Description

The journey of a developer can lead to a variety of paths, and oftentimes the lessons and skills learned can be priceless for scrappy entrepreneurs looking to develop their own offering to better the world. 
A notable example can be found in the highly successful career of Philip Thomas, VP of Product and Engineering at Zyper. Initially beginning as a meetup organizer for the developer community, Philip’s career grew to founding the developer community platform Moonlight, which was recently acquired by PullRequest. He is now a VP for one of the biggest brand community software companies in the world.Philip sits down with Decoded host Sydney Lai to share the story of his career as a developer and how it positioned him for success as a founder and entrepreneur. Other discussion topics include:

• How Philip's path toward a career as a doctor led to him find his true passion in development;
• How his developer journey brought him into the role of a founder/entrepreneur in the $4 billion influencer economy;
• Building awesome products in the developer community and how that art is keeping people connected;
• Ways to ensure you’re having fun with what you develop for work; and
• How to grow as a developer and what a transition to C-level leadership looks like.

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  Check out Philip’s company, Zyper.
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  Get weekly content from Philip on building online businesses.
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  Learn more about the developer community Moonlight.
• Follow Philip on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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  Learn more about OutSystems.
• Reach out to Sydney Lai on Twitter, guest recommendations welcomed!

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