Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by patio11 on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @12:20AM
(#1573637)
I've been on HN much longer than I've used Twilio, so trust me on this one: the product they make is jawdroppingly awesome, transformative, and will upend industries. It is on the same rough scale as email: this (or something very close to this) is going to save tens of millions of people their precious time, and make a lot of companies stupefying amounts of money. It brings the Internet to people who can't use the Internet, it brings computers to people who can't use computers, it eliminates whole classes of largely unproductive jobs. If you're a bit burnt out on CRUD apps and want to do something with impact, this is a great job.
P.S. After you get there, if you can zealously advocate for first-class Japanese support, you will be my best friend for life.
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by rewind on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @05:53PM
(#1572892)
As a VERY satisfied customer, I want to know "what you have in store for the future"... NOW!!! Any hints???
Come on... your boss will never know ;-)
As your boss, I just want to say that you made my day. Ask him anything (just not how much coffee I drink)
How much coffee do you drink?
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by dmor on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @06:46AM
(#1574163)
hey, you back from vacation?! My answer: to f*ing much
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by bnoordhuis on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @05:49PM
(#1572882)
John, what is Twilio's position on remote working? The senior engineer's job looks interesting but I can't relocate right away (baby on the way, misses wants to give labour in the home country). I'd be willing to fly in for a couple of days each month.
My position as an Evangelist requires me to travel a lot, and I happen to live in a nice startup town (Boulder) so it's the right situation for working remotely. There's another Evangelist located in NYC. Outside of that, our core engineering team is all in San Fran, so those positions require being located there.
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by agentargo on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @07:49PM
(#1573173)
I live in Boulder as well and would love to be able to check out the intern position, if that's feasible for working remotely. I wouldn't mind traveling to the HQ every couple of weeks on my dime even.
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by dmor on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @04:03AM
(#1573953)
please drop us a note at [email protected], we definitely want to talk to you (and @johns is in Boulder, you should meet up!)
I've been corrected. If you're interested, you should apply even if you're remote. For the right people, it may be possible.
Re:Calling All Engineers (Twilio is Hiring)
by bnoordhuis on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @07:50PM
(#1573177)
Great, I will! Thanks, John.
Personally I've never worked at a place where my input has been so highly valued and I'm not particularly high on the totem pole (and I work remotely to boot). It doesn't matter. Everyone has something to contribute and everyone's contributions are equally valued. I've learned an immeasurable amount in just a few months from the ridiculously smart people I get to work with. This is the smartest, most committed crew of people I've had the pleasure of working with. They're fun people too.
Maybe working for someone else isn't your thing, but if your circumstances require you to do so, there are few better places to work.
If anyone has any questions about what it's like working at Twilio, feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] or ask your questions here and I'll answer what I can.