Yes, that's a very common part of an exit package for executives. Speaking from some first- and second-hand experience, you can get paid a hefty sum (6-12mo of salary worth of cash) for signing an agreement that has some amount of limits on what you can say, to whom.

There's also some kind of what I think of as a LinkedIn effect - there's a disincentive to talk trash about any organization publicly, since that's now attached to your name and might make future employers/organizations leery of hiring someone who might air their dirty laundry.

> Many CTOs, like me, have a strong engineering background, and so I will understand some of the requests you make without needing further explanation.

We're optimizing trucking and logistics, an $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:

http://seattlebusinessmag.com/technology/convoy%E2%80%99s-de...

https://www.geekwire.com/2016/greylock-leads-16m-round-deman...

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage group of engineers. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize an industry that's fundamental to the modern world. No team I've ever been on, including at Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're interested in hearing more, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. Help us grow an amazing tech team from a very early point in our company's history!

Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: https://news.greylock.com/our-investment-in-convoy-changing-...

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage group of engineers. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize an industry that's fundamental to the modern world. No team I've ever been on, including at Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're in Seattle, in tech, and interested in the business, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. Help us grow an amazing tech team from a very early point in our company's history!

Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $800B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us:

https://news.greylock.com/our-investment-in-convoy-changing-...

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, incredibly high-leverage engineering team. Even after two years, I still love going to the office each morning. I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met, on software that is going to modernize a fundamental industry. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like I could have this kind of impact.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. This job’s been a wild ride, and it’s really only beginning!

Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo....

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like this much potential for impact.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other developers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!

Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo...

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with the smartest folks I've ever met. No company I've ever been at, including Amazon, has felt like this much potential for impact.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other engineers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!

Some, but not necessarily all, of our open jobs: http://jobs.convoy.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13067571

Points: 18

# Comments: 4

I was also one of those developers and have since changed my ways :)

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still runs on fax machines and phone calls. Currently backed by top tier investors. Read about us: http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo...

I'm employee #2, and I've been here since we were borrowing desks at a local startup incubator. We've grown a lot since then, but we still have a tight-knit, high leverage engineering team. I love arriving at the office in the morning - I get to work with some of the smartest folks I've ever met, and not just in engineering. We also have a fantastic sales/operations/brokerage team, and we work with them constantly to build best-of-breed logistics automation.

We would love more engineers, up and down the stack, and anywhere on the generalist <-> specialist spectrum. We use pretty cutting-edge tech (React, React-Native for mobile, TypeScript + Node for backend), but we're a lot more interested in engineering chops than any particular tech skills.

If you're in Seattle, reach out and grab coffee with me or one of our other engineers. The last 18 months have been a wild ride, but we have years and years ahead of us to build a logistics titan!

All our open jobs: https://convoy.com/about.html#jobs

This was pretty much all the documentation we had, and it's more a design analysis of edge-vs-node authorization: https://medium.com/apollo-stack/auth-in-graphql-part-2-c6441...

Edit: Our eventual solution looked a lot like

    class SomeTypeOfResolver {
      @allowIfAny(rule1, rule2, rule3)
      someProperty;

      @allowIfAll(rule4, rule5)
      otherProperty = defineRetrieverFunction();
    }

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11593928

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

What you're recommending (doing the background research on companies) is useful, but the worst jobs I've had have been the ones where I didn't do a good job interviewing my coworkers, and was just excited about the product, or the theoretical culture.

Software Engineers / Designers / Sales / Operations

Downtown Seattle, WA

We're optimizing the trucking and logistics industry; automating what is, today, a $749B industry that still relies on phone calls and paper.

Some of our open engineering positions:

- Front-end engineer - Live and breathe JavaScript, HTML, and CSS? Come work on our single-page app using React and redux!

- Mobile engineer - We have Android and iOS apps, and we’re interested in people competent in either native or react-native mobile development (both is a huge plus). These are beautiful, bulletproof apps that solve real-world problems for truck drivers and carriers.

- Back-end engineer - We’ve got some fun CS problems to solve around route optimization and market making, plus working on the API that connects all these clients.

If you’re a high-performing engineer but don’t have one of these specific tools on your belt, we’d still love to talk. We trust awesome people to learn the tech!

We're a small, close-knit team that hails from both startups and large tech companies, backed by some big names. Jeff Bezos, Pierre Omidyar and Drew Houston are all investors.

I'm one of our full-stack software engineers (employee #2). I've worked at several software companies large and small, but this one feels like a rocket ship. I'm working with some of the smartest people I've ever met, both engineering and business, we're building a great product at an incredible pace, and growing our business like crazy. I'm excited to go to work every day.

We just exited stealth mode a month ago:

http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/superstar-investors-back-convo...

If you're in Seattle (or willing to relocate) and looking to be on a small team where you can have a huge impact, email me at alex@convoy.com or check out our jobs page https://convoy.com/about.html#jobs