Allen Cheung has a wealth of perspective on the transitions that software engineers make in the job market.

He manages the engineering team behind Affirm’s customer-facing product.

On this episode we hear from Allen about:

  • the build vs. buy decision-making of engineering management
  • how software teams scale headcount
  • what tech is used in the Affirm stack
  • pros & cons of staying an individual contributor (IC) vs. becoming a manager of software engineers

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Allen Cheung, Affirm

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