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Shortform | REMOTE | Full-stack Engineer | Full-time / Part-time | $120-200k https://www.shortform.io/ https://www.shortform.io/ Do you like reading non-ficti
by allencheng 8y ago
Shortform | REMOTE | Full-stack Engineer | Full-time / Part-time | $120-200k
https://www.shortform.io/ https://www.shortform.io/
Do you like reading non-fiction books? Do you find yourself forgetting what you read days later, and feeling like you never absorbed the book's lessons?
Shortform is a book summary product that aims to make ideas actionable. It differs from existing book summary products in 3 major ways:
1) an emphasis on applying the lessons from books, through interactive exercises
2) high-quality summaries, with in-depth chapter by chapter summaries
3) building a community of learners who support each other to apply the lessons from books
Company status: We're in early development. The product roadmap is clear and we're building our engineering team. Shortform is seed-funded by the founder, who has built multiple bootstrapped and profitable companies.
Technology: We haven't finalized the stack but are circulating around Angular/Vue.js/React on frontend, Django/Node.js/Rails on backend. You can help contribute to this decision.
About the role: Ideally you're fullstack on the web, and comfortable on both front-end and back-end. Experience building mobile apps is a plus. Position is remote (current team is in Boston and Chicago). Fulltime / parttime roles available. We're able to pay competitive market salaries (i.e. not decreased by equity).
Email hiring@shortform.io to get more details about the company, our product roadmap, and the role.
- ignasl 8y agoNot looking for a job but this is a product I was thinking about for a few years. Even now I am just thinking to do it for myself. Let's say I read a book about negotiation. Then I want to have its summary, key points, set some goals for myself and check if I reached them, random reminders and maybe reminders integrated with calendar (if I have negotiation event) etc. I have those ideas of what I want but couldn't find anything like it. Hope you guys succeed and save me time so I don't need to do it :)
- allencheng 8y agoThanks ignasl. Your vision is very closely aligned with what we're building. Stay tuned - join our mailing list at https://www.shortform.io/ https://www.shortform.io/ to get updates (subscribe at bottom of page)
- ignasl 8y agoYes I did. Wish you the best.
- desireco42 8y agoThis sounds awesome. When I was in the market, I would be overjoyed to work on something like this. And I am in Chicago :). Anyhow, good luck.
- ricksharp 8y agoI think this is a great idea. I usually read at night to help fall asleep. Unfortunately my finger sometimes slips and I end up highlighting half the book in the Kindle app - which then takes me a while to figure out where I should actually be :D I sent an email about considering a pure JavaScript (Typescript) Stack with React, Node.js, and microservices on the cloud with a Json data store. Hope to hear back soon.