Farhan Thawar
Farhan Thawar is the head of engineering at Shopify, where he oversees more than 1,000 engineers and a platform that powers over 10% of all U.S. e-commerce. Before Shopify, he was VP of engineering at Pivotal Labs and Xtreme Labs, and co-founder of Helpful.com.
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Building & Shipping Skills
Aggressively deleting obsolete code is a critical practice for maintaining velocity and preventing system complexity from slowing down development.
"We have a Delete Code Club. We can always almost find a million-plus lines of code to delete, which is insane."
Career (separate track) Skills
Choosing the more difficult career path ensures that even if you fail, you gain valuable skills and build a network of high-caliber people.
"If you do the hard path and it doesn't work, actually you still win because you've now done something hard. You've probably worked with smart people. You've learned something along the way that is val..."