In this episode, Jan talks to Vita, Director of Engineering, about his career at Mews. Vita started as a Backend engineer in 2015 and grew into the role of director of the Connectivity tribe, a team that oversees the public API, which is used by 1000+ partners to enhance Mews’s functionality.
00:00 Intro
00:50 How is gardening helping Vita relax, and how mistakes you make in the garden are hard to fix.
03:02 How did Vita’s interview look like in 2015?
06:50 First bug fixed, and first bigger project (still in production).
09:40 Zero hotel experience when joining Mews. It was a good thing!
12:25 Biggest screw-up.
15:30 How did Vita become Mr. Connectivity? Why does he enjoy the API domain? And how different is it from “regular” product engineering?
27:27 Being active in the community. What does it bring Vita? What are the pro tips?
34:55 Developing a home application, and when was the last commit made to the Mews codebase?
38:40 What motivates Vita to keep growing within the company?
40:25 Jan’s memories of the early days of the APIs.
42:58 Moving from being in an office to a home office. What are the challenges and tips?
46:50 What is the advice to the new joiners these days? And how can the external community help internally?
50:00 Where does Vita see engineering in the future? How is AI going to change the work of engineers?
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