It's exciting to be in front of so many people who want to build cool things.

Building products is magical for me because I love seeing others use them and experience delight in unexpected ways.

Knowing that my project is being used by people to make their lives better is the best feeling in the world.

The end goal should not be to build so I can make XYZ; it should be to have the opportunity to wake up in the morning and build again.

The most fulfilling aspect of my role is the opportunity to build something extraordinary with a dedicated team, where the journey itself is the prize.

I was profoundly impacted by the idea that programming allows you to express huge possibilities, and I felt like I could build anything.

Convincing someone that you might be the one to beat the odds can lead to success, whether in recruiting, fundraising, or product adjustments. I just want to go somewhere and see somebody that I don't know using something that I made and have it be kind of useful; that is what I thought was really exciting.

In college, I wanted to create products that connected me with the community around me, which led to the realization that I needed to build software that others would use too.

If you're doing something useful for society, that's a good thing, even if it doesn't change the world. Creating something that provides value to a large number of people is important.