Gajus Kuizinas lives in Mexico City, and travels between there, New York and San Francisco. He had a non-traditional upbringing for an engineer, as all of his family were into the arts - so he had to make his own way. He started in Lithuania, and eventually was recruiting to setup computers and networks for dating platforms. Eventually, he got into freelancing, and started his first startup in the UK. Outside of tech, he has a garden, which doubles as an ecosystem for his free roaming hedgehog and bunny.Gajus started to think about the arc of becoming a freelancer. He realized that everyone who goes through a journey as a freelancer feels like a cog in the machine, and falls off the marketplaces out there. He realized that there was a massive vacuum and gap in the internet for these folks that needed to be filled.This is the creation story of <a href="https://contra.com/" rel="nofollow">Contra</a>.Sponsors<ul><li><a href="http://incogni.com/codestory" rel="nofollow">Incogni</a></li><li><a href="https://nordprotect.com/codestory" rel="nofollow">NordProtect</a></li><li><a href="https://ventionteams.com/codestory" rel="nofollow">Vention</a></li><li>CodeCrafters helps you become a better engineer by building real-world, production-grade projects. Learn hands-on by creating your own Git, Redis, HTTP server, SQLite, or DNS server from scratch. Sign up for free today using this <a href="https://l.mailtrack.com/l/23126a66ca05e0f5c6fed5631effe0f55a6e32d1?u=12932909" rel="nofollow">link</a> and enjoy 40% off.</li><li><a href="https://productdriven.com/codestory" rel="nofollow">Full Scale</a></li><li><a href="https://www.paddle.com/" rel="nofollow">Paddle.com</a></li><li><a href="https://www.semasoftware.com/" rel="nofollow">Sema Software</a></li><li><a href="https://www.propelauth.com/" rel="nofollow">PropelAuth</a></li><li><a href="https://www.postman.com/podcast/codestory" rel="nofollow">Postman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.meilisearch.com/?utm_campaign=podcast&utm_medium=ad&utm_source=codestory" rel="nofollow">Meilisearch</a></li></ul>Links<ul><li><a href="https://contra.com/" rel="nofollow">https://contra.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gajus/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gajus/</a></li></ul> Our Sponsors: * Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/codestory * Check out NordProtect: https://nordprotect.com/codestory Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations'>https://redcircle.com/code-story-insights-from-startup-tech-leaders/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

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