klistwan | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations
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klistwan | 8 years ago | on: Is StubHub's Website Deceiving Users?
Someone recently wrote about their dark patterns, and how sometimes it's actually false information: https://medium.com/@ilyadoroshin/bad-ux-how-booking-com-dece...
klistwan | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: My company has been acquired and I'm kicked out. What should I do now?
I recently went through a similar situation (decided to leave my startup after 4 years of growing it). I wrote about my decision on Medium (https://medium.com/@klistwan/why-im-quitting-my-4-year-old-s...), and took about 4 months off to travel and decompress. I spent quite a bit of it reading, reflecting, trying new things, etc. Feel free to send me an email or PM on twitter if you want to ask more questions! :-)
klistwan | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)
Kira Talent |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Full-time, On-site
Experienced full-stack engineers, product UI/UX designers
Our mission is to help schools predict their most successful students. We're used by almost half of the top MBA programs across North America, and are quickly growing in engineering, undergraduate business and science programs. We haven't had a single school churn and we just acquired our first competitor.
Here's what we use: Python (Django), JavaScript (jQuery, RequireJS, FlightJS), Bower, MySQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, Wowza, AWS,.
Since we’re a small company (you’d be #21), we have lots of fun together! We host bi-weekly lunch & learns, beer o’clock on Friday afternoons, board game nights every few weeks and have done tons of activities outside of work (e.g. wine tasting, cottage retreat, movie nights).
My name is Konrad, and I'm one of the founders! Send me a note at [email protected] if you're interested!
klistwan | 10 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)
Software Engineer - Kira Talent (www.kiratalent.com/about/) - Toronto, Canada - Full-Time
Our mission is to help schools predict their most successful students. We're used by almost half of the top MBA programs across North America, and are quickly growing in engineering, undergraduate business and science programs.
Applicants complete timed and written assessments created by the school, that test non-cognitive competencies like leadership, creativity and empathy. Admissions teams can then better evaluate students and build a stronger program overall.
We've raised over $3M of financing, and are growing our engineering team in all areas (full-stack web, infrastructure, etc).
Here's what we're working on: - architecting and building global infrastructure to scale our video recording and streaming - workflow features that help admissions team assign applicants to certain reviewers, and manage their reviewing teams - capturing analytics data about how our users use the product, and making decisions internally - data trumps everything!
Here's what we use: Python (Django), JavaScript (jQuery, RequireJS, FlightJS), MySQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, Wowza, AWS,.
You’d be a great fit to our team if you have:
- 2+ years of software engineering experience in production
- Proven yourself as an A+ engineer through great work results, interesting hobby projects, open source contributions, or superior academic results
- Deep experience with multiple programming languages including Python, C, Java, Ruby, JavaScript
My name is Konrad, and I'm one of the founders! Send me a note at [email protected] if you're interested!
klistwan | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)
Software Engineer
Kira Talent (www.kiratalent.com/about/) - Toronto, Canada
Full-Time
Our mission is to help schools predict their most successful students. We're used by almost half of the top MBA programs across North America, and are quickly growing in engineering, undergraduate business and science programs.
Applicants complete timed and written assessments created by the school, that test non-cognitive competencies like leadership, creativity and empathy. Admissions teams can then better evaluate students and build a stronger program overall.
We've raised over $3M of financing, and are growing our engineering team in all areas (full-stack web, infrastructure, etc).
Here's what we're working on: - architecting and building global infrastructure to scale our video recording and streaming - workflow features that help admissions team assign applicants to certain reviewers, and manage their reviewing teams - capturing analytics data about how our users use the product, and making decisions internally - data trumps everything!
Here's what we use: Python (Django), JavaScript (jQuery, RequireJS, FlightJS), MySQL, Celery, RabbitMQ, Wowza, AWS, ActionScript.
You’d be a great fit to our team if you have: - 2+ years of software engineering experience in production - Proven yourself as an A+ engineer through great work results, interesting hobby projects, open source contributions, or superior academic results - Deep experience with multiple programming languages including Python, C, Java, Ruby, JavaScript
Since we’re a small team (you’d be #16), we have lots of fun together! We host bi-weekly lunch & learns, beer o’clock on Friday afternoons, board game nights every few weeks and have done tons of activities outside of work (i.e. wine tasting, cottage retreat, etc).
My name is Konrad, and I'm one of the founders! Send me a note at [email protected] if you're interested!
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help organizations find exceptional talent through video.
A bit about us:
- we’re a small team (you’d be #15), based in the heart of downtown Toronto;
check us out at www.kiratalent.com/about/
- we’re had paying clients since day 1 of the company, and are well funded
- we’re hiring both mobile and backend developers
- we believe that even enterprise software can be beautiful,
and pride ourselves on our design
- every single one of our developers have committed code within their
first day at work (some within their first hour), and because
we love continuous deployment, so we're constantly pushing to
production and seeing the impact of our work
- building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording
and streaming; imagine thousands of applicants from countries
all around the world submitting video interviews right before a deadline
- designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and
employers alike
- presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user,
and our team internally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, I'm the co-founder/CTO, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help organizations find exception talent through video.
A bit about us:
- we’re a small team (you’d be #15), based in the heart of downtown Toronto;
check us out at www.kiratalent.com/about/
- we’re had paying clients since day 1 of the company, and are well funded
- we’re hiring both mobile and backend developers
- we believe that even enterprise software can be beautiful,
and pride ourselves on our design
- every single one of our developers have committed code within their
first day at work (some within their first hour), and because
we love continuous deployment, so we're constantly pushing to
production and seeing the impact of our work
- building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording
and streaming; imagine thousands of applicants from countries
all around the world submitting video interviews right before a deadline
- designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and
employers alike
- presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user,
and our team internally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, I'm the co-founder/CTO, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2014)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #14), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring both mobile and backend developers
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #13), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #13), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #12), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internallyklistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #12), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Hiring October 2013
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot top talent earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #12), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded (we just raised a $2M seed round) and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot high-performers earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us: * we’re a small team (you’d be #9), based in the heart of downtown Toronto * we’re well funded and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company * we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics * we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design * every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
Here’s some stuff we’ve been working on lately: * building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming * re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS * designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike * presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
We use Python/Django, JavaScript (jQuery, AngularJS), ActionScript, MySQL (and some MongoDB), but you’d be free to choose your own tools and libraries.
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot high-performers earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* we’re a small team (you’d be #8), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* we’re well funded and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* we’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend, analytics
* we think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design
* every single one of our developers have committed code within their first day at work; some within their first hour
* building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team internally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013)
Kira Talent (https://www.kiratalent.com) - Toronto, Canada
At Kira Talent, we help employers spot high-performers earlier in the hiring process through timed video interviews.
A bit about us:
* We’re a small team (you’d be #7), based in the heart of downtown Toronto
* We’re well funded and have had paying clients since day 1 of the company
* We’re hiring designers and all types of devs -- mobile, frontend, backend
* We think even enterprise software can be beautiful, and pride ourselves on our design.
Here’s some stuff we’ve been working on lately:
* Building infrastructure to allow us to scale our video recording and streaming
* Re-building the UI-heavy sections of our product using AngularJS
* Designing and creating our mobile suite for both job candidates and employers alike
* Presenting analytics data captured in our product to the end user, and our team interally
If this sounds fun, let’s chat! My name is Konrad, and you can send me a note at [email protected]. :)
klistwan | 13 years ago | on: Simple Ways to Find Potential Customers Online
Say you're looking for the email of James Smith, and you think it's one of [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].
If you type all these when composing an email, one of them will pull up a bunch of their social networks attached to that email, while the others will do nothing. That's how you can quickly figure out someone's email by guessing + Rapportive.
klistwan | 14 years ago | on: Read The Ultralight Startup by Jason Baptiste free for 24 hours
Thanks a lot Jason! This will definitely be a huge help to entrepreneurs and the startup community!
klistwan | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: My Start-up for managing roommates
I'm not sure if I buy that.
If a product or service solves a small problem, what would make users transition from what they're currently using to solve that problem to this new product? There has to be some sort of incentive because inherently, we're all lazy and don't want to go through the entire process of switching existing systems.
Honestly, a simple group messaging app (or even email) + using Billmonk solves most/all of these problems. That's what my three roommates and I are using and there haven't been any complaints. As well, the more roommates, the bigger the need has to be in order to convince everyone to use this new system. The smaller the number of roommates, the even less necessary it is to have a new platform to manage all these affairs.
I think this is a cool weekend project, but would I call this a startup? I don't think so (at least, not by the definition Eric Ries uses in The Lean Startup).
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