David Singleton ( @dps ) was the CTO at Stripe for 7 years before he left to start /dev/agents. Prior to Stripe, he grew from a junior engineer to a VP at Google. I recently asked him about everything he knows about career growth and being an excellent engineering leader. We discussed: • How he grew from an IC to a VP at Google • How to hire at scale without Leetcode • Writing code as a senior leader • The story behind becoming Stripe’s CTO • The top book and habit that impacted his career Where to watch: • Youtube: • Spotify: • Apple Podcasts: What’s funny is in conversation I discovered that Philip Su (from a previous episode) and David were constantly battling for the top talent in London Philip was the London site director for Meta and David was his counterpart at Google. They grew close out of mutual respect and it’s why Philip spoke highly of David’s expertise If you haven’t seen the Philip episode I also recommend that one: