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47. Akshay Verma of Duolingo
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This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Akshay Verma, the head of User Research at Duolingo. We talk about being qualitative focused in an experimentation-driven organization, research team structures, team rituals, and sharing knowledge between researchers.
I don’t actually want to bemoan or belabor this concept of a room that we’re invited to or not. At Duolingo, I feel it pretty acutely just because we do have a lot of rituals and traditions at Duolingo around how product gets built. And it’s great. It works. It works really well. But, you know, I could spend a lot of time and energy going crazy, being like, “How do I get invited to these rooms?” and then get upset when it doesn’t happen? I actually don’t. I try my best, but I think our energy is probably spent elsewhere.” – Akshay Verma
Show Links
- Episode transcript
- Akshay on LinkedIn
- Duolingo
- How Duolingo is using its ‘unhinged content’ with Duo the Owl to make people laugh on TikTok
- FigJam
- IDEO
- Stanford d.school
- Calendly
- How the Underground Dance Music Scene Makes Me a Better User Researcher
- Get Familiar With Detroit Techno: 10 Essential Songs
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The post 47. Akshay Verma of Duolingo first appeared on Portigal Consulting.65 episodes
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This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Akshay Verma, the head of User Research at Duolingo. We talk about being qualitative focused in an experimentation-driven organization, research team structures, team rituals, and sharing knowledge between researchers.
I don’t actually want to bemoan or belabor this concept of a room that we’re invited to or not. At Duolingo, I feel it pretty acutely just because we do have a lot of rituals and traditions at Duolingo around how product gets built. And it’s great. It works. It works really well. But, you know, I could spend a lot of time and energy going crazy, being like, “How do I get invited to these rooms?” and then get upset when it doesn’t happen? I actually don’t. I try my best, but I think our energy is probably spent elsewhere.” – Akshay Verma
Show Links
- Episode transcript
- Akshay on LinkedIn
- Duolingo
- How Duolingo is using its ‘unhinged content’ with Duo the Owl to make people laugh on TikTok
- FigJam
- IDEO
- Stanford d.school
- Calendly
- How the Underground Dance Music Scene Makes Me a Better User Researcher
- Get Familiar With Detroit Techno: 10 Essential Songs
Help other people find Dollars to Donuts by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.
The post 47. Akshay Verma of Duolingo first appeared on Portigal Consulting.65 episodes
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