July 24, 2023 • 1 minute read •

A Geek Leader: Interview with Pete Hunt

John Rouda interviewed Pete Hunt, CEO of Dagster Labs, on React.js, open source and data orchestration.

Name: Pete Hunt
Handle: @floydophone

Pete joined A Geek Leader podcast host John Rouda for a conversation on leading an open source tech startup.

About Pete

Pete joined Dagster Labs as head of engineering in early 2022, and took over the reins as CEO in November of that year. Pete was previously co-founder and CEO of Smyte, an anti-abuse provider that was acquired by Twitter. Prior to this, Pete led Instagram’s web and business analytics teams, and cofounded Facebook’s React.js open-source project.

The podcast covered:

Pete’s background
His experience working on React.js and his time at Twitter
Building open source solutions
The Data Orchestration domain
The transition from Engineering Leader to CEO
Be able to say “I don’t know” and still inspire confidence
How to master delegation

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