Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On What Grew His Career And Building at Anthropic

In this interview, Ryan Peterman interviews Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code and former Meta Principal Engineer, about his career, starting with his promotion to Senior Engineer at Meta for his work on the Chats and Groups project, which aimed to integrate Messenger and Facebook. Boris discusses the cultural differences between Facebook and Messenger, the importance of side projects, and his experience coming in underleveled at Meta. He shares his insights on latent demand, scoping work for large engineering teams, and the transition to Instagram, highlighting the differences in engineering and product cultures. The conversation covers his move to Anthropic, his role in creating Claude Code, and his thoughts on the future of AI in coding, as well as productivity tips and career advice.