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.
71
TEAM MEMBERS
18
HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR
10
LEFT HANDERS
704,000
USERS PER EMPLOYEE
meet our comrades
Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.
LuiLeng
EXTREMELY SENIOR INTERN
- Full name
- Cheng Lui Leng
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Hopefully making Padlet better!
- Superhero alterego
- Antman, small but mighty.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- spending time with loved ones, traveling and eating good food. Experiencing the world and making the most of my life.
- Last thing you learned
- Wakeboarding!
- Office
- San Francisco
Aly
CUSTOMER OPS LEAD
- Full name
- Alyson Dalgetty
- Hometown
- Oakland, CA
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Tell people to have a good day in email land
- Superhero alterego
- Beast Boy from Teen Titans
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Attempting to cook new veggie recipes, hanging out with my dog, and going to the beach
- Last thing you learned
- The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland
- Office
- San Francisco
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
ZiFong
PRODUCT DESIGNER
- Full name
- Zi Fong
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Design stuff that people enjoy and/or solves problems. Ideally both. With a lil magic sprinkled in!
- Superhero alterego
- Phoenix / Jean Grey from X-Men. My name means phoenix in Mandarin, so I’ve always felt a quiet connection. She reads minds, moves things with a thought - and like her, I can be a lil spicy at times, ha! 🐦🔥
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Scuba diving, illustrating at @theportraitlady.sg, discovering gems while thrifting, skateboarding through the hood in search of the next yumz bite/bev!
- Last thing you learned
- Humpback whales sing songs that can last for hours!! And they pass these songs across oceans, kinda like whale Spotify. TEARS. :”)
- Office
- Singapore
Yulia
PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER
- Full name
- Julia Carnes
- Hometown
- Indianapolis, IN
- Current location
- San Francisco
- What do you really do?
- Prep for conferences, make videos, and order swag.
- Superhero alterego
- Helen Parr from The Incredibles. She's an ENFP like me!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Making cocktails for my friends, playing elaborate board games, and trying to keep up with my Goodreads yearly goal.
- Last thing you learned
- The song "All by Myself" as popularized by Céline Dion was written by Eric Carmen who based the music on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor because he thought it was in the public domain, but it was actually still copyrighted outside of the U.S., and he had to pay royalties to the Rachmaninoff estate.
- Office
- San Francisco
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
Jim
ACCOUNT MANAGER
- Full name
- Jim Boniface
- Hometown
- Youngstown, Ohio
- Current location
- Hermosa Beach, CA
- What do you really do?
- golf, beach, gym, and playing guitar!
- Superhero alterego
- Magneto cause its the coolest super power
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- golfing and riding my scooter around
- Last thing you learned
- Two french kings: King Louis III and King Charles VIII both died from accidentally hitting their heads on low door entries.
- Office
- Remote
Sandra
SALES OPS MANAGER
- Full name
- Tan Min-Li Sandra
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- San Francisco
- What do you really do?
- Managing and preventing fires
- Superhero alterego
- Super Mom.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- being a Super Mom. Planning the next family adventure, breaking up fights, entertaining Princesses, planning meals, improving the home, hosting playdates, preparing the next event at the kids' school, etc etC eTC ETC.
- Last thing you learned
- a decent nutritious meal that kids (may or may not) eat within 15min
- Office
- San Francisco
Duc
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Nguyen Viet Duc
- Hometown
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Look at PR title, glance over code, LGTM -> Enter. Asking fellow engineers to do the same for mine.
- Superhero alterego
- Batman/Bruce Wayne
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- watching videos about outer space, having existential crisis, listening to the Interstellar soundtracks and having more existential crisis.
- Last thing you learned
- How to exit Vim ☠️
- Office
- Singapore
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
Girvin
GTM ENGINEER
- Full name
- Girvin Kenrick Djapardi
- Hometown
- Medan, Indonesia
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Getting Padlet to more people
- Superhero alterego
- Good ol Spiderman
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Chasing sunsets, hiking, orspeed-running cafes. And sleep
- Last thing you learned
- That different carriers work better in the 'highlands' and 'lowlands' of SF
- Office
- Singapore
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
our preferences
Where we stand on the important issues of the world.
Coke Zero
51.9%
VS
Diet Coke
48.1%
Window seat
47.1%
VS
Aisle seat
52.9%
Pineapple
on pizza?
67.6%
VS
Yuk!
32.4%
Netflix
payer
100%*
VS
Netflix
"borrower"
0%*
*suspicious results
Cat
39.1%
VS
Dog
60.9%
iOS
81.4%
VS
Android
18.6%
*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
32.3 %
Hufflepuff
19.4 %
Ravenclaw
14.4 %
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.