Connor McEwen, Engineering Lead at Uniswap Labs

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Andrew Xu and Daniel Aboul-Hassan speak with Connor McEwen (@connormcewen) from Uniswap Labs!

Uniswap allows people to swap, earn, and build on the leading decentralized crypto trading protocol.

(0:32) - Introduction

(1:22) - What led Connor to join Dorm Room Fund

(2:52) - Deciding whether or not take a gap year during college

(4:24) - Important lessons learned from returning to school

(6:11) - Experience launching makeBU

(8:48) - Being on the engineering side & what people on the Business and Engineering sides can learn from each other

(10:55) - How Connor approached joining a large company vs. startup

(14:20) - Is Connor a Bitcoin millionaire?

(14:30) - Connor's funny story about mining Bitcoin

(15:31) - How to land an engineering role at an attractive startup

(18:10) - 2013 startups vs. 2022 startups

(20:06) - Hottest Web3 take

(21:43) - How should engineers working at early-stage startups view fundraising?

(23:31) - Staying up to date in the crypto space

Get in touch with Connor!