{"id":2293,"date":"2016-03-22T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T01:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2021-11-04T02:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:39:24","slug":"building-software-millenials-anthony-sessa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/22\/building-software-millenials-anthony-sessa\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Software for Millenials with Anthony Sessa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"2294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/22\/building-software-millenials-anthony-sessa\/anthony-sessa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"anthony-sessa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2294\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"anthony-sessa\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/anthony-sessa.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cMillenials deeply care about software, in the sense where if something doesn\u2019t work as it should, it\u2019s forgotten immediately \u2013 if you build an app and there are bugs, you\u2019re done.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Mic.com is a media company focused on news for millennials. Anthony Sessa is the VP of product at Mic.com, and he joins us to talk about the engineering of a modern news organization tailored to young people. We discuss data engineering, frontend technologies, and how to migrate away from WordPress. We also explore how to build a successful media company today, and how millennials want to consume news and software.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To what degree is Mic a technology company?<\/li>\n<li>What were the technological issues with WordPress and why could you not build Mic using the platform?<\/li>\n<li>Why do millennials seem to prefer the \u201cappend-only\u201d style of news, which has less of an emphasis on fact checking?<\/li>\n<li>How do the different teams within Mic including journalists and technologists work together?<\/li>\n<li>What are the toughest engineering challenges at Mic right now?<\/li>\n<li>How do you decide which software products to build or buy?<\/li>\n<li>What is the relationship between millenials and software?<\/li>\n<li>How do millennial engineers differ from\u00a0other\u00a0generations of engineers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/\">Mic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/blog\/tips-tricks\/the-wordpress-loop-explained-for-beginners\">The WordPress Loop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keen.io\/\">Keen IO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cassandra.apache.org\/\">Cassandra<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factmag.com\/2016\/02\/11\/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses\/\">SoundCloud could be forced to close after $44M losses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthony_sessa\">Anthony on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMillenials deeply care about software, in the sense where if something doesn\u2019t work as it should, it\u2019s forgotten immediately \u2013 if you build an app and there are bugs, you\u2019re done.\u201d Mic.com is a media company focused on news for millennials. 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