Raquel is the co-founder and CEO of Brunch, a platform for publishing and monetizing recipes. She’s a "product engineer" - someone who is not only highly capable with code but who also deeply cares about the customer, their problems, and their experiences. Raquel spent the last 8 years writing code and 6 years in product management, often doing both at the same time. She lives in sunny San Luis Obispo with her husband and their 37 pets, including two children, one dog, and no fewer than 34 houseplants.
A few years ago, I had an idea about how to make publishing recipes on the internet more accessible and profitable. As a front-end engineer-turned-product manager, I could write code as long ...