Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On How His Career Grew

This podcast episode features an interview with Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code and former Meta principal engineer, who shares insights into his career journey, starting from his early projects at Meta, where he worked on integrating Messenger and Facebook, to his work at Anthropic. He discusses the importance of latent demand in product development, the challenges of working across different organizational cultures, and the significance of side projects for engineers. Boris also delves into his experiences at Instagram, his transition to Anthropic, the development of Claude Code, and his thoughts on the future of AI in coding, as well as offering advice for engineers on productivity, career growth, and using common sense in their work.