[Tech] The Origin of MongoDB - Dwight Merriman

<p><a href="https://podcasts.mongodb.com/public/115/The-MongoDB-Podcast-b02cf624/f96bd55f">https://podcasts.mongodb.com/public/115/The-MongoDB-Podcast-b02cf624/f96bd55f</a></p><p><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p><strong>Michael Lynn: </strong>Welcome to the show. My name is Michael Lynn and this is the MongoDB Podcast. Thanks for joining us. Today on the show, Lena Smart, Chief Security Officer of MongoDB, and I team up to interview Dwight Merriman, co- founder and key contributor to MongoDB. Dwight Merriman is a true tech legend. In addition to co- founding and co- creating the MongoDB database and 10gen now called MongoDB, the company. He also co- founded and led several other well known successful companies including Business Insider, DoubleClick and Gilt Groupe. In today's interview, Dwight shares openly and honestly about the motivations behind creating the database, which now actually claims nearly half of the entire NoSQL market. He talks about the decision to build the database rather than use something that existed at the time. Dwight's friendly, easy to talk to, knowledgeable, and probably one of the smartest individuals that I've had the pleasure of chatting with. Without further ado, let's get to the interview. If you enjoy the content, please consider visiting Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Leave a rating and a comment if you're able, let us know what you think. Stay tuned. Hey, did you know that MongoDB University has been completely redesigned? That's right. Hands- on labs, quizzes, study guides and materials, bite- sized video lectures, programming language specific courses. You can learn MongoDB in the programming language of your choice, Node. js, Python, C#, Java, so many more. You can earn that MongoDB certification by validating your skills and leveling up your career. Visit learn. mongodb. com today.</p><p><strong>Lena Smart: </strong>So it is my absolute pleasure, and I'm so glad that you could make it in person today, to introduce Dwight Merriman. He is the first CEO of MongoDB, and