S8 E27: Valeriy Bykanov, Prodigy

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Valeriy Bykanov studied computer science in the Ukraine, and eventually in 2009, decided to start his own software development agency. After doing this for some time, he wanted to expand his horizons and moved to Berlin to join a startup. Outside of tech, he is married, and loves to be active outdoors - hiking, snowboarding and cycling. In fact, one of his favorite things to do is listen to a podcast or audiobook while hitting a biking trail. Valeriy had some past experience in recruitment, having had run his own agency. He found great reward in placing people, but eventually wanted to build a solution for the process. After he met his co-founder, they both decided to attack the creation of a new kind of recruiting tool. This is the creation story of Prodigy. 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	We started coding product a little bit too earlier than we should.
0:06.0	Once we started talking to customers and we understand what they want, we created quick
0:13.0	prototype in Figma, but we only used it internally, mostly.
0:17.0	And I guess what would help to save a couple of iterations of a product is if you would try to
0:22.6	delay it as much as you can, like actual building actual code of a product and maybe use
0:28.8	Figma or other prototyping tools or build something in no code like bubble or flutterflow and
0:34.3	use Make.com and Zapier or whatnot to bring your prototype to life.
0:40.1	Hi, my name is Valera Beganoff.
0:41.5	I'm co-founder, NCTO and Prodigy.
0:46.7	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	It took many goes to get right.
1:01.9	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.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure is up pain.
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