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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 340 \| Kurt Mackey - Improvising Opportunity
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:46:32
	Publish Date:		2018-05-20 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: @ Kurt Mackey talks with Dave Rael about Fly, family, software, business, and improv Kurt Mackey ran tech for Ars Technica, then left to build compose.io (prev. MongoHQ, YC S11), which was sold to IBM. Now, he's a cofounder of Fly.io. He also does a little improv at Second City in Chicago to keep things interesting. Chapters: 2:16 - Dave introduces the show and Kurt Mackey 8:05 - The context, history, opportunity, and status of fly.io 12:51 - Surprising user behavior 13:57 - The reasons for open sourcing fly.io 17:03 - Kurt's experiences with Ars Technica 18:48 - The similarities and differences between building systems and building teams 24:50 - Humility, business, improv, and technical talks 30:46 - The tendencies of developers to undervalue themselves and Fly's equity grants to open source developers 33:54 - Kurt's story of failure - family difficulties with Kurt's travel, spending time and money of distractions 39:15 - Kurt's book recommendation 41:57 - Kurt's top 3 tips for delivering more value 45:12 - Keeping up with Kurt Resources: Fly Second City Diminishing marginal utility Content Delivery Network Kurt on Ars Technica Obie Fernandez on Developer On Fire Kurt's book recommendation: How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie Kurt's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Get over your pride and get something out there Optimize for success, don't try to prevent failure Build real friendships with people who have common interests
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