navneetloiwal

I can provide perspective from both sides of the table, to add to the wonderful comments already posted.

The first few years in my career were a will-do-anything attitude. So yes, like the OP, I did a bunch of different things. A few years in, I harbored similar thoughts of feeling inadequate. A jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none. Especially, since I was at Google and was surrounded by the best of the best and experts/specialists in anything you could name.

My next stint was at an early stage startup (<10 employees). This is when I started to realize that this "weakness" may actually be a strength. You could point me to a wide array of things and I could run with it. I could take the principles from one stack/language/system and use them in another.

Now, as a founder, my favorite hires are generalists. Engineers who have a wide breadth of experience, a do-whatever-it-takes mindset, and ideally, a sprinkling of product/business sense. They are the first-principles thinkers. They can handle ambiguity and change without batting an eye. They will figure when/where you need a specialist.

Be proud of being a generalist.

Coefficient | Sr. Backend Engineers | Remote From India/USA/Canada | Remote Only | coefficient.io

Coefficient is the next evolution of spreadsheets. We connect spreadsheets to all the other company systems (eg Salesforce, databases, ...) to empower the business user to work with data in the familiarity, power and flexibility of the tool they love -- the spreadsheet. This is a massive market since spreadsheets are the mainstay for business users across all types of companies and geographies.

Today's data and BI tools were designed for data specialists and data engineers. However, as more companies and business functions embrace data-driven cultures, they are held back by the inherit complexity of existing tools, as well as the technical expertise required to set up, maintain, and operate them.

The founders are serial entrepreneurs whose last startup, Shopular, was backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia and acquired by Rakuten Ebates. Coefficient is backed by top-tier bay area VCs (undisclosed).

We are looking for senior backend engineers to help us shape and deliver our vision. You will work alongside the founders to define features, design core backend architecture, and develop resilient, scalable systems from the ground up. You should have 6+ years of experience as a backend engineer and python experience is a must.

To apply: email [email protected]

Coefficient | Sr. Backend Engineer | Remote From India/North America | Remote Only | coefficient.io

Coefficient is a no-code solution that allows business teams to work with real-time data directly from their spreadsheets. You can sync your Google Sheets to your company systems such as Salesforce, Hubspot, Google Analytics, Looker, MySQL, Redshift, Slack and more. This empowers anyone in the company to build reports and analyses that are real-time, flexible, and accurate without any knowledge of SQL or other advanced tools. Native Slack integration coupled with a powerful business rule engine enables you to keep the right people up-to-date at the right time.

Coefficient is a VC-backed SaaS startup in the SF Bay Area. The founders are serial entrepreneurs whose last startup, Shopular, was backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia and acquired by Rakuten Ebates.

We are looking for senior backend engineers to help us shape and deliver our vision. You will work alongside the founders to define product, design core backend architecture, and develop resilient, scalable systems from the ground up. You have 7+ years of experience designing and building complex backend systems and solid Python experience.

To apply: email join <at> company domain

Yeah spreadsheets are ubiquitous workhorses -- small companies to large, old to new, across geographies ...

Spreadsheets have many problems. We are going after their "connectivity" to the rest of the company systems. Hidden errors / debugging is definitely another big problem which we are only tangentially solving. If your data is imported into the sheet through Coefficient (instead of a copy-paste of a downloaded CSV), then you can always trace the lineage/timestamps/etc all the way to source.

As for hiring developers, the truth is that day-to-day business needs grow faster than you can hire devs. So yes, at a certain point companies move some workflows to dev-built tooling or specialized SaaS tools, but their bucket of unhandled workflows still grows larger every day. That is why you can't kill spreadsheets.

I use pen and paper notes for meetings & discussions. While I love the act of physically writing, not having notes accessible and searchable at the tips of my fingers means I am not able to get the most out of them.

This discussion is timely as I have been researching smart pens the last few days which can give you exact copies of your paper notes into an app. Anyone here used them? Do you like them?

Shopular (Redwood City) -- iOS engineer, Android engineer, Data Analyst

We are a Sequoia backed startup. Our vision is to be the ultimate smart shopping companion for every shopper, revolutionizing the access to information to help you save time and money. We are a small team and looking to get two mobile engineers to lead the mobile apps.

If you love data and finding insights with the purpose of making the product grow faster and identify areas of opportunity, you'd be a great fit for the data analyst role.

We have over 5M users, yet a small team of 5 engineers. This is a huge opportunity. We are looking for experienced and accomplished engineers.

Please send us email at [email protected]

Shopular - Redwood City, CA

Looking for Senior iOS and Android engineers - shopular.com/jobs

===== About Shopular

Shopular is connecting shoppers and brands in the moments that matter. Our mission is to be your personal shopping concierge that provides the most intuitive and effortless way to save money. The iOS and Android apps have over 30,000 reviews and widely loved. Time featured Shopular as one of the 50 Best iPhone Apps of 2013. Shopular is backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital. shopular.com/about

The best part is that we are still a small team of 5: high-caliber engineers from Google, Shopkick, Ooyala and Loopt We are growing the engineering team and looking for experienced and eager individuals who share our passion for creating consumer experiences that "just work". You get significant equity, significant responsibility and a company with traction and backing.

===== About the roles

We are still a small team of 5 engineers and looking for experienced iOS and Android engineers who can take the apps to the next level.

You should be a master of iOS/Android with significant prior experience building beautiful consumer-facing apps with a large number of users. You have built complex apps from scratch. You share our passion for creating consumer experiences that "just work".

Email [email protected]

Shopular - Redwood City, CA

Shopular's mission is to create the most intuitive and effortless way to save money while shopping. The iOS and Android apps have over 20,000 reviews and widely loved. Time featured Shopular as one of the 50 Best iPhone Apps of 2013. Shopular is backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital.

The best part is that we are still a small team of 5: high-caliber engineers from Google, Shopkick, Ooyala and Loopt

We are growing the engineering team and looking for experienced and eager individuals who share our passion for creating consumer experiences that "just work". You get significant equity, significant responsibility and a company with traction and backing.

Our stack: iOS/Android, Python, Postgres, Redis

* iOS Lead

Master of iOS with significant prior experience building beautiful consumer-facing app(s) with a large number of users. You have built complex apps from scratch. When needed, you are comfortable jumping into the backend (python or ruby experience preferred) to build features to support the app.

* Android Lead

Master of Android with significant prior experience building consumer-facing app(s) with a large number of users. You have built complex apps from scratch. When needed, you are comfortable jumping into the backend (python or ruby experience preferred) to build features to support the app.

* Backend Lead

You can handle the entire backend stack including the DB, production app servers, web servers, caching. You have built systems with significant scale and low latency performance. You have deployed and maintained servers, built DB schemas to scale, used effective caching for performance, handled high throughput systems. You will lead the entire backend.

* Full-Stack Engineer

You are a go-getter, fast learner, get-work-done engineer. You love new challenges and find creative solutions for problems. You are comfortable building features in the backend, to creating web UI using JS/HTML.

* UI/UX Designer

You have experience building mobile app interfaces. You are full-stack and can handle interface and UX design and also the visual design. You strive to build the most clean and delightful UIs that can improve lives of millions of users. You stress about every part of the UX and every pixel of the UI.

All roles require strong prior experience. If you have been looking for an early-stage startup opportunity where you can create a significant impact and be part of a stellar team, we may be the right fit. Lets talk more!

Join us in our quest to transform physical retail and create the most intuitive consumer experiences. See more at shopular.com and we look forward to hearing from you at [email protected]

Shopular (shopular.com) - Palo Alto, CA

Shopular's mission is to create the most delightful and effortless experience for saving money while shopping. The iOS and Android apps have over 15,000 reviews and widely loved. Time featured Shopular as one of the 50 Best iPhone Apps of 2013. Shopular is backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia Capital. We are a small, tight-knit team of high-caliber engineers from Google, Shopkick, Ooyala and Loopt.

We are growing the engineering team and looking for experienced and eager individuals who share our passion for creating consumer experiences that just work. You will get to start at the ground floor at a startup that has received significant backing.

Our stack: iOS/Android, Python, Postgres, Redis

* iOS Engineer

Master of iOS with significant prior experience building beautiful consumer-facing app(s) with a large number of users. You have built complex apps from scratch. When needed, you are comfortable jumping into the backend (python or ruby experience preferred) to build features to support the app.

* Android Engineer

Master of Android with significant prior experience building consumer-facing app(s) with a large number of users. You have built complex apps from scratch. When needed, you are comfortable jumping into the backend (python or ruby experience preferred) to build features to support the app.

* Backend Engineer

You can handle the entire backend stack including the DB, production app servers, web servers, caching. You have built systems with significant scale and low latency performance. You have deployed and maintained servers, built DB schemas to scale, used effective caching for performance, handled high throughput systems. You will lead the entire backend.

* Full-Stack Engineer

You are a go-getter, fast learner, get-work-done engineer. You love new challenges and find creative solutions for problems. You are comfortable building features in the backend, to creating web UI using JS/HTML.

* Data Analyst

You love playing with data to squeeze the right insights from it. You are an expert at SQL and scripting languages to gather and massage the data.

* Product Designer

You have experience building mobile app interfaces. You are full-stack and can handle interface and UX design and also the visual design. You strive to build the most clean and delightful UIs that can improve lives of millions of users. You stress about every part of the UX and every pixel of the UI.

All roles require strong prior experience. If you have been looking for an early-stage startup opportunity where you can create a significant impact and be part of a stellar team, we may be the right fit. Lets talk more!

Join us in our quest to transform physical retail and create the most intuitive consumer experiences. See more at shopular.com and we look forward to hearing from you at [email protected]