Kirupa: Senior Director at Salesforce, Creator extraordinaire
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Here are some relevant links from the conversation:
- kirupa.com
- Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D video games
- Pixel art
- Kirupa's Youtube channel
- Kirupa's books on web development
- Microsoft Silverlight
Show notes:
- 2:12 IDDQD cheat code
- 3:03 An explanation of Product Management
- 4:27 Skills Kirupa looks for when hiring PMs
- 5:12 Solutions sometimes provided by a technical customer base
- 6:40 Why MIT?
- 7:51 Online personality = Offline personality
- 8:54 Working at large tech companies
- 10:54 Working on Silverlight tools
- 12:05 A love for pixel art
- 13:37 Gray areas of fields like design and development
- 15:54 Staring kirupa.com
- 19:31 Juggling a full-time career with side projects
- 20:39 Youtube videos
- 21:30 Kirupa's cat: a regular attendee at work meetings
- 22:25 Deciding what to invest time in
- 23:36 How working from home has changed things
- 24:58 Walking meetings
- 25:17 Influential people in Kirupa's life
- 26:37 The role of luck
- 28:36 Would any of this have been a surprise?
- 31:02 An 80th birthday toast
- 32:25 Ask for help early, ask for help often
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