S8 Bonus: Max Howell, Tea

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Max Howell did well in school, and was presented with the problem that - he didn't know what to do with himself. At that time, software wasn't cool, so he studied chemistry and started out a job in that industry. After he mastered his work environment within 3 months, he was disenchanted with the career path, and decided to stop going to work. Post installing Linux on his home computer, he started coding - and fell in love with it. Outside of tech, he is married with a young son. He enjoys a good beer, cooking a steak, and seeing how new everything is interpreted through his son's eyes. Max is the creator of Homebrew, the widely used package manager which is probably installed on your computer right now. After the success of the tool, he wanted to figure out a way to continue to bring value to open source, and power digital money in the web3 space. This is the creation story of Tea. 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	It doesn't matter how good the thing you've made is, if you can't connect with your audience,
0:07.9	and crucially, I'd say, connect with the influential part of your audience, then it won't go anywhere.
0:16.8	The developers don't trust ads.
0:18.5	They trust the other developers they talk to.
0:23.6	So you've got to get on their radar. Actually, it being a good product is way less important than the other factors.
0:28.6	And that's the sad truth.
0:30.6	None of those things will matter if you can't get some of the attention.
0:35.6	It's the truth that you don't need to make the best.
0:37.9	You just need to get the right people.
0:40.9	I'm Max Howell and I'm CEO at tea.
0:46.8	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.4	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing on the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	Just took many goes to get right.
1:02.2	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
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