Douwe Maan’s journey sounds too fantastic to be true, yet the tale that Meltano’s founder shares with Jason and Patrick today is very, very real. Whether it’s about doing software development by 11, joining Gitlab while juggling college responsibilities, or building his own company during today’s challenging times, he has quite the story to tell. In today’s episode, he speaks on Twitter, his perspective on remote work, and why data operations are a critical part of developer stacks in today’s world.
00:01:00 Introductions
00:03:44 Hustling online at 11
00:08:08 From iOS to web-based development
00:10:20 How Douwe balanced school and work
00:12:05 Sid Sijbrandij
00:19:13 Why Twitter was integral in Douwe’s journey
00:21:01 What Meltano offers for data teams
00:22:01 Remote work
00:30:59 Gitlab’s data team and what they do
00:44:40 What tools do data engineers use
00:47:40 Singer
00:50:26 Game designer travails
00:58:59 Where data operations come in
01:05:12 Getting started with Meltano
01:12:00 Meltano as a company
01:22:09 Farewells
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