S3 E14: Scaling for 100M+ Users: The Dubsmash Tech Journey and Reddit Acquisition with Tim Specht

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · Oct 20, 2020 · 39m

Originally from Berlin Germany, Tim Specht started programming for fun, during high school. He had no plans to make a career out it - in fact, he wanted to become an experimental physicist. When the startup scene in Berlin started to pick up pace, Tim got interested. His first couple of gigs were in mobile engineering, which influenced him to continue to pursue startups further. Now a days, he is a dog foster-er - that is, he rotates dogs through his apartment in Brooklyn, taking are of their special needs while a good home is found for them.

In 2014, he and his co-founders had been…