Will Larson
Engineering leader and writer; CTO at Imprint, author of An Elegant Puzzle and Staff Engineer.
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- Will Larson is a software engineering leader and writer, CTO at Imprint.
- He has been an engineering leader at Stripe, Carta, Calm and Uber, and writes the blog Irrational Exuberance, which he started in 2007.
- His books are An Elegant Puzzle (2019), Staff Engineer (2021), The Engineering Executive's Primer (2024) and Crafting Engineering Strategy (2025).
Key facts
- Current role
- CTO, Imprint1
- Earlier
- Carta, Calm, Stripe, Uber; co-founded Monocle Studios, an iOS gaming startup1
- Books
- An Elegant Puzzle (2019); Staff Engineer (2021); The Engineering Executive's Primer (2024); Crafting Engineering Strategy (2025)1
- Education
- Computer science, Centre College, Kentucky1
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