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.
70
TEAM MEMBERS
16
HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR
11
LEFT HANDERS
714,000
USERS PER EMPLOYEE
meet our comrades
Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.
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
Ian
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Ian Tsai
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- San Francisco, California
- What do you really do?
- Reading the code base to figure out how it works
- Superhero alterego
- Invincible from Invincible
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Hanging out with friends, learning to cook and going to the gym
- Last thing you learned
- Chihuahuas have a soft spot on their skulls
- Office
- Singapore
Tahimi
PRODUCT DESIGNER
- Full name
- Tahimi Leon
- Hometown
- Matanzas, Cuba
- Current location
- San Francisco
- What do you really do?
- I spend my day having conversations with imaginary users in my head—figuring out their weirdest problems so I can design the simplest, most intuitive solutions.
- Superhero alterego
- Wonder Woman
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Hiking up hills, walking down streets, getting lost in books, or watching movies.
- Last thing you learned
- China officially runs on one time zone—Beijing Time (UTC+8)—even though it spans five. In western regions like Xinjiang, sunrise can be as late as 10 a.m., so many locals (especially Uyghurs) also use an unofficial time zone (UTC+6) alongside the official one.
- Office
- San Francisco
WenJie
EXTREMELY SENIOR INTERN
- Full name
- Beh Wen Jie
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- read the onboarding slides
- Superhero alterego
- iron man cause he builds cool stuff
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- climbing a mountain ⛰️ or at the gym 🏋️♂️
- Last thing you learned
- how to clip in properly when lead climbing and we hiccup because we forget we are not fish 🐠
- Office
- San Francisco
Chelsea
CUSTOMER OPS ASSOCIATE
- Full name
- Chelsea Benberry
- Hometown
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Current location
- Atlanta, GA
- What do you really do?
- Drink from the firehose of Padlet knowledge
- Superhero alterego
- Mary Poppins...Just take a look inside my bag 💼
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Skating 🛼, searching for places to buy strange and/or fresh ingredients for my supper club recipes, kneading dough 🥖, trying to understand the algorithm, trying to keep plants alive 🥀 and reading 📖
- Last thing you learned
- How to balance on my front wheels while moving! ✨🛼
- Office
- Remote
Carla
CUSTOMER OPS MANAGER
- Full name
- Joncarla Sese
- Hometown
- Angeles City, Philippines
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Customer therapist. Feature translator. I help people get the most out of Padlet not just by solving problems, but by spotting patterns, flagging what matters to the team, and turning confusion into clarity. Bonus: I write things that help others do the same.
- Superhero alterego
- Captain America. An old soul, with moral compass up north and got unyielding belief.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Probably cooking something I’ve never made before while my daughter judges my plating. Or going down a YouTube black hole titled “How to do ___ like a pro.” Spoiler: I now almost know how to make latte art.
- Last thing you learned
- Editing a video with Canva AI. Had to for my daughter's school campaign video. Effortless edits.saved tons of time. Not a paid ad.
- Office
- Singapore
MaiFeng
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Ng Mai Feng
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Coffee, think of lunch, think of dinner after lunch.
- Superhero alterego
- Steve Rogers. Because sometimes we need a bit of old-fashion.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Rewatching sitcoms.
- Last thing you learned
- How to park a car in parallel.
- Office
- Singapore
Yi Xin
INTERN
- Full name
- Ong Yi Xin
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- pretend to understand whimsical articles written by fellow cranes
- Superhero alterego
- giant inflatable rubber duck debugger
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- playing video/board games, having fun with street photography, walking my dog
- Last thing you learned
- koalas have specialised digestive systems that allow them to survive on toxic, low-nutrition eucalyptus leaves (evolutionarily due to their inability to compete with other animals for food...), so they sleep up to 20h a day to conserve energy
- Office
- San Francisco
Ruijie
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Tay Rui-Jie
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Disturbing Kai Yang with questions and figuring out the code base
- Superhero alterego
- Spider-man, he seems pretty cool
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Playing the clarinet, configuring my homelab server or watching TikTok
- Last thing you learned
- The Firefox logo isn’t a fox, it’s a red panda
- Office
- Singapore
Linh
ENGINEERING MANAGER
- Full name
- Nguyen Cao Nhat Linh
- Hometown
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - noisy streets and strong coffee.
- Current location
- San Francisco - living in Chinatown next to the cable car line
- What do you really do?
- Chugging coffee, matcha, sampling the snacks and taking toilet breaks while waiting for Claude Code to finish.
- Superhero alterego
- Izuku Midoriya. Just like Midoriya, I believe in working smart, proving one's worth, and inspiring others. It's not just about the power you're given, but how you choose to wield it.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Diving deep into the world of isekai anime, getting lost in the intricate plots of manhwa, petting my dog Mello or organizing weekend dinner feast menu with ChatGPT.
- Last thing you learned
- How to make shrubs.
- Office
- San Francisco
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
Anand
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Anand Sundaram
- Hometown
- Mumbai, India
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Battle existential dread till I finally figure out what was wrong with my code
- Superhero alterego
- Tintin. News reporter extraordinaire, serial ass-kicker and the first man-on-the-moon in the TEU (Tintin Extended Universe).
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Reading to keep up with my book club, torturing kids by making them learn C++
- Last thing you learned
- Chess is banned in Russian Antarctic stations because a scientist lost a game and murdered his opponent with an axe
- Office
- Singapore
our preferences
Where we stand on the important issues of the world.
Coke Zero
52.9%
VS
Diet Coke
47.1%
Window seat
46.4%
VS
Aisle seat
53.6%
Pineapple
on pizza?
67.2%
VS
Yuk!
32.8%
Netflix
payer
100%*
VS
Netflix
"borrower"
0%*
*suspicious results
Cat
39.7%
VS
Dog
60.3%
iOS
81.2%
VS
Android
18.8%
*suspicious results
if we were wizards
So what type of personalities are we? Courageous? Ambitious? Loyal? Intelligent? We asked the sorting hat.
34.4 %
Gryffindor
32.8 %
Hufflepuff
18 %
Ravenclaw
14.8 %
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.