== Intro ====================================
Hey there, Notion founder here. At Notion, our goal to create the general purpose work tool for a post-file, post-MS Office world. My cofounder and I often joke that this was like the "hot startup topic" of the 90s. Unfortunately, tools for knowledge workers haven't advanced much since then. The state of art is either Google Docs/Quip/Dropbox Paper (multiplayer WordPerfect), or rigid SAAS apps (forms + a table+ some buttons).
This is our product: https://notion.so
We are looking for people with the following roles: https://www.notion.so/jobs
We made a graphic novel about why we exist: https://notion.so/about
Read more reviews on WSJ and Product Hunt. (Notion was one of the fastest voted of all time): https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-only-app-you-need-for-work-.... https://www.producthunt.com/posts/notion-2-0
We are a bunch of artsy nerds in SF. The business is profitable and growing very fast. We have a beautiful artist loft in the SF Mission district, with some of the best investors out there (notion.so/about).
== Apply =======================================
Please see details here ->> https://www.notion.so/jobs
Comes off as very authentic, nice to see photos of the team/office, and a good elaboration on the role and product. Just seems very down to earth. Well done folks!
I wrote my thesis related to Engelbard. So I think we have a cultural click. Which is why I'm writing all this.
The reason I'm not applying but simply writing things here is because I'm tired of applying (it's hard to hear more than 100+ "no" while at university you were a top student). But I do want to know if you guys think I'm worth considering.
Which is why I'm brutally honest with the following:
Companies tend to reject me due to lack of experience, and (in my opinion) undervalue how quick I can pick things up and how willing I am to work amazingly hard, especially at the beginning of a job. When they hire me they tend to be surprised with how wrong they were about me.
My strength is that I'm a generalist, much more so than most people. My weakness is that people have the perception that I can't be a specialist. But anyone that gave me a chance in hiring me during my freelance time know that I am capable of performing one role as a specialist (full-stack developer with a business and security mindset).
During my good days I tend to have an Elon Musk mindset. He says that working 80 to 100 hours per week means you learn 2 to 2.5 times faster, I mostly agree -- I think it is sometimes more because the interconnectness of things pushes the multiple a bit higher. During my bad days I simply want to work 40 hours per week go home and relax. During these times I sort of don't want to work due to stress, but know that I have to work because it keeps my mind sharp.
[1] I was in "Elon Musk" mode for a month.