S5 Bonus: Kyle Bernhardy, HarperDB

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🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Kyle Bernhardy had a less than traditional path to the tech world. He has been in the industry since the late 90's, but it all started when he was growing up, attempting to program text adventures games on his Commodore 64. In High School, he started running and they became a major part of his life - so much so, he went to run for Penn State University. He settled into an exercise and sports science major, so he could stay close to the sport. Post college - he didn't know what to do with his degree. He worked in a few corporate fitness centers, but didn't enjoy what he was doing and didn't see a path for himself. During that time, he ended up getting a job in tech support. He grew in this role, in his knowledge of DB basics, SQL and supporting database reporting. Once this happened, he moved into the development world.Programming for Kyle is a creative outlet, but not for art... for problem solving. In 2010, he started working for a data center company and met his now co-founder. They would hang out and chat about what it would be like to build something together. While working for a large data aggregation company, he worked through a number of data availability, reliability, and infrastructure around massive data processing. Internally, he thought there must be a better way. This is the creation story of HarperDB. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I will say I had to grow up a lot through this process.
0:07.0	And, you know, when I co-founded HarperDB, I was not ready to be CTO.
0:13.0	I had to learn how to be CTO, and I also had to learn how to trust.
0:18.0	I had to learn how to cede some control. I also had to learn to become comfortable
0:23.3	making decisions. So in looking back, there was a lot of things I did because of the things
0:30.5	I just said that did not help the team scale. My name is Kyle Bernhardy and I'm co-founder and CTO at HarperDB.
0:47.7	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry
0:57.3	and build and lead, a team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Labhart, and today how Kyle Bernhardy built the best database solution
1:08.6	based on speed, reliability, and hybrid cloud.
1:13.5	All this and more.
1:15.1	OnCote Story.
1:19.5	Kyle Bernhardy had a less than traditional path to the tech world.
1:23.7	He's been in the industry since the late 90s, but it all started when he was growing up,
1:27.6	attempting to program text adventure games on his Commodore 64.
1:32.0	In high school, he started running, and that became a major part of his life,
1:36.0	so much so he went to run for Penn State University.
1:38.9	He settled into an exercise and sports science major so he could stay close to the sport.
1:46.0	Post college, he didn't know what to do with his degree. He worked in a few corporate fitness senators, but didn't enjoy what he was doing and didn't see a path for himself.
1:52.0	During that time, he ended up getting a job in tech support.
1:54.0	He grew in this role in his knowledge of database basics, SQL, and supporting database reporting.
2:00.0	Once this happened, he moved into the development world.
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