If this[1] is accurate (a big if) 2023 rev is 35M, which would make this a ~30X multiple!?
Atlassian Acquires Loom
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Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#262Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why even apply to a company if you don't want to use their product?
I thought (and still think) their product is a great idea. Some people here seem to think my objection was being asked to use the product. It was actually the content of the message I was asked to send that bothered me. It wasn't "explain how your experience would be useful in this role", or "explain your feelings on the technical aspects of this product". It was something closer to "show me how excited you are to wo…
I’m sure they didn’t mean to give you that impression. That’s a good lesson for people making these requests. If the CEO had worded it more evenly (“send me a Loom about what interests you in working for Loom”) you might’ve sent one in, and the people who wanted to demonstrate sheer enthusiasm to maximally fulfill the request still would’ve.
(Also, I still think you didn’t much like the product… :) )
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
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#265Loom is probably the simplest billion-dollar piece of software, but it's also excellent software and I am happy they're getting paid. Screen recording before Loom was a pain. You had to open up some program, start it, save the file, upload the file somewhere, and share it. And if you had to edit the recording at all ... probably start over. With Loom it's all one click and it's ready to share the instant you hit the…
>it's a key part of maintaining a remote culture.
is it? We don't do this at my company and I feel we have a good culture
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#266If you have a mac, Cleanshot X I find is better across the board cleanshot.com
Absolutely brilliant software. I use it absolutely constantly at work, brilliant UX and it fits into macOS so well.
Have yet to find anything remotely close in terms of quality for screen capture / annotation / recording.
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#267Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought (and still think) their product is a great idea. Some people here seem to think my objection was being asked to use the product. It was actually the content of the message I was asked to send that bothered me. It wasn't "explain how your experience would be useful in this role", or "explain your feelings on the technical aspects of this product". It was something closer to "show me how excited you are to wo…
Well were you excited to work there? For a startup that usually matters as much or more than technical skills and experience. If the founders are giving you a significant chunk of equity in their company then they want to make sure you are in it for the right reasons, and won't bounce as soon as you reach your vesting cliff. If you think answering this simple question is a hit on your pride then yeah, you were probab…
It is hard to remember how I felt about the company before (as opposed to the product idea). To be even more clear, the request was explicit. Like "we are super passionate about this product here and want people who are just as passionate, send us a video showing how excited you are".
I'm sure some others can't understand and I view it as a mistake. 2 minutes of performative "I can' wait to be a full stack engineer!" or "we're really going to change he world!" energy might have netted me some big payout? If I passed the interview? Who knows.
It's one thing to have genuine passion for working hard, doing a great job, making a great product. There is something else in being asked to make a video performance of that.
It's something like how I hate leet code. It is almost just a hoop you jump through to prove you are willing to jump through hoops. But I suppose it does provide many companies with a lot of value. And some of those companies end up exiting high. Maybe if I was less prideful I could have taken more advantage.
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#268Microsoft implemented the same functionality in Office365 (it's called Stream). I think it's a great exit to sell to Atlassian.
I don't see where to use it or how, doesn't appear to allow you to record your screen...
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#269Earlier quoted context omitted.
Loom makes it very easy to voice over and annotate a recording, with both individually editable in a way raw screen recordings don't support, and to share the result via a link. It's not (yet?) heavily used among engs where I am, but we love it anyway for massively shortening the feedback loop with designers who can drop a 30-second demo of some prototype UI at the head of a Slack thread and asynchronously receive th…
Personally, I'm not 100% sure those videos are a net benefit for teams. It definitely reduces the effort required by the person creating the video, but comes at the expense of requiring more effort from the people consuming the content. While there are certainly cases where showing is easier than telling, more often I find the quick videos are more verbose and less well organized than a doc or a message. "I didn't ha…
> but comes at the expense of requiring more effort from the people consuming the content.
Before that you got an issue saying "There's a bug on the notification list" and you needed to figure out how to reproduce it. Now you get a video showing exactly how to reproduce it.
It's a life changer and the opposite of what you describe.
Re: Atlassian Acquires Loom
#270Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nah, Loom is a really valuable tool. I cannot count the number of meetings I've been able to skip because I could just send a video out for comments. It's also much better than screenshots for providing context to Jira tickets and bug reports.
Maybe the problem is need of fixing is "too many meetings".
Yep, and Loom is a good tool for that. That's why it's been so useful.