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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Really quickly, I am a software developer and I’d started multiple companies before Twilio. We needed to engage with our customers in clever and creative ways or integrate it with the software we’re building. Every time it happened I would say I’m, I’m a software developer.

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

Alf Ruppert Yes, it started because I know the very first piece of software we did for Daylite was to connection for phone systems, so that you can push a button and then call out or if somebody’s calling in, you can see which customers calling in. And the problem was, I have no clue in software development.