Kevin Trowbridge | Source | CTO at Qwoted

KT

Kevin Trowbridge

CTO at Qwoted and 2 other companies
On the record
Represented by:
Share profile 
Link:
Bio
Edit

Kevin Trowbridge has been a part of the San Francisco Bay Area startup scene since 2005 and has been a member of more than 15 software teams. Before joining Qwoted as CTO, Trowbridge worked as an independent consultant, with leading roles in The Bold Italic, An Event Apart, Creative Bug, Wheelz, HitRecord, and Ariba.

Employment
Sign up to view all
Media
Sign up to view all
  • Whatever happened to Ruby?

    Ruby and Ruby on Rails exploded onto the web development scene in the early aughts. But while JavaScript and Python rule the roost today, Ruby still has its place.

    Article
  • RelayRides Acquires Wheelz In Car Sharing Consolidation

    Peer-to-peer car sharing service RelayRides has acquired competitor Wheelz in a consolidation in the market.

    Article
  • 4 lessons software teams can learn from rock bands

    You wouldn’t put together a band where all four musicians played the guitar. Somebody needs to drum and sing. Similarly, QA teams need specialists across a range of skill sets and experience. And that’s just one of the rock-and-roll lessons that creative teams can learn.

    Article
Story Ideas
Sign up to view all
  • AI: A New Ally in Tackling Technical Debt
    Kevin highlights AI's potential in enhancing linting tools like ESLint and Rubocop. He notes, "AI can automate code refactoring by resolving flagged issues," reducing developer fatigue. Kevin emphasizes the importance of solid test coverage before AI-driven refactoring. AI's ability to handle "lower stakes" tasks, such as enhancing test coverage, showcases its utility in managing technical debt.
Recent Quotes
Sign up to view all

  • Ruby has also been associated with a strong open source community from its earliest days. Kevin Trowbridge, CTO of Qwoted, believes that the nature of the language itself has a lot to do with that. "It's the most literate of all programming languages," he says, meaning that "it's just so easy to write and read. That's why you have the community, which is extremely strong, and the philosophy, which is that it is 'optimized for developer productivity and happiness'."

  • Ruby has also been associated with a strong open source community from its earliest days. Kevin Trowbridge, CTO of Qwoted, believes that the nature of the language itself has a lot to do with that. "It's the most literate of all programming languages," he says, meaning that "it's just so easy to write and read. That's why you have the community, which is extremely strong, and the philosophy, which is that it is 'optimized for developer productivity and happiness'."

  • Veteran software pro Kevin Trowbridge played trumpet and guitar in a jazz band when he was in college. He sees connections among mathematics, software, and music. "Qualities shared by musicians and mathematicians are a love of abstraction, extreme attention to detail, and willingness to invest thousands of hours into learning very esoteric skills," says Trowbridge, who worked on 15 different software teams in the San Francisco area before joining Qwoted as CTO.

Headshots