About this episode

David Beitel, co-founder and CTO of Zillow, shares his journey and lessons on leadership and career success.

David Beitel is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Zillow. David was previously the CTO and one of the earliest team members of Expedia. David joins Adam to share his journey and his best lessons learned along the way. David and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: leadership, leading remotely, how leaders can leverage AI, how technical contributors can develop soft skills and as leaders, career success, product development, and more.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Mendler

Guest: David Beitel

Topics covered

• leadership
• AI
• career success
• product development
• soft skills

Keywords

• Zillow
• David Beitel
• leadership
• AI
• soft skills
• career success
• product development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zillow, Expedia

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