bsirkia
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code + startups + marketing + lots of misc. You can reach me at b AT zeropivot.com
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Comment · 1 year ago
Brynson | Full Stack Developer | NYC Onsite (3-4 days in-office / week) | $120 - $160K brynson.com
Brynson is a fast-growing SaaS company building Brynsights™, the leading business intelligence platform for the multifamily real estate industry. We help property management companies, owners, and operators unlock actionable insights by connecting data across property management systems, CRMs, marketing channels, and more.
We’re a bootstrapped startup with real momentum — and we’re looking for a Full Stack Developer with 2-4 years of experience who can grow into a technical lead role, working closely with our CTO to expand the platform, build scalable systems, and help guide product development. Our stack is Ruby on Rails with React front end.
To apply, please email a resume and brief cover letter to [email protected]
Comment · 5 years ago
I think this is generally right. We tend to focus on the one side of the slippery slope which is "descent into an Orwellian dystopia", but the other side of the logical extreme is what, that no matter what private companies aren't allowed to remove and censor certain things on their forums?
Like you said, if there were an app where 90% of the conversation was about child pornography, no one would cry "1984" if it's removed by Apple. So we're just having a conversation about where the line should be and if hate speech and planning insurrection should meet that standard, not beginning a rapid descent into thought control.
Comment · 5 years ago
Right now an entirely separate platform, but the original idea was an integration with Zoom. Unfortunately their API doesn't support breakout room management yet (https://devforum.zoom.us/t/breakout-rooms-api/4255/111) so the idea was to build it entirely separately, get some validation/learnings, and then integrate with Zoom when ready.
In terms of mingle-naturalness, right now it's set so the organizer just says how big the mingles should be and how long they should last. So from a user's side, you're in a group with two random people (from the company/larger group) for 5 minutes, then cycle into a new mingle with two other random people, rinse and repeat. Somewhat like speed dating, you don't have any say over who you're mingling with, but it is time constricted.
Comment · 5 years ago
Been building https://zoomingle.com over the last few months, it's a group video chat service that automatically creates randomized breakout rooms to facilitate 1:1's and other small group chats within a larger group. Came up with it because happy hours during Covid had no side conversations, spontaneous chats, etc. and figured that's the whole point. It's somewhat do-able with Zoom's breakout rooms, but if you have a company of 60 people and what people to be able to chat in random groups of 3 for 5 minutes for an hour, the person manually creating all these breakout rooms would go insane.
I'd like to continue running the tech/product side, but looking for a CEO/co-founder to run the biz dev, strategy, marketing etc.
I'm Brian, a 30 y/o Canadian living in NYC (but totally happy to work with someone remotely, ofc). I've co-founded and ran the engineering teams of two other tech startups, and currently doing misc tech consulting and freelancing.
Comment · 6 years ago
Very cool! I'd be happy to help with the NYC one (moved here from Canada about 5 years ago) but can't tell exactly where to edit the spreadsheet?
Comment · 6 years ago
Hey @econcon, I think my friend and I will give this a try. We're starting to spec everything out, and probably want to start out with laser gauge to have high accuracy. Would love to ask a couple questions if you have time, my email is just my username at gmail.com
Comment · 7 years ago
This really resonates with me as an engineer/CTO working on a product that went into the jungle with a machete. We never anticipated how difficult it would be educate the market, so eventually pivoted to more of a "toll-road" product.
There's really a second/third/fourth mover advantage that often isn't talked about, which is that you don't have to explain the entire point of your product before convincing them that your pricing makes sense and it's worth their time. When clear competitors exist, the sale is just why your specific solution is superior (more efficient, smarter features tacked on, cheaper pricing etc.)