About this episode
David Cramer is the co-founder of Sentry, the leading open-source error monitoring tool used by over 90,000 companies. A self-taught engineer, he went from 9th grade high school dropout and Burger King manager to building one of the most widely adopted developer tools in the world — by working hard and rejecting conventional wisdom. As of 2022, Sentry is valued at over $3 billion. David now serves as Chief Product Officer, after previously holding roles as CEO and CTO.
In this episode, we discuss:
How David went from managing a Burger King to landing his first job as a software engineer
How an code snippet grew into a ubiquitous monitoring platform
Why open source is an underrated distribution hack
How a ruthless competitive streak and obsession with excellence fueled Sentry’s rise
And so much more…
Referenced:
Aaron Levie
Beats by Dre
Cursor
Dan Levine
Datadog
Disqus
Dropbox
Heroku
Max Levchin
Okta
Omar Johnson
Oracle
Sentry
Satya Nadella
Stripe
Uber
VS Code
WindSurf
Y Combinator
Yandex
Where to find David:
LinkedIn
Twitter/X
