S2 Bonus: Andrew Overton, Saga

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🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Andrew Overton is a finance grad from Howard University. He spent 3 years after graduation, in investment banking. After a while, he desired to work in tech and joined Graphiq in Santa Barbara to learn the ropes. During that time, he obtained his masters in CS from Johns Hopkins, and fulfilled his life long dream of working for Apple - specifically, on Apple Music data pipelines. Married to his wife Jessica, he is a family centered dude, looking up to both his brother and parents. And outside of tech, he loves to read and practice Ju Jitsu to blow off steam and practice thinking a few moves ahead. During his career, he had the idea of saving his own family's story somehow, but drug his feet on the idea. In 2019, he committed to making progress and validated the idea - in fact, it was at this point where he connected with his co-founder, Amelia Lin, and set off to create a robust product to capture stories from your loved ones - through an easy interface, all in one place, and saved in audio format. It's like getting a personal podcast of your Grandma's childhood stories. This is the creation story of Saga. 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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0:42.0	It's hard to put into words, but there's something magical about when you hear the story of your
0:48.0	loved one and you hear things you've never heard about them before. We live in a country where
0:54.0	we know a lot about celebrities and historical figures,
0:57.7	but we don't tend to know that level of detail about our own family.
1:02.3	And so one of the really interesting things about saga is that, you know, you can create
1:06.1	memories today that will create a family legacy for your family into the future, which to me is this
1:12.5	really awesome idea and something I'm very proud to be working on.
1:18.1	My name is Andrew Overton. I'm CTO and co-founder at Saga.
1:40.9	This is Code Story, a podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead a team that has your back.
1:48.3	I'm your host, Noah Laphart, and today how Andrew Overton built a solution to record the stories of your loved ones, all-in-synced audio.
1:53.5	All this and more on Coat Story.
2:06.7	Andrew Everton spent three years in investment banking before jumping ship to work in tech.
2:12.2	He joined a company called Graphic in Santa Barbara to learn the ropes, and during that time, got a master's in CS from Johns Hopkins. Married to his wife, Jessica, he is a family-centered dude looking up to both his brother and
2:19.7	parents. And outside of tech, he loves to read and practice Jiu-Jitsu to blow off steam and
2:25.2	practice thinking a few moves ahead. During his career, he had the idea of saving his own
2:30.8	family's story somehow. In 2019, he committed to making progress and validating
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