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If you live in Seattle or Arizona, then definitely take an interview at Axon. The founder is like a hard-core sci-fi fan, so their offices are done up in this s

If you live in Seattle or Arizona, then definitely take an interview at Axon. The founder is like a hard-core sci-fi fan, so their offices are done up in this super gloss white plastic finish. In the Seattle office, at least, you exit the elevator into a spaceship complete with a working, mandatory airlock with face scanning to get into the office. Absolutely hilarious. Productwise, they have some interesting challenges like storing all of the police body cam video, making it searchable, and preparing it for court.

stfp 4y ago
Just unbelievable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewIC_zsjWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewIC_zsjWs I felt like I was watching a bunch of 12 year olds having fun building the security/surveillance state. But now I understand how they came up with the taser drone idea.
- no_time 4y ago
  All I see is open office hell. Might as well work in a shopping mall.
robonerd 4y ago
> The founder is like a hard-core sci-fi fan Not surprising, his company was originally named after an old science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; which he initialized to Taser.
shortsightedsid 4y ago
I worked at Axon for several years. Frankly, I liked the company culture. Rick's been pretty consistent over the years that he believes that technology can solve societal issues and that he sees things like Sci-Fi as something we need to invent. Rick's a Star Wars fan and there were several Star Wars oriented things in the past. The engineering culture within the company itself is pretty open and a lot of things are debated quite openly. Perhaps too openly for some; not that it's something to complain about. The bigger challenge they face isn't new hardware ideas. It's their software offering that need to do well. They pivoted from TASERs to Bodycams and now are investing heavily in software. If they get that right, then it's going to be a bigger impact on policing quality/consistency/standards than just the Hardware. Overall, I can say that it's been a good place to work. While not perfect (no company is), it's definitely pretty open to ideas and change.

stfp 4y ago

Just unbelievable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewIC_zsjWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GewIC_zsjWs I felt like I was watching a bunch of 12 year olds having fun building the security/surveillance state. But now I understand how they came up with the taser drone idea.

no_time 4y ago
All I see is open office hell. Might as well work in a shopping mall.

robonerd 4y ago

> The founder is like a hard-core sci-fi fan Not surprising, his company was originally named after an old science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; which he initialized to Taser.

shortsightedsid 4y ago

I worked at Axon for several years. Frankly, I liked the company culture. Rick's been pretty consistent over the years that he believes that technology can solve societal issues and that he sees things like Sci-Fi as something we need to invent. Rick's a Star Wars fan and there were several Star Wars oriented things in the past. The engineering culture within the company itself is pretty open and a lot of things are debated quite openly. Perhaps too openly for some; not that it's something to complain about. The bigger challenge they face isn't new hardware ideas. It's their software offering that need to do well. They pivoted from TASERs to Bodycams and now are investing heavily in software. If they get that right, then it's going to be a bigger impact on policing quality/consistency/standards than just the Hardware. Overall, I can say that it's been a good place to work. While not perfect (no company is), it's definitely pretty open to ideas and change.