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How to interview a VP of Engineering
25 questions I've been asked in previous interviews
 • Karim Fanous
Predicting software developer productivity in the age of AI
In the dynamic world of software development, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how we approach coding and problem-solving.
 • Karim Fanous
On developer productivity: flow to grow
Getting to a state of flow
 • Karim Fanous
Why did Microsoft give GitHub Copilot away for free?
AI-powered code completion tools like Github Copilot, Tabnine, Amazon Q, cursor and codeium have been all the rage over the past year or so.
 • Karim Fanous
Software 2.0 vs Software 1.0
I recently joined a series-A startup - Kheiron Medical - that is a pure-play machine learning (ML) company.
 • Karim Fanous
Earlyvangelists: Who are they & how to find them
In the early days of the startup phase, you will undoubtedly be concerned with validating one of your key assumptions: whether there is a strong market…
 • Karim Fanous
Adventures in hill climbing with AI
How to build generalizable AI products
 • Karim Fanous
The Iceberg that sank the Snowflake?
Yesterday Snowflake released their Q4 FY 2024 earnings during which they announced that Frank Slootman is retiring.
 • Karim Fanous
Battle of the LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as code reviewers
A year ago, GitHub Copilot was the best AI-powered assistant a developer could get.
 • Karim Fanous
Preparing for a world where humans don’t write code
A deja vu from August 2025
 • Karim Fanous
What does a VP of Engineering do?
I have been asked this question numerous times over the 6 or so years that I have been in a VP of Engineering role.
 • Karim Fanous
The end of (human) coding: What happens when AI writes all the code?
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been using OpenAI Codex extensively—and the experience has been nothing short of profound.
 • Karim Fanous
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