Viewing profile — Jackson-Solway

Yea, the history is honestly pretty ugly. Lots of religious cults. And also billionaires with visions for a tech utopia of one flavor or another and, why, look at that—rich people …

(Founder) Honestly, I'm a huge supporter of large-scale immigration. It just has to be legal. And I'd prioritize 2-parent families above everyone else. I can tell you're being snar…

Founder again. It might be. Or it might not be. I mean this in all sincerarity, if you're having that reaction, I invite you to join the waitlist to move to the city. I've come to …

Founder here. Just now seeing this made it to HN yesterday. Yes, you're right: it's political. The whole thing is deeply political. I worked in tech in SF from 2010–2020 and one of…

Ack, unfortunately not publicly. Confidentiality agreements :/ We are permitted to share work privately though. Feel free to email me: jackson@jobportraits.com

Good points all around! For the record, if you (or someone on your team) can write great posts quickly solo, that's awesome and I'd never dissuade it. But a lot needs to go right f…

My company [1] writes technical blog posts as a service [2]. We mostly work with Bay Area startups. Some key observations and learnings: - Many companies have tried to create engin…

I can add a few things here. (I'm a cofounder at Job Portraits[1], an employer branding studio in SF.) In our experience, successful employer brands turn on a startup's willingness…

You're welcome! I talked with my dad last night and he's flabbergasted the book is now online (in blog form, at least). He still has all the original illustrations sitting in a fla…

Side note: The illustrated portrait of Gates that accompanies this article was done by, drumroll...my dad! In fact, my pops did the illustrations for the entire series. Microsoft P…

Photographer here... So I was just thinking: when was the last time a founder conducted a UX interview with a panhandler? Looking back on reporting this story, it strikes me that I…

Photographer here again... Haha—the idea has already come up! Stills are a little easier though, and probably more importantly, they're way less intrusive than full-on filming. The…

The photographer here... I completely agree it's not a long term solution, but I got the feeling from being with the team for two days that it might work in the mid term. The situa…