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bretthellman

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CEO at Matter, @MatterApp • Former Founder/CEO of Hall (acquired by Atlassian).

https://matterapp.com

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matterapp.com 7y ago

How we encourage decision disagreements in a productive way

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Show HN: Matter

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techcrunch.com 7y ago

Slack acquires Astro to conquer email

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money.cnn.com 7y ago

Laurene Powell Jobs pushes back on her stepdaughter's memoir

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techcrunch.com 7y ago

Vernā Myers joins Netflix in new VP role focused on inclusion

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money.cnn.com 8y ago

Chick-fil-A is getting into the meal kit business

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fortune.com 8y ago

Google partners with startup to let Google Cloud devs build blockchain

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medium.com 8y ago

Feedback is Not a Gift

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www.wired.com 9y ago

Helix Bets an 'App Store' Can Make Consumers Care About Their DNA

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medium.com 9y ago

VR/AR/MR Predictions for the Future of Communications

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www.paul-rand.com 11y ago

Failure by Design

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techcrunch.com 11y ago

Atlassian Acquires Team Chat Service Hall

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money.cnn.com 11y ago

10 best Steve Jobs emails

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www.wired.com 11y ago

You're More Likely to Forget Something If You Write It Down

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www.reuters.com 11y ago

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Skips Keynote for America's Cup Races

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hall.com 12y ago

Show HN: Hall iPad App

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hall.com 12y ago

New Hall Careers Page w Parallax Scrolling

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techcrunch.com 12y ago

Asana Adds Calendar Function To Its Collaboration Service

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pandodaily.com 12y ago

The future of work communication is nigh, and it is full of texts

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www.csmonitor.com 12y ago

Tesla car fire worries investors

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Facebook's Company Town

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medium.com 13y ago

Why Hall? Because We Need a Better Way to Work

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Yahoo Acquires Astrid

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hall.com 13y ago

New Look, Mobile Apps, Github & Exceptional Integration

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Google to bring free Wi-Fi to New York City

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mashable.com 13y ago

5 Things an Apple TV Must Do

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From iPhones to thermostats: How Tony Fadell built Nest

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Microsoft opens its own social network

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Worst time to join a startup is right after it gets initial VC financing (2009)

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Available Public Data Sets on AWS

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This is fantastic - thank you Fast Grants!

Mental health is an area that could really use your support in the next round of grants.

Spikes in post-traumatic stress disorder are being documented among vulnerable populations, health workers and other front-line personnel.

- https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/17/covid-19-mental-health-...

- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/grocery-store-workers-need-f...

- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/video-dept/the-mental-heal...

Sadly, no one appears to be funding the COVID-19 mental health crisis. This would be a great opportunity for Fast Grants to be proactive. I personally know clinical psychologists and researches desperately looking for funding to get ahead of this next wave. LMK if you're interested in helping.

While researching, I found this inspiring post by Gokul Rajaram who is someone I respect tremendously. If you haven't heard of Gokul, he's considered the Godfather of Google AdSense, creator of FB's ad platform and now a leader at Square. It's worth at least considering his advice :-)

Here's the article where Gokul recommends this approach: https://firstround.com/review/square-defangs-difficult-decis...

"After a decision is made, each participant must commit support out loud. Pledging support aloud binds you to the greater good."

To my surprise, this technique is highly effective. Might be worth giving it a try?

I respectfully disagree. Steve Jobs used to talk about how a great team is like the Beatles. They were four really talented people that balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. It's hard to imagine the Beatles didn't disagree with one another and I would bet they eventually learned how to have productive disagreements. This is our attempt to define that best practice and help new hires be successful as we grow the team.

The sooner a company establishes how to have productive conversations and unlock everyone's potential the better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QfK9UokAIo

Matter | ProductHunt's Social Impact Product of year 2019

Join our team! We’re building the best next-generation app for professionals, teams and organizations to empower growth and personal betterment on their skills.

Open roles:

- Head of Engineering

- Full Stack Engineer

- Lead Product Designer

- Product Designer

- Head of Content

- Lead Recruiter

Learn More: https://matterapp.com/careers/

How To Apply

- Sound like a good fit for you? Please email us at hello@matterapp.com and:

- Include the role’s title in your subject line.

- Send along links that best showcase the work that you’re proud of, e.g. your portfolio, Dribbble, LinkedIn, Github, writing samples.

- Bonus: We love feedback ️. Include a brief piece of feedback on how we can improve Matter.

Matter: Awarded Product Hunt's Social Impact Product of the Year What we are all about -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsdjrW8jCbA

We are growing the team from 4 to 10 people. Here are a few of the roles we're excited to add to the team:

- Backend Engineer: (lambdas serverless node, you love heavy lifting and system ownership)

- Full Stack Engineer: (graphql, node, react, you love working e2e within the stack)

- Frontend Engineer: (react/css, you love building delightful experiences that make customers smile.)

Apply by visiting this link (nope). Please say hello at brett@matterapp.com

Full-Stack Engineer (all levels) at Matter in San Francisco, California

Do you love: React GraphQL 🧙‍️Craftsmanship

Matter is creating the next great employee experience application.

Matter is looking for a talented, friendly and thoughtful full-stack engineer who shares our passion for building products that truly delight users.

As one of the first 10 employees at Matter, you must feel comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

You’ve been building web applications professionally for 3+ years. You have experience with front-end programming languages — e.g., React, Angular or Ember. You can lead technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions. You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability. You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. Learn More https://matterapp.com/careers

Full-Stack Engineer @ Matter(https://matterapp.com)

Learn more: https://matterapp.com/careers

Matter is looking for a talented, friendly and thoughtful full-stack engineer who shares our passion for building products that truly delight users.

As one of the first 10 employees at Matter, you must feel comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

= Bonus Points: =

  * Experience with Node.js
  * Experience with React
  * Experience with TypeScript
  * Experience in small start­up environments
Feel free to email me directly at brett [at] matterapp.com

Lead Engineer @ Matter

Apply: https://slackatwork.com/job/matter-san-francisco-california-... Learn More: https://matterapp.com

= About this position =

  Matter is creating the next great employee experience application.

  Matter is looking for a talented, friendly and thoughtful full-stack engineer who shares our passion for building products that truly delight users.

  As one of the first 10 employees at Matter, you must feel comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
= Here’s what we’re looking for: =
  * You’ve been building web applications professionally for 3+ years.
  * You have experience with front-end programming languages — e.g., React, Angular or Ember.
  * You have experience with functional or imperative programming languages — e.g., PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, C, or Java.
  * You can lead technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions.
  * You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.
= Bonus Points: =
  * Experience with Node.js
  * Experience with React
  * Experience with TypeScript
  * Experience in small start­up environments
Learn More: https://matterapp.com

Feel free to email me directly at brett [at] matterapp.com

Matter: Be Amazing: Matter helps you receive feedback from your peers so you can grow and reach your career ambitions. Location: San Francisco Full-Time, Onsite | https://matterapp.com

We're hiring for:

    - Matter | Lead Designer | FULL TIME

    - Matter | Product Designer | FULL TIME

    - Matter | Full Stack Engineer (node, GraphQL, React) | FULL TIME
To apply email me directly at brett [at] matterapp.com

To paraphrase from Google...

A "Shadow Belief" is an assumption we make without even knowing it's an assumption.

Thinking you can only hear peer feedback from your boss or during an annual formal review is a shadow belief.

You don't need your boss or some stupid process! Ask the people who work with who you respect and do it often.

That's the problem!

Companies are using performance reviews to try to tackle two things: Compensation (bonuses, promotions) & feedback.

Compensation and feedback should not be lumped into one event.

Thanks for calling this out... In my career, I've seen some reviews be a complete waste of time and others provide value. It depends on the company and how seriously your manager takes the process.

During my time at Yahoo the process was an absolute joke as leadership was changing on the daily. When I was a PM at Intuit, I received feedback which I still leverage years after the fact.

People shouldn't feel like performance reviews are the only way to receive feedback. Feedback needs to happen regularly, not on an annual basis. Feedback should also come from people you respect, not the people your boss tells you to listen to at work.

Coincidentally, this is an area I have a lot of passion for given I was a HORRIBLE boss at my last company (acquired by Atlassian): https://medium.com/matter-app/you-matter-d7a0b07d078b

I'm also working to fix this problem, if anyone's interested in chatting on the topic or interested in fixing the problem... brett@matterapp.com

At a high-level, there are two kinds of people in SV. Those that want to join the Airbnb, Slack, Github, Facebooks of the world (which is awesome) and those that want to create them (also awesome). If you are the latter version, I would love to chat!

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Hello from Sherthng (codename)!

I'm the founder/ceo. I previously founded HALL.com which was acquired by Atlassian in 2015.

I started Sherthng (codename) ~2 weeks ago so if you like early, lets connect soon! We are a well funded team of two working to craft the next great workplace application.

Roles Open in SF/SOMA:

  * Front-End Engineer (react/redux/node)
  * Back-End Engineer (node/javascript)
  * Full-Stack Engineer
  * Product Designer
Link to learn more: http://www.sherthng.com/

If interested, email me at brett@sherthng.com or dm @bretthellman http://www.sherthng.com/