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Jayant, founder: quartzy.com, email: first name at quartzy . com
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jayzee··on Neuralink Live Stream [video]
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/26/how-to-control...
jayzee··on Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon
In the last year counterfeits have become such a big problem for me that my trust in Amazon has eroded dramatically. I wonder when that will show up in their stock price.
jayzee··on Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab experiments with robotics
congrats!
jayzee··on Lessons from Spotify
Spotify vs netflix

- People very very infrequently watch the same movie/tv show twice.

- People very very frequently listen to the same song

therefore

- The past is important for songs since at any point in time there are more songs in the past that you want to listen than new songs that have been just released

- The future is more important for movies since you are looking fwd to watching something new

therefore

Netflix >>> Spotify

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018)
Software Engineer @ Quartzy | Palo Alto, CA | ONSITE or REMOTE - US | Full-time | https://www.quartzy.com/

Apply here: https://boards.greenhouse.io/quartzy/jobs/149496?gh_jid=1494...

About us: Quartzy is the world’s #1 lab management platform. Every day, hundreds of thousands of scientists from all over the world improve the efficiency of their research by using Quartzy. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well-designed, meaningful tools for labs and companies alike.

About the team: We work in two-week sprints and ship code many times per day. New engineers start code reviews their first day, and push code to production in their first week. Quartzy exists to accelerate science, and our engineers are where the acceleration starts: they solve real problems day by day, working hand-in-hand with our product team. Our platform and our marketplace APIs give research labs the tools they need to stay lean, save money and spend where it really matters.

Stack: php7 (laravel)/mysql

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)
Quartzy | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite (Relocation provided)

Quartzy helps hundreds of thousands of scientists improve the efficiency of their research by saving them time and money. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well-designed, meaningful tools for labs in academic institutions as well as pharma/biotech companies.

Software/API Engineer: http://grnh.se/7nl1uo

Front-end Engineer: http://grnh.se/286iwp1

More openings: https://www.quartzy.com/careers

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)
Quartzy | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite (Relocation provided)

Quartzy helps hundreds of thousands of scientists improve the efficiency of their research by saving them time and money. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well-designed, meaningful tools for labs in academic institutions as well as pharma/biotech companies.

Front-end Engineer: http://grnh.se/286iwp1

Software Engineer - Marketplace: http://grnh.se/7nl1uo

More openings: https://www.quartzy.com/careers

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2017)
Quartzy | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite (Relocation provided)

Quartzy helps hundreds of thousands of scientists improve the efficiency of their research by saving them time and money. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well-designed, meaningful tools for labs in academic institutions as well as pharma/biotech companies.

Front-end Engineer: http://grnh.se/286iwp1

Software Engineer - Marketplace: http://grnh.se/7nl1uo

jayzee··on Priceline now worth $100B
they own something more valuable than "things." they own the customer
jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)
Quartzy | Palo Alto, CA | http://quartzy.com | Full-time | Onsite

Quartzy's marketplace team builds systems to help find our users the best price possible for materials they use every day in their labs. We’re on a quest for an extraordinary application engineer who will join us to help grow and improve our marketplace applications.

You are a self-starter with a bias for action, and you can take projects from start to finish. You want to work as part of a small, tightly-knit team that moves quickly and pushes changes to production many times a day. You always admired your friends in science, but your knack for computers led you to programming.

Quartzy is a global two-sided marketplace for the life sciences. Our platform helps labs order scientific supplies ranging from beakers to capital equipment; we make life easier and save money for scientists and lab managers in academia and at pharma and biotech companies. We give the software away for free and earn revenue when labs buy their supplies from us. With over 200,000 scientists from all over the world relying on Quartzy, we help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and we need your help to accelerate our own pace as well.

What we're looking for: - You have three or more years of experience writing clean, thoughtfully crafted PHP that scales. - You have experience with other parts of our technology stack: MySQL, Redis, Beanstalkd, RabbitMQ, nginx, Git. - You have the ability and desire to own projects that directly impact Quartzy's bottom line. - You are a strong communicator. You write well and can easily explain complex technical concepts to non-technical people.


Does that sound like you? We'd love to hear from you -- go here to read the whole job description and apply: http://grnh.se/7nl1uo

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2016)
Quartzy (YC S11)- Accelerating Science in Palo Alto, CA (www.quartzy.com) - Full time (ONSITE)

Researchers in the life sciences make discoveries that impact the way we understand our world, but are stuck using post-it notes and excel to keep track of it all. At Quartzy we are building the software infrastructure for researchers manage their labs more efficiently and help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.

With 1/10 scientists in the US using Quartzy already, we are well on our way to becoming the de-facto global standard for lab management and change the way a $100B industry does business.

Tech we work with: PHP/HHVM, Laravel, MySQL, Ember.js, Redis, Elasticsearch, beanstalkd, nginx, Ansible, Vagrant and more.

We are hiring across the board, from engineering to operations. Check out open positions here: www.quartzy.com/careers

If you’re interested or would like to chat about the positions, shoot me an email - jane.eisenberg@quartzy.com

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)
Quartzy (YC S11) - Palo Alto, CA - Full-time, ONSITE

Every day, over 180 thousand scientists improve the efficiency of their research by using Quartzy. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well designed, meaningful tools for labs.

We recently raised a new round of funding (http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/04/life-sciences-marketplace-q...) and are gearing up for rapid product development. If you've always admired your friends in science but your career path took you elsewhere, you'll be a great fit here.

Open positions: - Sr. Visual Designer - Sr. Product Designer - PHP Engineer - Product Manager (not on the website yet - email for more info) - A handful of operations roles (see website for more info)

Learn more here: www.quartzy.com/careers or email: careers@quartzy.com

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016)
Quartzy (YC S11) | Palo Alto, CA | full time, ONSITE

We're hiring designers, engineers, and product people to join our growing team.

Every day, thousands of scientists improve the efficiency of their research by using Quartzy. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well designed, meaningful tools for labs. We recently raised a new round of funding and are gearing up for rapid product development.

If you've always admired your friends in science but your career path took you elsewhere, you'll be a perfect fit.

Learn more here: www.quartzy.com/careers or email: careers@quartzy.com

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)
Quartzy (YC S11) - Palo Alto, CA (on-site) - www.quartzy.com/careers

If you've always admired your friends in science but your knack for computers / design / tech led you in a different direction, you'll be happy at Quartzy. Our team is passionate about accelerating scientific research through well-designed, meaningful tools for labs.

Every day, 1/10 scientists in the US improve the efficiency of their research by using Quartzy. We recently raised a new round of funding and are gearing up for rapid product development.

Tech we work with: PHP/HHVM, Laravel, MySQL, Ember.js, Redis, Elasticsearch, beanstalkd, nginx, Ansible, Vagrant and more.

We're hiring for a variety of engineering and product positions. If you're interested, shoot careers@quartzy.com an email or head to our careers page - www.quartzy.com/careers

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)
Quartzy (YC S2011) • Accelerating Science in Palo Alto, CA • (www.quartzy.com) • ONSITE

We're hiring a product manager and a product designer to take ownership of our rapidly expanding product. More deets at the links below:

Product Manager: http://grnh.se/jg5p4i

Product Designer: http://grnh.se/n17br6

Quartzy helps scientists keep track of their labs so that they can focus on their research (curing cancer, launching rockets, making glow in the dark monkeys...). With 1/10 scientists in the U.S. using Quartzy, what we do impacts hundreds of thousands of researchers every day. Feel free to email Jane careers[at]quartzy.com with any questions you might have!

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)
Quartzy (YC S2011) • Accelerating Science in Palo Alto, CA • (www.quartzy.com) • ONSITE

Quartzy helps scientists keep track of their labs so that they can focus on their research (curing cancer, launching rockets, making glow in the dark monkeys...). With 1/10 scientists in the U.S. using Quartzy, what we do impacts hundreds of thousands of researchers every day.

We work with PHP/HHVM, Laravel, MySQL, Ember.js, Redis, Elasticsearch, beanstalkd, nginx, Ansible, Vagrant and more to make it happen.

Javascript Engineer: http://grnh.se/76onl2

Full-Stack Engineer: http://grnh.se/s4q63l

If you’re interested or would like to chat about the positions, shoot Jane an email - jane.eisenberg@quartzy.com

We also have a handful of ops positions open! You can check them out here: www.quartzy.com/careers

jayzee··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)
Quartzy (YC W2011)- Accelerating Science in Palo Alto, CA (www.quartzy.com)

Researchers in the life sciences make discoveries that impact the way we understand our world, but are stuck using post-it notes and excel to keep track of it all. At Quartzy we are building the software infrastructure for researchers manage their labs more efficiently and help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery.

With 1/10 scientists in the US using Quartzy already, we are well on our way to becoming the de-facto global standard for lab management and change the way a $100B industry does business.

Tech we work with: PHP/HHVM, Laravel, MySQL, Ember.js, Redis, Elasticsearch, beanstalkd, nginx, Ansible, Vagrant and more.

Front-End Developer: http://grnh.se/76onl2

Full-Stack Engineer: http://grnh.se/s4q63l

If you’re interested or would like to chat about the positions, shoot Jane an email - jane.eisenberg@quartzy.com

We also have a handful of ops positions open that you can check out here: www.quartzy.com/careers

jayzee··on Benchling (YC S12) – The Digital Laboratory Notebook for Life Sciences
I have spoken to a few of their customers and the benchling team has built a beautiful and uniquely useful product for life-scientists. Congrats on the progress and success!
jayzee··on Gobble Promises to Help Customers Make Delicious Meals in 10 Minutes or Less
So I tried it and here is the upside compared to takeout:

- It tastes better. There IS a dramatic difference in the taste when something is served hot straight from the pan as opposed to something that had been cooked 45 minutes ago and has been winding its way towards you in a brown bag

- You can control ingredients like butter/oil/spice etc. You can add/remove and customize it to your taste.

- It is fun. You can cook something tasty and unique and interesting and learn how to cook new dishes.

jayzee··on Gobble (YC W14) Promises to Help Make Delicious Meals in 10 Minutes
I tried the Shrimp Scampi kit and it was incredibly easy to cook something that was tasty and interesting at home.

The best part was that the shrimp was pre-cooked so I could get it all the way there in just a few minutes. The fact that I control the butter/oil/salt is a big plus over takeout.

jayzee··on Ask HN: Does anyone ever hire non-tech help from here?
Yes. We do+have.

Quartzy YC S11.

jayzee··on A dose of perspective
just got an error while trying to sign up for a monthly donation
jayzee··on CarWoo is shutting down
I was a big fan of CarWoo! I got my mazda3 at a great price thanks to you guys. Best of luck man!
jayzee··on Comprehend (YC W11) Raises $8.4M Led by Sequoia to Lower Clinical Trial Costs
Congrats guys! This is amazing stuff!!
jayzee··on Quartzy Collects $4M To Help Scientists Manage Lab Inventory
That link is super helpful! We started out with the most common layouts and are now adding more based on feedback. Thanks!!
jayzee··on Quartzy Collects $4M To Help Scientists Manage Lab Inventory
If you have a lot of samples you might find our interactive freezer boxes useful: http://support.quartzy.com/kb/inventory-module/interactive-f...

http://support.quartzy.com/kb/inventory-module/managing-loca...

jayzee··on Quartzy Collects $4M To Help Scientists Manage Lab Inventory
For now it is all software but we are moving towards offering barcode scanners integrated with the inventory, RFID tags etc...
jayzee··on Damn Excel – How the 'most important application' is ruining the world
I really like the idea of "Burned Bridges Consulting!" There is something there...
jayzee··on Show HN: We built a crowd-powered virtual assistant
I sent in the "I am including a link to zipped file which has a bunch of files. The files are pdfs and images of business cards with corresponding contact information. Please transcribe them: first and last name, title, address, email, and phone number" request.

Premier did an awesome job. Quick, accurate, and affordable. The best part was that I just submitted the request by email and got results back by email instead of having to spend time figuring out another web interface!

jayzee··on Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocopters
and it was the same guy Raff D'Andrea who started that company
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