David Vandegrift

Co-founder and CTO at 4Degrees

Co-founder and CTO of 4Degrees, a Chicago-based startup using AI to help professionals build stronger relationships.

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Updated on April 23, 2024

How Managers Can Establish an Effective 1-on-1 Process

As long as you’re using the process to treat your employees with as much humanity as possible, you’ll see a clear improvement in productivity and retention.

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Updated on July 18, 2022

Why You Should Be Wary of Software Dependencies

The costs don’t always outweigh the presumed savings in time and expertise.

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Updated on April 24, 2024

How to Properly Scope a Task for Development

Poorly defined tasks result in wasted time and energy. Here’s how to better write and frame them.

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Updated on April 22, 2024

What Your Workplace May Be Missing: Humanity

Infusing more humanity into engineering teams would benefit the entire tech industry.

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Updated on April 22, 2024

When Should Quality Replace Speed?

For growing startups, it can be difficult to determine when and how to transition from delivering products quickly to prioritizing quality.

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Updated on April 22, 2024

How to Network More Effectively — and Authentically

Employ a campaign-based strategy to build more long-term, meaningful relationships.

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Updated on March 15, 2023

The Ideal Interview Template for Software Engineers

Forget brainteasers, white-boarding and knowledge quizzes. 4Degrees CTO David Vandegrift shares his ideal template for hiring the best technical talent.

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Updated on July 18, 2022

How to Bootstrap an Intelligent Software Model With Very Little Data

The method is called the AI Sophistication Curve. For it to work, all you need is an understanding of the problem you’re trying to address and a team with basic software product deployment capabilities.