Yotewo™ Podcast #19 Building for Twenty Years – Ilia Volkov (DRW, bp, Vaticle, Binance, Facebook)

In this episode, Yotewo CEO Aliaksandr Kazhamiakin had a chat with Ilia Volkov, an experienced software engineer whose career spans across Facebook, Binance, Vaticle, bp, and DRW about his journey into engineering, the realities of hiring at top tech firms, and what it takes to build world-class teams.

Highlights from the Episode

• Ilia’s journey into software engineering
• The hiring processes at Facebook and Binance — and lessons learned
• Why Ilia chose the UK as the place to settle
• Staying adaptable in a fast-changing industry
• The best ways for companies to source top talent
• What Ilia values most when hiring engineers: experience vs approach
• Best practices for building and managing effective teams
• How Ilia evaluates new job offers and the products behind them
• His take on “job polygamy” in tech
• How early-stage startups can win talent over big companies
• Thoughts on AI, code automation, and the future of engineering
• The one skill that defines world-class engineers
• Managing stress in software engineering roles
• Does Ilia plan to build his own product one day?

Listeners can access the full episode on Yotewo’s official Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts channels.

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