sandipagr
Joined 16 years ago
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Comment · 1 year ago
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.
Comment · 3 years ago
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.
Comment · 3 years ago
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!
Comment · 4 years ago
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 [email protected] if you are interested in learning more.
Comment · 4 years ago
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 [email protected] if you are interested in learning more.
Comment · 5 years ago
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 [email protected]
Comment · 5 years ago
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 [email protected].
Comment · 5 years ago
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 [email protected].
Comment · 6 years ago
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.
Comment · 6 years ago
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!
Comment · 6 years ago
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)
Comment · 6 years ago
Do you feel the same about email spam filters?
Comment · 6 years ago
Exact two books I recommend people (only in reverse order).
Comment · 9 years ago
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...
Previously Informed, @Google, @Yahoo, @OnSports