Springbuk | Principal Backend Engineer | Growth-Stage | Full-time | Indianapolis | Competitive Salary + Equity
At Springbuk, we’re undergoing a major platform re-architecture in response to our rapidly scaling customer base. We need your help to lead that transition from monolith to microservices and from data analysis that works to data analysis that scales.
• Product: Health Intelligence Platform for Self Insured Employers, Brokers, and Wellness Companies (https://www.springbuk.com)
• Raised our $20M Series B in Feb. Total money in ~$25M.
• Strong revenue and product growth 3 years in a row.
Springbuk | Principal Backend Engineer | Growth-Stage | Full-time | Indianapolis | REMOTE | Competitive Salary + Equity
At Springbuk, we’re undergoing a major platform re-architecture in response to our rapidly scaling customer base. We need your help to lead that transition from monolith to microservices and from data analysis that works to data analysis that scales.
• Product: Health Intelligence Platform for Self Insured Employers, Brokers, and Wellness Companies (https://www.springbuk.com)
• Raised our $20M Series B in Feb. Total money in ~$25M.
• Strong revenue and product growth 3 years in a row.
Springbuk | Principal Backend Engineer | Growth-Stage | Full-time | Indianapolis | REMOTE | Competitive Salary + Equity
At Springbuk, we’re undergoing a major platform re-architecture in response to our rapidly scaling customer base. We need your help to lead that transition from monolith to microservices and from data analysis that works to data analysis that scales.
• Product: Health Intelligence Platform for Self Insured Employers, Brokers, and Wellness Companies (https://www.springbuk.com)
• Raised our $20M Series B in Feb. Total money in ~$25M.
• Strong revenue and product growth 3 years in a row.
I can relate. My wife and 2 toddlers were 12 hours away for 4 months while I did an accelerator this Summer. I saw them about a week a month.
Guys like us are in the minority. A lot of people told me I'm nuts for putting my family on the back burner to chase this dream. I told myself I wasn't going to let work come ahead of them, but yeah, I put them on the back burner for 4 months. At times it felt nuts. My kids are growing up fast and I'm working 18 hours a day across the country. Some days, it took immense amounts of willpower to not jump on a plane and dip out.
I used the military analogy with my wife when she complained. Hell, how many guys went over to Afghanistan for months without seeing their families? A lot of them never came back. A ton more risk, for what? Priority boarding and discounts on oil changes? (I have a ton of respect for those guys, and no, they don't do it for perks or respect.) Compared to that, I'd say the upside of this opportunity is what they call once in a lifetime.
But in reality, a lot of those folks didn't really have better options. I could make a good living as a developer if I wanted to. If I'm honest, doing this startup thing with a family requires me to be pretty selfish most of the time. But selfish in a good, weird way - working 80 hours a week so someday I don't have to work 40, so I can take my wife and kids to Hawaii for the summer someday, or whatever.
Luckily for us, the experience of the accelerator was worth every pain point. It probably only gets harder from here. Now I'm back with the family, with a (soon to be) funded company, and will have to make those tough juggling decisions on a daily basis. It's all about finding boundaries and balance.
> But selfish in a good, weird way - working 80 hours a week so someday I don't have to work 40, so I can take my wife and kids to Hawaii for the summer someday, or whatever.
Epochs are not fungible, especially when raising children. Missing a toddler play at the beach for the first time cannot be reclaimed by sharing their first scuba lesson.
I disagree with the "firsts" argument. Trying to be there for the firsts of everything is silly and clinging to them is even sillier. Its area under the curve, height and width matter.
I also disagree with the 'firsts' argument, to a certain extent. I didn't articulate my point well enough.
I was responding to the 'I'll trade this time now, for more time later' line of reasoning (which I believe is a false transaction). Not only should one recognize that each epoch is unique (in a child's life, in a relationship, in a career, etc.) and therefore not interchangeable with later epochs; but one should also recognize that "selfish" (OP's word choice) actions now are usually not offset by generous actions later.
I suppose one can recognize those tradeoffs and traverse "borrowing time" reasoning with a bit more self awareness, though not many do. Especially those that subscribe to the 'compress your 40 year career into a 4-10 year startup' meme without reading the fine print.
Terrible analogy.. Your wife complains about you being away so you tell her to shut up becuase military families have it worse? Yeah... when my kids are hungry, I'll tell them to quit complaining because some kid in Africa is worse off....
There is an obvious difference between things we can and the things we can't control. My example is clearly the former, and is much more analogous than yours.
Oh, and I learned a long time ago that "shut up" doesn't go over too well with my wife, unless I want to get smacked.
Seems like most people who will opt for "payments 2.0" will just wait for Apple Pay and Google Wallet to be more mainstream. Especially with wearables in the mix.
I think the point about Swiss makers being in trouble with the younger generation is valid. I'm 28, and have always had a great appreciation for fine watches. This is mainly because I grew up seeing my dad appreciate them, and many of the people I'd classify as successful were appreciating them. I wonder though, how many in my generation will teach their children - intentionally or not - that a reasonably successful individual owns the best smartwatch to control their Tesla and their smart home, and not a Rolex? It isn't a stretch to think Rolex could partner with someone to be that brand of smartwatches. Today, smartwatches aren't competing with classic timepieces. In 10 years, there's a real chance that they will.
A Rolex is a complete waste of money. For less than a very small fraction of the price of a Rolex you can get a watch that will perform just as good or possibly even better.
The only reason Rolex owners have Rolexes is to show they can afford one. And they can't wait to tell you about it.
Parents that teach their children that successful people buy overpriced trinkets are losing an opportunity to teach their kids the difference between 'good enough' and conspicuous consumption.
Tell that to every girl wearing ear rings or a diamond ring or a guy wearing a necklace. People accessorize. Get over it. For less tha the price of a mid range rolex you can also buy a rubidium atomic oscillator. I'm failing to see your point?
The point is, to the point of being pointless: that you can buy stuff because it has utility or that you can buy stuff for signalling purposes.
A Rolex is signalling stuff masquerading as utility stuff.
The utility value of a Rolex is approximately $50 (the price of a half-decent watch that will tell the time accurately for many years to come, assuming your phone doesn't already do that for you). The rest is signalling value (and in the case of a gold one some intrinsic value).
I'm perfectly ok with you not seeing my point. In the end the guy with the jeans and the t-shirt is quite possibly a lot wealthier than the guy with the Ferrari and the Rolex. (Especially when they're not bought with cash.)
I'm not sure it's always just about utility vs. signalling. I have no care for social signalling at all, but if I had money to throw away I would probably buy some things which you classify as signalling devices. For sure, though, I certainly wouldn't buy a blinged out gold Rolex (hideous) but rather something like a Speedmaster (on which I'd probably put a NATO or a velcro strap), and certainly not a sports car you can drive on public roads. Sure, both of these machines don't have that much practical utility, but they are engineering works of art. Just as some people collect art to show off their money, or store capital, some collect it because they appreciate good taste and amazing craftsmanship. It's still irrational but I wouldn't put it in the same bag as signalling.
I see many other high end watches as waste of money, but not rolex. If you buy a Gold Rolex they actually appreciate with time or at the least you won't loose much value when you do sell it. I agree the reasons you have suggested are primary reasons people do buy high end watches.
At Springbuk, we’re undergoing a major platform re-architecture in response to our rapidly scaling customer base. We need your help to lead that transition from monolith to microservices and from data analysis that works to data analysis that scales.
• Product: Health Intelligence Platform for Self Insured Employers, Brokers, and Wellness Companies (https://www.springbuk.com)
• Raised our $20M Series B in Feb. Total money in ~$25M.
• Strong revenue and product growth 3 years in a row.
• 1600+ paid employer customers on the platform
• Tech: Ruby, Python, Postgres, Elasticsearch, AWS, React
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