#139 - PREETHI KASIREDDY

Preethi is an entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and student. She is the Founder of DappCamp, a cohort-based Web3 development course for Web2 developers. Preethi previously founded a company called TruStory and worked as an early software engineer at Coinbase and a Partner at a16z after beginning her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Follow Preethi on Twitter @iam_preethi. [2:16] - Preethi’s unconventional path through investment banking, VC, software development, and entrepreneurship [17:20] - Leaving a16z to follow her intuition and learn to code [28:08] - Practices and processes Preethi finds helpful as a lifelong learner [40:11] - Preethi’s experience transitioning into teaching at DappCamp [44:42] - The future of education and how Web3 and AI may change it For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList⁠, Oura⁠, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠Chase Devens⁠ for the show notes and ⁠Yiction⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at [email protected]. Thank you!