the natural inanity behind the artificial intelligence

Comrades in the office. Comrades in Tuesday trivia nights. Comrades in IKEA furniture assembly. Comrades in line at Space Mountain.

TEAM MEMBERS

HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR

LEFT HANDERS

Illustration of a crane with users per employee count

725,000

USERS PER EMPLOYEE

meet our comrades

Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.

Nitesh

CEO & FOUNDER

Full name: Nitesh Goel
Hometown: Lucknow, India
Current location: San Francisco, CA
What do you really do?: I fill out tax forms and email. That’s all I do.
Superhero alterego: David Petersen. The world doesn’t know about him yet, but they will eventually. That man can do anything.
When you’re not running padlet you are: sleeping.
Last thing you learned: How comedians decide who gets credit for a joke.
Office: San Francisco

Tyler

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full name: Tyler Wu
Hometown: Aliso Viejo, CA
Current location: San Francisco
What do you really do?: We'll see... 4 months later: I can confirm that coding is in fact part of this job
Superhero alterego: Ricky from Trailer Park Boys. He does things the right way.
When you’re not running padlet you are: drawing, doing sudoku, playing basketball, climbing, sipping tea
Last thing you learned: Our ear bones evolved from our jaw bones, so eating came before listening. (I learned this in the book Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin).
Office: San Francisco

Gerard

DESIGN DIRECTOR

Full name: Gerard Searchfield
Hometown: Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Current location: Sydney, Australia
What do you really do?: Create a beautiful experience for our customers, and of course making things look pretty.
Superhero alterego: Astro boy - there is simply no greater power than a butt laser.
When you’re not running padlet you are: Giving my wife a break and taking my 2 year old daughter on adventures throughout this awesome city (SF).
Last thing you learned: My burrito delivery guy knows me by name now.
Office: Remote

Brian

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Full name: Brian Koh
Hometown: Yishun, SG
Current location: SG
What do you really do?: Hatch plans to plant Easter eggs on Padlet. Found something wonky, have you? A bad egg, it might be. Let us know, you should.
Superhero alterego: Groot, I am.
When you’re not running padlet you are: Out the window, gaze I do. The light of life, I welcome. 🌱
Last thing you learned: How to make rootleaf stew
Office: Singapore

Mikhail

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full name: Nguyen Van Dai
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Current location: Hanoi, Vietnam
What do you really do?: Try my best to become a better version and do cool things to make Padlet more useful
Superhero alterego: Monkey D. Luffy. he never gives up and always trusts his dream that is becoming king of pirates.
When you’re not running padlet you are: Going to the gym, reading books.
Last thing you learned: How to deploy my code to staging environment.
Office: Singapore

Rana

CUSTOMER OPS ASSOCIATE

Full name: Rana Wilds
Hometown: North Vernon, Indiana
Current location: North Vernon, Indiana
What do you really do?: Pretend to know what I'm doing until I actually know what I'm doing.
Superhero alterego: Katniss Everdeen -- Let's just say I've been through A LOT!
When you’re not running padlet you are: Working out, hanging out with my family, watching sports, listening to music, and acting goofy.
Last thing you learned: How to use my insta-pot without scalding myself in the process. However, I've only used it a couple of times. The jury is still out.
Office: Remote

Mike

ACCOUNT MANAGER

Full name: Mike Garra
Hometown: Red Bank, NJ
Current location: Tinton Falls, NJ
What do you really do?: Enthrall people with my wit and humor (at least that's what I tell myself).
Superhero alterego: Deadpool - I talk too much, don't take anything too seriously, and curse more than I probably should.
When you’re not running padlet you are: Chasing my kids, listening to music, exercising, or spending time with family/friends.
Last thing you learned: I share a birthday with Richard Simmons.
Office: Remote

Estee

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full name: Estee Tey Siew Wen
Hometown: The Lion City
Current location: Singapore
What do you really do?: onzonz slack onzonz
Superhero alterego: I'm more likely to be a villain than a superhero >:) I would be someone like Junichiro from Tomo wa Onnanoko!
When you’re not running padlet you are: Playing computer games like DOTA, Genshin Impact. Watching anime and reading webtoons. Occassionally write articles.
Last thing you learned: Quokkas are mini kangaroos, that used to be misunderstood as rats — hence the name Rottnest Island (Rat Nest Island).
Office: Singapore

Jenny

ACCOUNT MANAGER

Full name: Jennifer Simms
Hometown: Solon, OH (Cleveland)
Current location: Hermosa Beach, CA (Los Angeles)
What do you really do?: Charm people with my wit and humor and hope it turns into revenue.
Superhero alterego: My real life super hero is my icon Stevie Nicks.
When you’re not running padlet you are: playing on the beach, skiing in the mountains.. sometimes in the same day (the California Circuit), traveling, being the fun Auntie to my nephews
Last thing you learned: How to use a Macbook...as a longstanding windows user.
Office: Remote

Natalie

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Full name: Natalie Tereshchenko
Hometown: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Current location: San Francisco, CA
What do you really do?: Equal parts time-keeper, problem-solver, bridge-builder and office snacks curator – the engine behind the scenes.
Superhero alterego: -
When you’re not running padlet you are: Sleeping. Jk – I enjoy going to pilates, and finding the best pastries in San Francisco.
Last thing you learned: How to set up bathroom occupancy lights with a Matter-enabled hub, Zigbee motion sensor, and a smart plug.
Office: San Francisco

CheeKit

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full name: Chong Chee Kit
Hometown: Singapore
Current location: Singapore
What do you really do?: Trying to get my animations just right
Superhero alterego: Jiraiya because he is very wise but also knows how to have fun
When you’re not running padlet you are: Playing my PS5 and building/painting plastic models
Last thing you learned: How to parry in Elden Ring
Office: Singapore

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Full name: Paul Joshua Robles
Hometown: Cavite, Philippines
Current location: Singapore
What do you really do?: I haven't figured that out yet but hopefully anything cool tech-wise :D
Superhero alterego: Hal Jordan or any Green Lantern corps member, I just want to make some cool constructs!
When you’re not running padlet you are: reading, playing video games (mostly FPS these days -- hit me up to play!), running, badminton, climbing
Last thing you learned: how to fall properly while bouldering
Office: Singapore

our preferences

Where we stand on the important issues of the world.

Coke Zero

51%

Diet Coke

49%

Window seat

47.1%

Aisle seat

52.9%

Pineapple
on pizza?

68.2%

Yuk!

31.8%

Netflix
payer

100%*

Netflix
"borrower"

0%*

*suspicious results

Cat

38.8%

Dog

61.2%

iOS

80.9%

Android

19.1%

*suspicious results

if we were wizards

So what type of personalities are we? Courageous? Ambitious? Loyal? Intelligent? We asked the sorting hat.

33.9 %

Gryffindor

33.9 %

Hufflepuff

18.6 %

Ravenclaw

13.6 %

Slytherin

Gryffindor

0 %

Hufflepuff

0 %

Ravenclaw

0 %

Slytherin

0 %

music for work

A crowdsourced playlist of music that gets us into the mood to work. A rather high proportion of movie soundtracks.

Become our comrade. Especially if you are a southpaw Slytherin.

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