S4 E1: Sophy Lee, HopSkipDrive

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Sophy Lee was born in China, but grew up in a lot of countries and places. She grew up in Australia, lived all over Texas, and went to Harvard for undergrad, studying economics. She is an avid bike racer, mainly on the road, and a triathlete. The combination of living in difference places, school, and racing lead her into the tech world. In fact, she moved to San Francisco to race - though he had taught herself to program post college and had an idea brewing in her head on how to become a better engineer in San Fran. Sophy has been working on her current product for 6.5 years, starting at a different company formerly known as Shuttle. The product was built originally to map out a trip from point a to b, and have a driver give a protected ride to a child. Four years ago, her current company acquired the product, at which point she joined as CTO to lead the Technology & Information Security team. This is the creation story of HopSkipDrive. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I wish I had some sort of magic formula for being able to build engineering teams cost effectively, but I don't.
0:09.4	Particularly at Hopskip Drive, the biggest thing is trust.
0:14.1	You have to know that you can trust this person, not just because it helps you work more effectively together,
0:20.0	but because our particular product and the service that we offer
0:24.0	involves driving kids everywhere they need to go.
0:27.3	The relationships that I've built with people on the engineering team
0:30.6	and product teams and people across the company and things that they've taught me,
0:35.5	I think those are the things that are priceless.
0:38.9	My name is Sophie Lee, and I'm the CTO of Hop Skip Drive.
0:47.8	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments what it takes to change in industry
0:57.2	and build and lead a team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Labhart,
1:04.1	and today how Sophie Lee built the platform that delivers your child
1:08.9	to their destination as safe as possible.
1:13.6	All this and more on Code Story.
1:20.5	Sophie Lee was born in China, but grew up in a lot of countries and places.
1:30.4	She grew up in Australia, lived all over Texas, and went to Harvard for undergrad, studying
1:35.7	economics.
1:37.2	She is an avid bike racer, mainly on the road, and a triathlete.
1:41.8	The combination of living in different places, school, and racing, led her into the tech world.
1:48.2	In fact, she moved to San Francisco to race, though she had taught herself to program post-college
1:53.6	and had an idea brewing in her head on how to become a better engineer in San Fran.
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