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Summary
Craig Kerstiens is an engineer and product leader who was part of three major database acquisitions over the last decade, which he says happened “all by accident.”
John sat down with him at the Carolina Code Conference to ask 7 questions about his story and how he uses AI:
Give us your background story
What’s a surprising hobby or interest you have?
Describe AI to someone in 1900
What is the most positive impact of AI?
What is the most negative impact of AI?
What’s exciting to you when you think about AI several years out?
What are tips and tricks you would share as someone who works with AI everyday?
Key takeaways
AI is making engineering fun again
Anyone can build any kind of “personal software” they want, for only themselves
AI has entered mainstream use in enterprise companies
Whatever you do, do it the AI way first
Notable mentions and links
John interviewed Craig at the Carolina Code Conference in Greenville, South Carolina
You can learn about Craig Kerstiens on his website and his LinkedIn profile.
Craig worked at Heroku, which sold to Salesforce.
Craig was part of Citus Data, which sold to Microsoft.
Craig was Chief Product Officer at Crunchy Data, which sold to Snowflake.