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jasonwilk | 7 months ago | on: GPT-5

How marginally better was Google than Yahoo when debuted? If one can develop AGI first within X timeline ahead of competitors, that alone could develop a moat for a mass market consumer product even if others get to parity .

jasonwilk | 3 years ago | on: What’s going on with Google and Facebook hiring freezes?

We lost a product manager candidate to Meta yesterday so not so sure about any hiring freeze.

jasonwilk | 3 years ago | on: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

That’s the point. Musk doesn’t need to maintain the ad business. Reduce the headcount, get enough subscriptions to break even and take a write off on the deflated value of the business. Just making it a great product, free of ads and better at spam.

jasonwilk | 3 years ago | on: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources

While I don’t advocate for anyone losing their job, my partial view on what Elon will do with Twitter once he takes it private is to shut down their ad business and focus on Twitter Blue (or some variation of subscription based product announcements). This will have several benefits.

1. Simplifies the business operation by reducing fixed headcount significantly

2. This will have a hard hit to Twitter revenue but Musk will have the benefit of downgrading the new ad-free business valuation and using the haircut against his future personal Tesla stock sales. Losing the ad business doesn’t actually cost him anything.

3. Product will now be more user friendly than competition, focusing more on product Vs ad tech. Eventually because it doesn’t have ads it could reignite growth to become a dominant social network.

Whether it grows in value or not is irrelevant to Musk and because of this, he seems like the most aligned to improve the product Vs any other financial suitor.

jasonwilk | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is Docusign a $50B company?

You can easily sign a document on Preview using Mac for free. Click the Show Markup Toolbar in the View or Edit section. Create and save your signature, then click the signature to add it to your PDF. I’m not sure why they don’t make this incredibly transparent on Mac, other than to help others profit.

jasonwilk | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2021)

Dave.com | Fintech | 100% Virtual (With optional office attendance)

https://www.linkedin.com/company/dave.com/jobs/?viewAsMember...

Dave is a leader in mobile banking with over 10mm members. We have reinvented the pain of overdraft with industry first tools like interest free overdraft, predicted financial alerts and a job board for side income.

jasonwilk | 5 years ago | on: How long does a bottle of wine last after it is opened?

I once was given ‘wine condoms’ as a gag gift one year. It turns out to be the greatest way to preserve wine. Locks in the gas and blocks oxygen 10x better than the cork. They also last a long time. I highly recommend.

jasonwilk | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)

Dave.com Is looking for Staff Level engineers in Los Angeles.

We just completed our $50mm Series B with Norwest Ventures at a $1bn valuation.

Come help us make banking human.

jasonwilk | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)

Dave is the #1 Personal Financial Management product in the US.

We have a strong product and engineering focused culture.

Here are our openings. I am the CEO if you have any questions

https://jobs.lever.co/dave

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?

Detour. What a great app that is so educational and fun. Was sorry to see it get acquired. They are hundreds more cities that could use this.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Launch HN: Point (YC W19) – First Debit Card with Points

Patrick, just be careful calling this a bank. Evolve is the bank, you are not the bank. Saving you some headache in the future.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Can anyone identify these early Apple employees?

Thanks!

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Billboards are an old but booming ad medium

For what it’s worth, I find out about every new tv show and movie almost exclusively from billboards. While tough to measure, they have an affect.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Uber’s Restaurant Empire

I have always thought this space will turn into the Netflix of food. First you differentiate by having a good array of content (food) but will eventually need to create original content with exclusivity (Uber creating or funding their own restaurants just for delivery) to differentiate.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)

Dave.com is revolutionizing finance, starting with killing overdraft fees. We have millions of users and are backed by Capital One, JP Morgan, sV Angel, Section 32, Mark Cuban and more.

We’re looking for four more engineers (two front end, two backend) asap in Los Angeles

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

Dave.com is hiring full stack engineers in Los Angeles. We were the fastest growing Fin Tech company in June (Apple and Android ranks). Come join us before our Series B!

I am the founder. Feel free to ask me any questions.

jasonwilk | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)

Dave.com is hiring in Los Angeles! We were the fastest growing fin tech company in April. We are reinventing banking, starting with fixing overdraft fees.

We’re hiring senior full stack engineers.

jasonwilk | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

Dave.com is hiring full stack engineers, data scientists and product managers in Los Angeles. We're backed by Google, JP Morgan, Mark Cuban, etc.

If you want to help take on the big banks, come join us!

jasonwilk | 8 years ago | on: Congrats Dropbox

Congrats Drew. I remember seeing the TechCrunch 40 pitch and writing about you guys. You inspired me to do YC myself. Congrats on the IPO my friend.

jasonwilk | 8 years ago | on: Airtable gets $52M in funding

Nice Howie!