A flight simulator for developers to practice real world challenges and surprises

<p>Freund reflects on his early days at <a href="https://www.appliedmaterials.com/">Applied Materials</a>, where he worked on a machine that inspected silicon wafers.</p><p>It was in this early role that Freund gained an appreciation for rigorous software testing protocols in the manufacturing process.</p><p>At WeWork, Freund was fascinated by the idea of a full stack business, which is a business building itself.</p><p>While Freund officially launched <a href="https://www.trywilco.com/">Wilco</a> in 2021, the origin story for the company dates back to 2013 when he was hiring and managing a team of engineers—he saw a need in the market to help developers build critical skills to problems-solve in real-time.</p><p>You can think of Wilco as the equivalent of a <a href="https://www.flightsimulator.com/">flight simulator</a> for engineers.</p><p>Shoutout to Lifeboat Badge winner <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/1125284/zico">Zico</a> for their awesome answer to the question, “<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45834393/hiding-sensitive-information-in-response/45834649#45834649">Hiding sensitive information in response</a>”</p><p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/onfreund?lang=en">On</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/benpopper">Ben</a>.</p>