Episode · The Peterman Pod · 2025-08-29

Books mentioned on Ex-Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding as a Leader (Career Story)

1 book · With David Singleton · Listen · Watch on YouTube

David Singleton was the CTO at Stripe for 7 years before he left to start /dev/agents. Prior to Stripe, he grew from a junior engineer to a VP at Google.

David Singleton recommended Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Accelerate

   Nicole Forsgren, PhD; Jez Humble; Gene Kim · at 1:39:30

   Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim is a technology and business book that presents research-backed capabilities and metrics for measuring software delivery performance and organizational DevOps culture.

   Recommended

   “There's a good book called Accelerate by Nicole Forsrren, which touches on a lot of this. Not not quite all of it, but a lot of it. So, I recommend that book.”

   David Singleton Ex-Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding… 2025-08-29 Listen at 1:39:30

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