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Autotab (YC S23) | Founding Engineer | NYC | 6 days a week in the office If AGI is going to 100x GDP, it will need to be able to use a computer. Autotab is th

Autotab (YC S23) | Founding Engineer | NYC | 6 days a week in the office If AGI is going to 100x GDP, it will need to be able to use a computer. Autotab is the first digital robot that controls a computer like a human. It excels at the highly repetitive tasks that make up the worst parts of modern knowledge work. If we succeed, we will provide the platform that unlocks the next 100x productivity increase, and frees humans from trillions of hours of soul-crushing work. We are second time founders backed by OpenAI and YCombinator. We are live in production and are working with some of the biggest companies you use every day to handle critical tasks that humans used to do. We’re rapidly scaling up to meet demand, and building a 5-person founding team where everyone builds product and talks to users. If you are technical and have founded or want to start a company we should talk! More info: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/autotab/jobs/V5V8saO-founding-engineer https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/autotab/jobs/V5V8saO-f...

jobs_throwaway 2y ago
> 6 days a week in the office Is that accurate?
- angoragoats 2y ago
  The linked job posting says: > We think the most exciting thing you can do is build a great company tackling an important problem, and we work 6 days / week together in person doing that. So it's probably accurate. Never seen that before, but it's an interesting tactic to encourage certain potential hires to self-select out of the process (for example, I would never apply to a job listing with this language). My gut reaction is that they're shooting themselves in the foot by doing this, but I have no data to back that up, and maybe the company has data indicating otherwise.
  - notQuiteEither 2y ago
    There's a certain 'techbio' startup that also has this same requirement. Judging by how long their positions tend to be open for, I would anecdotally say it's not a winning strategy.
- downrightmike 2y ago
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- jonasnelle 2y ago
  If you just want a job that pays the bills, I respect your decision, but you should not apply. The hardest and most important problems won't be solved working 9-5, 5 days a week. Nobody feels like they "have to" come in on Saturdays - we find purpose in our work, and see it as the main way we can have a meaningful impact. We enjoy working, learning and spending time together. We would much rather spend 70 hours a week doing great work than clocking in for 40 hours a week. Plus we do take Sundays off.
  - hollywood_court 2y ago
    "No one feels like they 'have to' come in on Saturdays" yet that's literally in the job description. "Plus we do take Sundays off." Wow. That's very generous.
  - angoragoats 2y ago
    Respectfully, I disagree with just about every assertion you make here. > Nobody feels like they "have to" come in on Saturdays If you list it upfront in your job postings like you're doing here, people will feel like they have to work on Saturdays. Though it looks like maybe your company is just you and a co-founder at this point. If that's correct, it's a little misleading to say that "nobody" feels this way, when the only two employees of the company are the two cofounders that have the most skin in the game. By setting this policy, you are filtering out a wide-ranging group of senior engineers with families, side projects, and other commitments (such as myself) who will read this and move on immediately (or comment "lol" like another reply below). I'm not necessarily just "looking for a job that pays the bills," either; I advised, and then directly worked full-time for, a startup that grew from 2 cofounders in the late aughts to IPOing on the NASDAQ about 5 years ago. Obviously, it's your company, and if it works for you, then great. However if I were an investor in your company I'd have serious qualms with it.
    - jonasnelle 2y ago
      I meant that nobody feels like they "have to" come in in the sense that everybody wants to come in on Saturdays. I don't feel like I "have to" work 6 days a week - I do it because I want to. You may say that this is just because I'm a cofounder, but that's not true - I did the same thing at past startups where I was an early hire, but not a cofounder. Because I enjoyed the work, found it meaningful and loved learning. This is the kind of person we're looking for.
CAHogHunter 2y ago
Jonas, you and your team need to go get a life! 6 days a week.
- CRConrad 2y ago
  Well, they could start with getting a life for at least two days a week...

jobs_throwaway 2y ago

> 6 days a week in the office Is that accurate?

angoragoats 2y ago
The linked job posting says: > We think the most exciting thing you can do is build a great company tackling an important problem, and we work 6 days / week together in person doing that. So it's probably accurate. Never seen that before, but it's an interesting tactic to encourage certain potential hires to self-select out of the process (for example, I would never apply to a job listing with this language). My gut reaction is that they're shooting themselves in the foot by doing this, but I have no data to back that up, and maybe the company has data indicating otherwise.
- notQuiteEither 2y ago
  There's a certain 'techbio' startup that also has this same requirement. Judging by how long their positions tend to be open for, I would anecdotally say it's not a winning strategy.
downrightmike 2y ago
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jonasnelle 2y ago
If you just want a job that pays the bills, I respect your decision, but you should not apply. The hardest and most important problems won't be solved working 9-5, 5 days a week. Nobody feels like they "have to" come in on Saturdays - we find purpose in our work, and see it as the main way we can have a meaningful impact. We enjoy working, learning and spending time together. We would much rather spend 70 hours a week doing great work than clocking in for 40 hours a week. Plus we do take Sundays off.
- hollywood_court 2y ago
  "No one feels like they 'have to' come in on Saturdays" yet that's literally in the job description. "Plus we do take Sundays off." Wow. That's very generous.
- angoragoats 2y ago
  Respectfully, I disagree with just about every assertion you make here. > Nobody feels like they "have to" come in on Saturdays If you list it upfront in your job postings like you're doing here, people will feel like they have to work on Saturdays. Though it looks like maybe your company is just you and a co-founder at this point. If that's correct, it's a little misleading to say that "nobody" feels this way, when the only two employees of the company are the two cofounders that have the most skin in the game. By setting this policy, you are filtering out a wide-ranging group of senior engineers with families, side projects, and other commitments (such as myself) who will read this and move on immediately (or comment "lol" like another reply below). I'm not necessarily just "looking for a job that pays the bills," either; I advised, and then directly worked full-time for, a startup that grew from 2 cofounders in the late aughts to IPOing on the NASDAQ about 5 years ago. Obviously, it's your company, and if it works for you, then great. However if I were an investor in your company I'd have serious qualms with it.
  - jonasnelle 2y ago
    I meant that nobody feels like they "have to" come in in the sense that everybody wants to come in on Saturdays. I don't feel like I "have to" work 6 days a week - I do it because I want to. You may say that this is just because I'm a cofounder, but that's not true - I did the same thing at past startups where I was an early hire, but not a cofounder. Because I enjoyed the work, found it meaningful and loved learning. This is the kind of person we're looking for.

CAHogHunter 2y ago

Jonas, you and your team need to go get a life! 6 days a week.

CRConrad 2y ago
Well, they could start with getting a life for at least two days a week...