Working at Microsoft, Startups and Raising Millions at Okteto with Ramiro Berrelleza Exponential Growth - How to Break Into Tech

Ramiro Berrelleza is the founder of Okteto, a company that prides itself on allowing teams deploy cloud environments with a single click.

Before founding Okteto, Ramiro worked at Microsoft, alongside Satya Nadella before he became CEO. He would go on to work at ElasticBox and Atlassian.

In our conversation Ramiro shares what makes non-traditional candidates unique, what he looks for when hiring them and why a startup might not be the right choice for a recent bootcamp graduate.

Chapters:

(01:46) Growing up in Mexico

(07:02) Mindset on Moving to America

(10:27) Message to Career Changers

(12:20) Working with Satya Nadella at Microsoft

(18:50) Working at Startups vs. Big Companies

(32:17) Founding Okteto

(42:10) What Okteto looks for when hiring

(47:57) Hot seat questions


Ramiro's Links:

- Website: https://www.okteto.com/

- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramiroberrelleza/

- Twitter/X: @rberrelleza @oktetohq