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Databases, Drive, and Diversity - Lessons from Xata's CEO Monica Sarbu
Manage episode 430382464 series 3532457
Monica Sarbu, the CEO and founder of Xata.io, talks to us about her inspiring journey from getting into tech to building Xata - the serverless database platform for modern apps. We chat about the founding of her first company, Packetbeat, its acquisition by Elastic, and her time as a director there. We talk about mentoring, diversity, and hiring engineers that have high agency. We also cover some of the technical decisions at Xata - we even chat a bit about the Zig programming language :)
Where to find more about Monica and Xata:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu
- X - https://x.com/monicasarbu
- Xata - https://xata.io/
- pgroll - https://github.com/xataio/pgroll
- Tupu - https://www.tupu.io/
Where to find Bartek:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/
- X - https://x.com/bwplotka
Where to find Ivan:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/
- X - https://x.com/ivvalkov
As always, feedback and questions are welcome! You can use this form - https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9
Episode breakdown:
0:00 - Episode intro
2:25 - Monica's introduction
4:00 - Monica's software engineering background
5:52 - Founding her first company Packetbeat
15:30 - Elastic acquisition and being a director there
25:34 - The role of managers
28:38 - Founding Tupu and diversity in tech
38:44 - The founding story of Xata
44:35 - Open source, serverless, and Zig vs Go
51:17 - Hiring high-agency engineers
1:00:37 - Where to find out more
12 episoder
Manage episode 430382464 series 3532457
Monica Sarbu, the CEO and founder of Xata.io, talks to us about her inspiring journey from getting into tech to building Xata - the serverless database platform for modern apps. We chat about the founding of her first company, Packetbeat, its acquisition by Elastic, and her time as a director there. We talk about mentoring, diversity, and hiring engineers that have high agency. We also cover some of the technical decisions at Xata - we even chat a bit about the Zig programming language :)
Where to find more about Monica and Xata:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu
- X - https://x.com/monicasarbu
- Xata - https://xata.io/
- pgroll - https://github.com/xataio/pgroll
- Tupu - https://www.tupu.io/
Where to find Bartek:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/
- X - https://x.com/bwplotka
Where to find Ivan:
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/
- X - https://x.com/ivvalkov
As always, feedback and questions are welcome! You can use this form - https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9
Episode breakdown:
0:00 - Episode intro
2:25 - Monica's introduction
4:00 - Monica's software engineering background
5:52 - Founding her first company Packetbeat
15:30 - Elastic acquisition and being a director there
25:34 - The role of managers
28:38 - Founding Tupu and diversity in tech
38:44 - The founding story of Xata
44:35 - Open source, serverless, and Zig vs Go
51:17 - Hiring high-agency engineers
1:00:37 - Where to find out more
12 episoder
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