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njoglekaron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)

BrowserStack | San Francisco, Bombay | ONSITE

BrowserStack is a mobile and web testing solution with 30,000 customers globally (including Twitter, AirBnB, Microsoft, JQuery, and more). We are bootstrapped, profitable, and looking for someone to lead our effort for Automate - our automated testing product.

The ideal candidate is someone who loves being a developer and has built and launched an amazing API product before.

To learn more about our growth please look here: http://browserstack.com/growth.

Our interview process is initial phone screen, project, visit to India, hiring decision.

If you are interested, please contact me neil at browserstack dot com and share some links to products you have built.

njoglekaron Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

I did answer it, but they edited it out. I think it probably deserves another post.

njoglekaron Lessons Learned from a Shark Tank Survivor

I that's a pretty apt description - there is a lot that goes into this behind the scenes.

njoglekaron Show HN: Napwell – We Want to Help You Sleep Better

The mask has interior lights that slowly become brighter to wake you up naturally. Like a sunrise alarm clock but in a mask.

njoglekaron Show HN: Napwell – We Want to Help You Sleep Better

It's generally okay in small amounts but if you plan on taking it longer term you should consult a physician.

njoglekaron Show HN: Napwell – We Want to Help You Sleep Better

Thanks, will fix

njoglekaron Show HN: Napwell – We Want to Help You Sleep Better

Great point. To give you a look into the future: Version 1 helps you wake up, Version 2 will help you fall asleep too. Stay tuned.

njoglekaron Show HN: Napwell – We Want to Help You Sleep Better

That was something we heard repeatedly from our Kickstarter backers.

njoglekaron Sleep as a Competitive Advantage

That's actually really common. In fact I'm making a product / wearable to help with that. I'll do a Show HN soon :).

njoglekaron Sleep as a Competitive Advantage

If anyone is interested, we did an AmA about the benefits of and science behind sleeping and napping a while back: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vyuz2/iama_scientist_...

njoglekaron Sleep as a Competitive Advantage

Is the problem waking up or a groggy feeling the rest of the day?

njoglekaron What I learned my first time on live TV

Love this. Answer the question you want to answer.

njoglekaron What I learned my first time on live TV

I definitely settled on just speaking to her but it's hard because there are so many screens in front of you. Hopefully I wasn't dodgy.

njoglekaron What I learned my first time on live TV

Blue it is, thanks for the feedback. Like I said - still much to learn.

njoglekaron My Experiment to Have More Meaningful Conversations

I'm not saying it's going to work for everyone or anyone for that matter. It's really just a reflection of how much I can gain / learn by getting opinions from people that are already in my social circles. The problem is I just don't engage them.

njoglekaron A Guide to Optimized Napping

They did a pretty interesting AMA on napping and sleep - probably answered there: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vyuz2/iama_scientist_...

njoglekaron Facebook Login and What We Learned from our Show HN

We are hoping to give people the best of both worlds, get started and opt-in to FB login.

njoglekaron Facebook Login and What We Learned from our Show HN

Good point, what I meant was people use emails that they never check period.

njoglekaron Facebook Login and What We Learned from our Show HN

Thanks for the kind words, hopefully we have helped improve our feedback channels even more and can expand to your area soon.

njoglekaron How to Make a Viral Video

I agree the example in the piece is a bit extreme, but was just trying to make a point. It is very possible to have a provocative thumbnail that is relevant to your video. I definitely don't advocate deceiving your audience.

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

We are planning the first few groups in the bay area but we have gotten so many inquiries from Seattle that we can organize something soon

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

We totally agree. When we make a match of 4 people we send them on an activity. Perhaps we need to make that clearer in the messaging - where would you like us to say something like that?

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

Well we aren't introducing you to your Facebook friends so I'm not sure I see it.

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

What sort of demo would make you likely to log in with Facebook? Screenshots of people you might meet?

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

Towels could be interesting

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

Love to get your thoughts on our about page. Does this make it seem less creepy? We want to de-creepyify this as much as possible!

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

hopefully we can help with that!

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

I think that open ended invitations leave too much room for cancellation / a poor experience. But, perhaps other people might feel this is not an issue. Any feedback?

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

Hi Dan,

Well one issue is that you can work in one city and live in another. That may not be reflected in Facebook. We didn't think about town vs. county vs. city.

Suggestions are a great idea. Thanks.

njoglekaron Show HN: It's hard to make friends offline, so we built a solution

We have some ABQ signups, you should be amigos with them :)