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There’s a reason senior leaders at large public companies like Shutterstock, Capital One, and Target turn to Atlanta-based Nerd/Noir when they are ready to scale up.
A self described “computer kid,” CEO and co-founder David Laribee has been a full-time programmer since the mid-1990s. He quickly found himself in the startup world building ASPs (a precursor to SaaS platforms), ultimately moving to Atlanta to work for a company that would become digital.ai. He’s seen organizations of all sizes struggle with one of two types of “growing pains” over the years, Laribee told Hypepotamus. At any given time, companies are either trying to keep their startup culture alive once they’ve reached a certain scale or they are trying to change their status-quo and move faster in order to keep up with the requirements of a digital-first world.
DevOps, platform engineering, and developer productivity are top of mind for these types of companies. The reality is that as a company grows, it can be easy to fall into the trap of becoming a “feature factory” that builds everything for everyone. That ultimately puts a lot of stress on the backend development team.
That’s where Nerd/Noir comes in.
“We figure out how to make developer’s lives easier, because that translates to good business,” he added.
Laribee has found his niche helping Chief Product Officers and Chief Technical Officers figure out how to not only manage developer productivity, but also define the company culture needed to move the organization forward together. Laribee and his team at Nerd/Noir do this by helping senior leaders understand what is actually going on across a technical organization and through their “immersive learning” technique.
Now, the firm works with household names like Shutterstock, Capital One, Fiserv, and Target.
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Like most developers and software engineers, Laribee said he prefers remote-first work. But he has also seen…
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