S5 Bonus: Fixing Broken Developer Workflows: How a Hack Day Built Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) with Andrew Childs

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Sep 15, 2021 · 31m

Andrew Childs doesn't have a computer science background. He grew up in Philly, and is currently based in NYC with his wife and 6 year old. His first computer experience was in 1984, with a Macintosh plus. He was immediately hooked on this extraordinary machine, that felt like it was made by humans. With no internet, it was just a playground in the beginning, but on it, he was able to explore design and learn pascal. He attended RISD, an arts school in providence, and studied painting. His goal was to go into contemporary art, but he quickly realized he didn't know anything about how to…