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
10
HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR
12
LEFT HANDERS
714,000
USERS PER EMPLOYEE
meet our comrades
Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.
Fanny
ACCOUNT MANAGER
- Full name
- Fanny Giuliani
- Hometown
- Argentina, Mendoza
- Current location
- Weston, FL
- What do you really do?
- I transform caffeine into too many open tabs
- Superhero alterego
- Genie from Aladdin
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- thinking about work
- Last thing you learned
- Spotlight in Padlet
- Office
- Remote
Jonathan
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Jonathan Tan Wui Heong
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Pass time doing things until my next coffee time
- Superhero alterego
- Geralt of Rivia, just trying to live life but life keeps throwing lemons
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Being online, making coffee, muay thai and playing with my camera
- Last thing you learned
- Choonsik, the orange animal in the Kakao Friends series, is actually a cat (I always thought it was a bear or something)
- Office
- Singapore
Seamus
ACCOUNT MANAGER
- Full name
- Seamus Johnston
- Hometown
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- Current location
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- What do you really do?
- I talk to customers about Padlet. They nod politely, then ask me to repeat everything in a slower, less Australian accent.
- Superhero alterego
- Howard the Duck. Constantly confused by the universe, but still surprisingly competent.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Watching bands in dive bars across Sydney, chasing my Pomeranian Otto around the park with my long suffering and ever patient wife, or relaxing on the couch playing video games.
- Last thing you learned
- That you can't hum while holding your nose (you're trying it now, aren't you?)
- 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
YSL
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Low Yong Sheng
- Hometown
- Singapore, Singapore
- Current location
- San Francisco, California
- What do you really do?
- I like to see things work, and make things work.
- Superhero alterego
- Hiro Nakamura. Controller of space and time.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Playing football, parenting, computer games.
- Last thing you learned
- Poop can travel up a diaper, out of the back, into a glorious fountain
- Office
- San Francisco
Crystal
BUSINESS DEV REP
- Full name
- Crystal Zhong
- Hometown
- Bellevue, WA (People get mad when I call it Seattle)
- Current location
- San Francisco
- What do you really do?
- translate Everything
- Superhero alterego
- ditto (the pokemon) because ditto is happy being anyone but happiest being ditto :)
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- bookmarking new restaurants, going on absurdly long walks, picking a new hobby of the month
- Last thing you learned
- ants can make yogurt! 🐜🍦
- Office
- San Francisco
KaiYang
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Tay Kai Yang
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Trying my best
- Superhero alterego
- Senku from Dr Stone!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Gymming, Playing video games (currently Elden Ring). Reading my book while travelling (on public transport)
- Last thing you learned
- Putting videos together on capcut
- Office
- Singapore
Collin
PRODUCT MANAGER
- Full name
- Collin Palmer
- Hometown
- San Mateo, CA
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Create and move rectangles around on a screen. Occasionally I type and talk.
- Superhero alterego
- Jack-Jack from The Incredibles.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Reading, swimming, walking, watching movies, eating popcorn.
- Last thing you learned
- There are more trees on earth than stars in the Milky Way.
- Office
- San Francisco
Evan
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Evan Tay
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Still Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Making Padlet more pretty and productive one commit at a time.
- Superhero alterego
- Black Panther!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Doing pilates, playing board games and watching too much Netflix.
- Last thing you learned
- How to cook Bún thịt nướng.
- Office
- Singapore
Kolin
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Colin Teahan
- Hometown
- Mill Valley, California
- Current location
- San Francisco, California
- What do you really do?
- Padlet mobile for iOS and Android, and trying to figure out why React Native is flashing red screens at me.
- Superhero alterego
- Rick from Rick & Morty
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Waiting for Xcode to compile... Hanging out with friends, memes, or watching random science videos.
- Last thing you learned
- Javascript isn't as bad as people think...
- 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
Pete
CUSTOMER OPS ASSOCIATE
- Full name
- Peter (Pete) Bowen
- Hometown
- Barrington, RI (USA)
- Current location
- Providence, RI
- What do you really do?
- Digging until I find the right answer.
- Superhero alterego
- Spider-Man — both the nerd and the class clown.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Hosting game nights and getting friends to sample my latest edible creation.
- Last thing you learned
- I learned how to make souffle pancakes.
- Office
- Remote
our preferences
Where we stand on the important issues of the world.
Coke Zero
50%
VS
Diet Coke
50%
Window seat
47.8%
VS
Aisle seat
52.2%
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.
33.3 %
Gryffindor
33.3 %
Hufflepuff
18.3 %
Ravenclaw
15.1 %
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.