{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#176 CEO MongoDB, Dev Ittycheria: Edge","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3931,"description":"Guest: Dev Ittycheria, CEO and President of MongoDB\nWhen you think about who you were and the decisions you made two, or four, or eight years ago ... how do you feel? Dev Ittycheria, the President and CEO of MongoDB, says he’s embarrassed about certain things he did — and that’s a good thing. “If you’re not [embarrassed], that means you’re not really growing that fast,” he says. He recalled one of his mentors, former BladeLogic chairman Steve Walske, explaining that everyone has an overinflated opinion of themselves, and the great leaders keep the gap between that opinion and reality narrow. One of the hallmarks of such a leader, Dev says, is that they have the intellectually honesty to recognize their own strengths and weaknesses, which others perceive.\nIn this episode, Dev and Joubin discuss looking for bad news, chips on your shoulder, Ivy League schools, being an outsider, highly educated parents, “aging out,” Bruce Springsteen, Chief People Officers, Frank Slootman and John McMahon, passive aggression, vulnerability as strength, imposter syndrome, open-source licenses, introverts, and time management.\nIn this episode, we cover:\nShlomo Kramer and the “burden of persona” (00:59)\nWhy BladeLogic started in Boston (04:30)\nThe psychological edge (07:08)\nDev’s family and education (08:56)\n“Am I good enough?” (13:11)\n“Do not squander this opportunity” (16:22)\nDev’s wife (19:32)\nFear of irrelevance (21:23)\nRelevance after retirement (26:06)\nWhy CEO is a lonely job (28:14)\nTrusting your team (31:43)\nThe meaning of life (35:16)\nJudgment and introspection (38:16)\nTaking people to the woodshed (40:54)\nWhat matters to other people (44:39)\nTaking risks at MongoDB (51:08)\nFounder-led businesses (53:26)\nWhat type of company is MongoDB? (57:39)\nWork-life harmony (01:00:20)\nWho MongoDB is hiring (01:03:17)\nLinks:\nConnect with DevTwitter\nLinkedIn\nConnect with JoubinTwitter\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins\nThis episode was edited by Eric...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}