab’s Eric Johnson on Radical OpenCore Transparency
How GitLab built the world’s most transparent, all-remote software development company.
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Dropbox’s Akhil Gupta on ‘Brutal Prioritization’
The inside story of how Dropbox created the “Magic Pocket” cloud storage architecture.
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Nick Caldwell, Twitter's VP of Engineering
Nick Caldwell chats about the different engineering mindsets at Microsoft, Reddit and Twitter.
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Intuit CTO Marianna Tessel on AI-First Software
Marianna Tessel talks about engineering software for small businesses in a post-pandemic world.
Customer Reviews
Awesomeness!
Hard to find two more informed yet down to earth people than Steve & Quentin. Both brilliant technically while also describing the problems and concepts of technology such that all can digest, comprehend and enjoy. Bravo fellas!
Great stories + great advice
This podcast is a perfect mix of personal stories and real, actionable takeaways for anyone in tech. Especially loved the episode featuring Slack’s CPO. Steve, Quentin, and their guests are all super genuine – and the podcast itself is high-quality and flawlessly produced. A great listen all around, highly recommend.
Great insights from enterprise pros
Steve and Quentin are truly dynamic hosts. With their combined expertise, they able to go incredibly deep on technical enterprise topics with precision and clarity. On top of their natural rapport and knowledge base, it was great to hear directly from senior tech and product leads at Uber, Slack, and Facebook — some of the largest and most influential companies shaping our world today. As someone who is interested in what goes on “behind the scenes” at these types of companies on a technical level, this podcast is a must-listen. Can’t wait for more!