engineering team

also referred to as: engineering teams

8 statements across 8 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Apr 19, 2017 by Leo Polovets · across every show →

Everything said about engineering team, oldest first

Apr 19, 2017
Assertion Supported
Polovets: LinkedIn had five or six engineers post-Series A in 2003
“And so I spent a couple of years there just when the engineering team was like five, six people most of the time.”
Leo Polovets Apr 19, 2017 ▶ 3:10 20VC: Investing; A Game Of Access Or Picking, Why Technical DD At Seed Is Irrelevant & Why A Contrarian Mindset Does Not Always Lead To Optimal Returns with Leo Polovets, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Susa Ventures
Apr 20, 2022
Insight
Chennapragada: PMs lose engineering credibility by underestimating technical complexity
“The fastest way to lose credibility with the team, with the engineering team, as a product manager, is suggesting something that sounds simple, but that takes three years.”
Aparna Chennapragada Apr 20, 2022 ▶ 20:38 20 Product: Robinhood CPO on The 3 Stages of Product Management, How to Structure and Execute Great Product Reviews, The Secret to Building a World-Class Hiring Funnel in Product Team Building with Aparna Chennapragada
Oct 25, 2023 positive
Insight
Ely Lerner: Outcome ownership drives high-functioning engineering teams
“I think that, like, the strongest lever that you can pull to really drive high-functioning engineering teams is engineering ownership of outcomes.”
Ely Lerner Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 33:02 Ely Lerner: Should Startups Hire Advisors & How much should they be paid? | E1075 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 21, 2024
Insight
Williamson: PMs should spend 50% of time with customers, not 5%
“Now, to do that well, you need about half your time to be out of the building. Most PMs spend about 95% of their time facing engineering. And zero to fives talking to customers and being out in the world.”
Scott Williamson Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 8:33 Scott Williamson: Hiring the Best Product People in Five Steps, Why the Best PMs are Writers | E1118 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 20, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Freshworks under-hired software engineers relative to sales during its 2015 growth
“दो हजार पंद्रह में हम वास्तव में बहुत तेजी से बढ़ रहे थे और हम sales team को nuket कर रहे थे और sales का पहिया engineering के पहिये से तेज घूम रहा था. हमने जरूरत मताबिक engineers को hire नहीं किया”
Girish Mathrubootham Apr 20, 2024 ▶ 31:22 Girish Mathrubootham (HINDI): Biggest Product and Pricing Lessons from Scaling to $597M in ARR · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 17, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Zhang: Software will replace engineering teams for company marketing websites
“When I think about marketing pages, like these, like, really important websites, your, even your main.com, I don't see a world where you need to be having your engineering teams do that anymore. I believe that that, that really will get solved by software.”
Jiaona Zhang May 17, 2024 ▶ 47:08 Jiaona Zhang: Why All Product Teams Should Have a Scorecard & How to Use It | E1154 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 12, 2026 bullish
Assertion Open
Lemkin: No software companies are reducing their engineering teams
“We are building more software than ever, and we need the humans and no one is reducing their engineering team.”
Jason Lemkin Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 40:29 Anthropic's Super Bowl Ad: Who Won & Lost? | Sierra Hits $150M ARR: Is Customer Support Too Crowded? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 9, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Weitzman: AI Token Budgets Will Outpace Engineering Salaries Within Three Years
“We'll get there in three years. Yeah. You just need to be like a really strong early adopter.”
Cliff Weitzman May 9, 2026 ▶ 35:36 Cliff Weitzman: What I Learned from 100 of the World’s Top CEOs & Why Tokens Will Outspend Salaries · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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