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Lead Engineering at Flockjay (https://flockjay.com)
Previously Informed, @Google, @Yahoo, @OnSports
I remember Hipmunk, it was horrible! Google flights is by far the best flight search platform, competition aren't even close. 10x faster search of flights and the calendar view for prices is incredible!
I consider Google Maps to be the best application ever created. Products like Google Mail, Calendar, Search, Chrome, Android are absolutely best in class. To call them inferior is laughable.
Based on my research, either Switzerland or London?
Even better, work remotely for a US company? Developer's salary in SF/NYC are unlike anywhere else in the world.
SEEKING FREELANCER | Flockjay (YC 19) | Remote (anywhere) | Product/UI/UX Designer
We’re looking to hire a product designer with a genuine passion for crafting intuitive & inspiring UI. You’ll be working closely with our Product, Engineering and Growth team to design new product features. We believe in prototyping early and often so the ideal candidate will be able to find the right balance between form and function.
https://flockjay.com/ Email me (sandip at flockjay) with your portfolio.
Thank you!
SEEKING FREELANCER | Remote | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack Engineer
Flockjay (YC 19) is a Series A startup, building a sales enablement and learning platform. https://flockjay.com/
We’re looking for engineers with deep product sense, a knack for demystifying the ambiguous, and the horsepower to turn product ideas into reality. Stack: Python/Django, Typescript/React
Fully remote (internationals welcome), No Leetcode, no take home, no BS interviews! Email me directly at sandip@flockjay.com if you are interested in learning more.
Flockjay (YC 19) | Remote | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack Engineer
We are a Series A startup, building a sales enablement and learning platform. https://flockjay.com/
We’re looking for engineers with deep product sense, a knack for demystifying the ambiguous, and the horsepower to turn product ideas into reality. Stack: Python/Django, Typescript/React
Fully remote (internationals welcome), No Leetcode, no take home, no BS interviews! Email me directly at sandip@flockjay.com if you are interested in learning more.
SEEKING FREELANCER | Flockjay (YC 19) | Remote | Backend Engineer, Fullstack Engineer, Product Designer
At Flockjay, we are here to empower upward mobility through education and access. Our goal is to create pathways to future-proof careers for people from non-traditional and underrepresented backgrounds. We recently raised our Series A and were also recognized in the top 50 places to work.
We’re looking for backend and full-Stack engineers with deep product sense, a knack for demystifying the ambiguous, and the horsepower to turn product ideas into reality. By joining our lean engineering team, everything you do has the ability to make a real, measurable impact on our students’ careers and lives.
Stack: Python/Django, Typescript/React
If working for a mission driven company with a lean engineering team appeals to you, email me at sandip@flockjay.com
Flockjay (YC 19) | Remote | Backend Engineer, Fullstack Engineer, Product Designer
At Flockjay, we are here to empower upward mobility through education and access. Our goal is to create pathways to future-proof careers for people from non-traditional and underrepresented backgrounds. We recently raised our Series A and were also recognized in the top 50 places to work.
We’re looking for backend and full-Stack engineers with deep product sense, a knack for demystifying the ambiguous, and the horsepower to turn product ideas into reality. By joining our lean engineering team, everything you do has the ability to make a real, measurable impact on our students’ careers and lives.
Stack: Python/Django, Typescript/React
If working for a mission driven company with a lean engineering team appeals to you, email me at sandip@flockjay.com.
Flockjay (YC 19) | Remote | Frontend Engineer, Fullstack Engineer
At Flockjay, we are here to empower upward mobility through education and access. Our goal is to create pathways to future-proof careers for people from non-traditional and underrepresented backgrounds. We recently raised our Series A and were also recognized in the top 50 places to work.
We’re looking for frontend and full-Stack engineers with deep product sense, a knack for demystifying the ambiguous, and the horsepower to turn product ideas into reality. By joining our lean engineering team, everything you do has the ability to make a real, measurable impact on our students’ careers and lives.
Stack: Typescript/React, Python/Django
If working for a mission driven company with a lean engineering team appeals to you, email me at sandip@flockjay.com.
I echo the know your worth and be ready to walk away if you aren't getting your worth.
I personally don't shy from mentioning rough base salary range first though it is against popular wisdom. I let the companies know this is my range for base and its flexible based on the offered equity. Because of the base + equity splits I can bend whichever lever companies are comfortable with.
Thanks for leaving feedback and the kind words.
I personally think Hey does have lot of neat ideas that they deserve credit for. Email management takes decent amount of effort in today's marketing/spam driven world. Gmail filters solve some of the issues but it's painful to create/update. It requires a strong discipline as you mentioned. This browser extension exists to simplify and make this a breeze.
As a business model, I think Hey will do fine -- as there are tons of people for whom 99$/year is a small sum to help ease this pain. With only 100K users, that's 10M ARR.
And congrats on setting up a clean Inbox!
Hi HN,
I have been jamming on this new project and wanted to share it with you all. It’s inspired by Hey (the new email service) and the idea is to bring some of the concepts directly on top of Gmail.
ZenMail works as a browser extension (Chrome and Firefox currently). The core idea behind ZenMail is the concept of Screener, a new place where all unknown emails go and where you get to decide not only if you want to receive emails from someone but if you do, where they should automatically go (e.g. Inbox, Feed, or PaperTrail) with just a single click.
Under the hood, it uses Gmail labels and filters to add all these functionality. The extension therefore needs access to few Gmail permissions. This of course is a privacy concern. However, ZenMail is 100% local to your browser (except using Gmail APIs). I do not send or collect any information (also verified by Google’s Gmail API access process).
On roadmap is to add screening to any of your existing labels (available next week). I want to also add some sort of attachments viewer, contact page, email bundling, private notes and so on.
I would love it if you could try it out and share what you think of it. I would also love any ideas you have on how ZenMail could be more useful to you.
[Chrome] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zenmail/kbhafncken...
[Firefox] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zenmail/
Pro-tip: When you install the extension and go to Screener, you will see it’s empty at the beginning as only new emails from now onwards will arrive here. As a one time action and to start setting rules, I highly recommend moving some of your emails (or all) from your Inbox to Screener (Gmail’s Move to)
Do you feel the same about email spam filters?
Exact two books I recommend people (only in reverse order).
http://www.theflightdeal.com/ is one of my favorite website for airfare deals if you are flexible with destination.
I am based out of SFO and have IFTTT set up to get a SMS whenever there is a new deal http://www.theflightdeal.com/category/flight-deals/sfo/. Works brilliantly. I have gotten deals like $525 RT to Nepal, $404 RT to Indonesia, $240 RT to Colombia and many more...
I cannot recommend traveling highly enough. I was in a similar spot as you and left Google last year in February to travel. The plan was to travel for 6 months but I ended up doing it for 11 months.
After returning back in January this year, I joined a super early stage startup and couldn't be more happier.
You are in a great position. Do what you really want to do and don't let fear hold you back. Life is too short to spend time on things you don't really enjoy. Feel free to reach out (email in profile) if you want to chat more.
Informed | Senior Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Full-time, onsite | https://www.driveinformed.com
We are a well-funded early stage fin-tech startup aiming to help consumers finance auto loans. We are a small team of engineers, and are looking to add an experienced and talented engineer to our team. Our tech stack includes Ruby on Rails, React, Postgres and any previous experience with these is not required but a huge plus.
We are also looking for a Program Manager and a Product Designer.
Email me directly at sandip.agrawal@driveinformed.com and we can setup a time to chat!
And what most people miss, is that the 3.4 billion is the 30% cut Uber takes from a ride.
From what I have read/heard, they count all of Uber pool in revenues so this statement isn't entirely correct.
Informed | Sr. Ruby on Rails Engineer | San Francisco, CA | https://driveinformed.com
We are an early stage fin-tech startup that helps consumers finance used vehicles. We are a small team of 6 engineers, and are looking for someone with extensive Ruby on Rails experience to join our team. We take great pride in building product that users would love. Our office is located at 1 Bluxome St. near the 4th and King Caltrain station.
Tech Stack: Ruby/Rails, React, Postgres
Email me directly at sandip.agrawal@driveinformed.com or use our angelist link to apply https://angel.co/informed/jobs/167143-sr-full-stack-engineer
+1. I quit my job at YouTube to travel around Latin America for half a year and just got back this month. One of the best decision ever.
Halfway into The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I really like these two from Randy Pausch.
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
PyCharm for Python and web stuff
That worked. Thanks!
Yeah, virtualenvs support is an absolute must have for it to be considered seriously for Python development.
Good idea. Thanks Jeff!
thanks! Will update it.
Public beta launch for http://www.mcqmania.com/
(It's currently for a niche market in Nepal.)
The dates you attended Mumbai University are in reverse. Just so you know.
Windows XP/7 at work and Ubuntu at home
I use Windows 7 for everything beside programming even at home.