S9 Bonus: Zach Goldberg, Gruntwork & The Startup CTO's Handbook

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Tech News, News, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Zach Goldberg was sent to computer camp when he was 12 years old. An interesting part of the story is that the prior year, he went to sports camp - and it didn't go so well. At the camp, he fell in love with tech, and eventually became a counselor. He finds the most joy and impact at the intersection of business and technology. Outside of tech, he is married, and a private pilot in California. He also admits to being a total geek, getting very excited about installing a solar panel on his roof (up to code of course, and with the permission of his wife). A few months ago, Zach was introduced to the founders of his current company, through the executive coaching and consulting he does. They all had great conversation around approaches to DevOps and what the future of the industry is - so much so, that he decided to join the team and lead the conversation. This is Zach's creation story at Gruntwork. 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's on the nose. I actually have an entire chapter in my book, the startup CTO's handbook, on exactly this topic. You know, coming into a team or an organization as a leader, what is your agenda? What's your checklist? What are your priorities early days? And the framework that I offer, the way I think about it, is if you're promoted into a leadership position, you likely already have the context. And so your focus is on picking up all those leadership elements, trying to put
0:27.0	the pieces together, so to speak, and not rock the boat. My ideas are not necessarily the right
0:31.4	ideas. It's about building an organization where the collective whole can be fantastic.
0:38.3	My name is Zach Goldberg.
0:39.5	I'm the CTO of Gruntwork and the author of the startup CTO's handbook.
0:46.6	This is Code Story.
0:49.4	A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	Six months moonlighting.
0:53.9	There's nothing like 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.
1:00.3	Just took many goes to get right.
1:02.0	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other.
1:07.5	She was proud of her team.
1:09.0	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure is a pain.
1:12.9	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.6	Total waste of time.
1:15.9	The stories you don't read in the headlines.
1:18.6	It's not an easy thing to achieve.
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