Severin Hacker, Duolingo's CTO, employs a 'reduce, automate, delegate' strategy to balance his roles as a founder and manager. As the company expanded to 800 employees, Hacker recognized the need to streamline his responsibilities. He evaluates tasks each month to see if they are essential. If they are, he assesses if they can be automated, delegating those that can't. With a strong focus on AI and its potential for Duolingo, Hacker dedicates a significant portion of his time to strategic AI implementation, reflecting the company's commitment to technology in education.
I've handed off most of the day-to-day engineering to our head of engineering. I'm now a little bit out of the weeds.
If you just don't do it, is it the end of the world? Once a month or once a quarter, I think about what I need to do - and what I can drop.
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