Stacey Sern

Some benefits of simple architectures or, if you prefer a more exciting title, The unreasonable effectiveness of simple architectures wave.com/en/blog/simple…

Today I am BEYOND PUMPED because @danluu is joining Wave :D :D :D He'll work on various eng org improvements that I've wanted to do but had no bandwidth for (to eg hiring, onboarding, perf, other processes...), or as Dan described it, "so basically, the fun part of your job"

We've used @Zulip since Jan 2013. Despite all that's happened since (Zulip was acquired and later adopted by a new company), we still have 100% of our data and have had less downtime than we'd have had using Slack. (Also Zulip is OSS and way better.) blog.zulip.com/2021/12/17/why…

Wave is hiring! When folks ask where they can find a tech job that "does good", Wave has been my go-to answer since '16. DM @benskuhn if interested. People recommend companies on Twitter all the time. It's generally not credible, so I'll try to explain why this rec is credible.

I'm hiring for a ton of high-leverage eng leadership roles that will work closely with me! - Director of Eng (x3) - Eng Manager, Database - Head of Technical Recruiting If interested, or you know a great candidate, DM me—you'll have a big impact on Wave + the world! Details:

@sljshs @benskuhn Not yet

@benskuhn @staceysern This is very exciting! Is Wave on open markets for individuals to invest?

Some news!! - Wave is finally ending our no-publicity policy :) - ...to announce that we've raised a big round from Sequoia, FF, Stripe + Ribbit! It'll fund faster expansion across Africa (duh). I'm pumped to save tons of money + time for even more people! techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/seq…

If you like your stupid jokes with a side of improving the world, come help me build financial infrastructure for sub-Saharan Africa: benkuhn.net/work/ DMs open, and bonus—our dependency graph is acyclic :)

At a Wave retreat in Senegal and the amount of love from random strangers is absolutely unreal. Hotel staff (and guests) walking up to say thanks. We spent the morning visiting agents in small groups and one group got SPONTANEOUSLY CHEERED by passers-by. It's nuts.

Thread of amazing Wave videos/stories/memes/etc. Hype levels in Senegal/Cote d’Ivoire are increasing rapidly and the results are awesome:

Wave is hiring for an unusual number of high-leverage roles right now! • Sr+ eng • Product manager • Head of Security If you’re thinking about how to have the biggest possible positive impact on the world, and interested in measuring success in “% of GDP saved”—let’s talk?

"but to their surprise, the vial lasted for six doses" is the most 2020 update of the Hanukkah story imaginable

Really impressive work by my teammates. dropbox.tech/frontend/the-g… @dgoldstein0

Of course xkcd has a perfect John H. Conway memorial post: xkcd.com/2293/

.@GretchenAMcC Loved “Because Internet”. Wondered if the sarcasm ~ might be related to the ~’s use as the bitwise not operator in computer languages. Some of the sarcasm examples read correctly when ~ is pronounced “not"