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Remote First at Quora by Adam D’Angelo, Osman (Ozzie) Osman

Posted Nov 02, 2020 | Views 813
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Adam D’Angelo
Founder & CEO @ Quora

Adam D’Angelo is the co-founder and CEO of Quora, the Q&A platform that empowers people to share and grow the world's knowledge. Since 2009, Quora has grown to serve over 100 million monthly unique visitors from around the world with a library of knowledge featuring more than 1.5 million topics—ranging from business and technology, to politics and science, to arts and entertainment. Prior to co-founding Quora, Adam served as CTO at Facebook, where he oversaw new product development and led the engineering team. In addition, he guided the site’s architecture and infrastructure and started the company's growth team. Adam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology.

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Osman (Ozzie) Osman
Co-founder @ Monarch Money

Osman (Ozzie) Osman is co-founder and Head of Engineering at Monarch Money. He is the lead author of the Holloway Guide to Technical Recruiting and Hiring. He has built products and engineering teams at companies including Quora and Google. Ozzie has also started two companies that have been acquired, and advised dozens of other startups.

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SUMMARY

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies around the world to operate remotely, with employees temporarily working from home and relying on Zoom and Slack to collaborate. But what would it mean for a company to work this way permanently? In this conversation, Adam D’Angelo, the founder and CEO of Quora, and Ozzie Osman, co-founder of Monarch Money, will discuss Adam’s decision to make Quora a “remote first” company. They’ll talk about the factors that informed the decision, what it means to be “remote first”, and what opportunities and challenges the company has seen so far.

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