Ben Ilegbodu (Stitch Fix)

StaffEng by David Noël-Romas (@davidnoelromas) and Alex Kessinger (@voidfiles)

Nov 2, 202135:52Technology

Today we talk to Ben Ilegbodu, Principal Frontend Engineer at Stitch Fix, about how he manages to stay close to the code at a senior level. We hear how he arrived at Stitch Fix and what his first tasks were to identify t...

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