The 1.01 Podcast

#13 Rahul Pandey

August 21, 2023 Wilson Lim Setiawan Season 1 Episode 13
#13 Rahul Pandey
The 1.01 Podcast
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The 1.01 Podcast
#13 Rahul Pandey
Aug 21, 2023 Season 1 Episode 13
Wilson Lim Setiawan

Co-Founder of Taro Rahul Pandey, discuss his tech career growth as a Meta Tech lead, sharing his advice on Youtube to 75k+ subscribers and minimizing regret to go all in on Taro.

Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Rahul on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/
Subscribe to Rahul's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RahulPandeyrkp
Taro - https://www.jointaro.com/

Show Notes
00:30 Stanford vs CalTech
01:45 Exploration at Stanford as a freshman
03:00 Missing out on WhatsApp pre Facebook Acquisition 
05:45 Being a founding engineer at Kosei
07:25 Getting acquired by Pinterest
10:10 Leaving Meta despite being a Tech Lead
12:25 Quitting jobs, but being rejected from YC
13:45 Being sure of Cofounder 
15:30 Knowing for sure on the problem space of Taro
17:40 First few youtube videos as Android tutorials 
20:10 Growth Strategies of Taro 
22:10 Surprises as an Engineer starting a company 
25:00 Key Habits developed
26:50 Memorable inbound/appreciation
28:30 Where will Taro be in 1 years time 

Show Notes

Co-Founder of Taro Rahul Pandey, discuss his tech career growth as a Meta Tech lead, sharing his advice on Youtube to 75k+ subscribers and minimizing regret to go all in on Taro.

Follow Wilson on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/WilsonLimSet
Follow Rahul on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/
Subscribe to Rahul's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RahulPandeyrkp
Taro - https://www.jointaro.com/

Show Notes
00:30 Stanford vs CalTech
01:45 Exploration at Stanford as a freshman
03:00 Missing out on WhatsApp pre Facebook Acquisition 
05:45 Being a founding engineer at Kosei
07:25 Getting acquired by Pinterest
10:10 Leaving Meta despite being a Tech Lead
12:25 Quitting jobs, but being rejected from YC
13:45 Being sure of Cofounder 
15:30 Knowing for sure on the problem space of Taro
17:40 First few youtube videos as Android tutorials 
20:10 Growth Strategies of Taro 
22:10 Surprises as an Engineer starting a company 
25:00 Key Habits developed
26:50 Memorable inbound/appreciation
28:30 Where will Taro be in 1 years time