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Episode 22 - Principals, Products, and Principles at Hashicorp -Armon Dadgar and Mitchell Hashimoto

Episode Summary

On this episode we have Armon Dadgar and Mitchell Hashimoto, founders and CO-CTO's of Hashicorp. This is not the Hashicorp origin story (this has been done and there's a link below!) but more the origin of the products, their initial journeys, and the guiding principles that make Hashicorp and its products a necessity for your companies Cloud Operating Model. I was taken aback by how brilliant and thoughtful and ultimately candid they were about their journey and their products evolution, it radiated through the Zoom!

Episode Notes

Episode Summary 
On this episode we have Armon Dadgar and Mitchell Hashimoto, founders and CO-CTO's of Hashicorp. This is not the Hashicorp origin story (this has been done and there's a link below!) but more the origin of the products, their initial journeys, and the guiding principles that make Hashicorp and its products a necessity for your companies Cloud Operating Model. I was taken aback by how brilliant and thoughtful and ultimately candid they were about their journey and their products evolution, it radiated through the Zoom! They are both very considerate of each other and admire each others strengths and you can tell this partnership at its core is why Hashicorp is so successful. 
 

Episode Links 
Hashicorp Origin Story: https://www.hashicorp.com/resources/what-is-the-hashicorp-origin-story/ 
Mitchell's Blog post on terraform: https://gist.github.com/mitchellh/b52314d30ba22bb76f3d6bb9ff098090 
Hashicorp Certification - https://www.hashicorp.com/certification 
Hashicorp's Principles - https://www.hashicorp.com/our-principles 
Tao of Hashicorp - https://www.hashicorp.com/our-principles 
Hashicorp Products page: https://www.hashicorp.com/cloud-operating-model

Timeline/Topic 
Their Journey 
01:01 - Mitchell's beginnings 
03:58 - Armon's beginnings 
07:13 - How Armon and Mitchell Handle Conflict 
09:41 - Finding a CEO for Hashicorp 
13:59 - Being an open source and enterprise tool 

Their Products 
17:35 - Vagrant 
25:00 - Nomad 
30:32 - Consul 
34:27 - Vault 
38:19 - Terraform 
41:09 - Hashicorp Certification 
43:43 - Work Armon and Mitchell are most proud of

Their Principles 
46:37 - Hashicorp Principles 
47:03 - Integrity 
51:37 - Kindness 
53:31 - Pragmatism 
55:31 - Humility 
59:06 - Vision 
59:53 - Execution 
1:00:53 - Communication 
1:02:10 - Beauty is Better 
1:03:20 - Reflection 
1:05:12 - Pop gives a big thank you to Mitchell and Armon from the community.

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