Farhan Thawar is currently VP, Engineering at Shopify after the acquisition of helpful.com, where he was co-founder and CTO. He is an avid writer and speaker, recently named one of Toronto’s 25 most powerful people. In this episode, we discuss Farhan’s journey growing Helpful.com, his approach to finding and hiring talent, the shortcomings of doing interviews, Shopify’s unique work culture, the importance of building mental models, and much more.
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