So it’s a WordPress successor that doesn’t support any WordPress plugins (since they’re written in PHP and this is written in TypeScript) and has baked-in support for blockchain payments. and also it’s “AI Native”, because the internet definitely needs more AI slop blogs.
This IS an April Fools joke, whether or not they intended it to be one.
The Barnes and Noble cafes aren't actually Starbucks; they serve Starbucks products (probably for historical reasons) but they have products Starbucks doesn't have, and they don't accept Starbucks gift cards.
I keep my free Dropbox account, but I won't pay them any money while they have Rice on board. (I was a paid member of Loom, which they acquired. As a result of the acquisition I was to become a paid member of Dropbox's photo syncing service. Instead I demanded and got my money back.)
NYC: Front End (JS/CSS/HTML) and/or Python Engineers. Also, Test Engineers.
Axial enables small-to-medium-size companies to connect with advisors and sources of capital at a scale not possible in the offline world. We use Python, PostgreSQL, Backbone, and Angular.js. We have automated tests for many things.
We're located in the Flatiron district near Union Square. Well funded and growing fast.
For me it was when I ran out of savings, sold all my stocks, ran out of that money, and still didn't have a shipped product. My cofounders are still going at it, and I wish them all the best, but we spent the critical months of our startup designing and redesigning a thing without ever getting user feedback.
For all the other folks out there at Google or other largish companies, who are considering quitting and forming a startup: Don't do it until you have at least once seen a project through from conception to launch.
I recently joined a NYC company with "unlimited vacation days", and they do actually mean it. I mentioned this very trend when I was interviewing. They responded by saying they expect me to take AT LEAST three weeks of vacation a year.
Now, some of my coworkers are workaholics and won't take that much. But I have had success in just saying "I want to take these weeks off."
This IS an April Fools joke, whether or not they intended it to be one.