Dropbox Makers — Medium

Anat Danziger / Photo by Tal Pais WHAT DO YOU DO AT DROPBOX HERZLIYA? I am a QA engineer with the web previews team working on ways to improve user experience. Web previews are typically the f...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/anat-danziger-on-ways-to-improve-user-experience-5fe8916dd62e

DROPBOX USERS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF MIKE’S MIND AS HE WORKS TO MAKE THE PRODUCT RUN SMOOTHLY. WHAT UNIQUE CHALLENGE OR PROBLEM HAVE YOU WORKED ON HERE AT DROPBOX? I work on document previ...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/mike-lyons-on-building-a-product-for-family-and-friends-113d02c2b0e6

GETTING OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE HAS ALLOWED DROPBOX ENGINEER RITU VINCENT TO GROW BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY WHAT UNIQUE CHALLENGE OR PROBLEM HAVE YOU WORKED ON HERE AT DROPBOX? I’m...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/ritu-vincent-on-being-a-team-player-2c6355d2041b

DROPBOXER LISA SANCHEZ TURNED A LONG TIME PASSION FOR WRITING INTO A FULL TIME CAREER. HOW DID YOU GET INTO WRITING? I always wanted to be a writer and started doing it as a job early on. In...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/lisa-sanchez-on-storytelling-48feebf786c1

THE PYTHON CREATOR AND DROPBOX ENGINEER REFLECTS ON HIS EARLY DAYS IN PROGRAMMING Guido van Rossum is the creator and benevolent dictator for life (a.k.a. BDFL) of the Python programming languag...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/guido-van-rossum-on-finding-his-way-e018e8b5f6b1

DROPBOX SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER MICHELE SORDAL SHARES HER EXPERIENCE BUILDING TEAMS AND BALANCING CAREER AND FAMILY Michele Sordal joined Dropbox a year ago to build the supply chain team from scr...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/michele-sordal-on-creating-balance-cc2b73c05a0c

DROPBOX ENGINEER ANDREW FONG FINDS EXCITEMENT AND CHALLENGE IN SCALING SITE RELIABILITY Andrew Fong spends an hour at the gym each day. It’s the one hour when he’s not carrying a pager. F...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/andrew-fong-on-tackling-the-full-stack-4bb2aa07e783

DROPBOXER MINDY ZHANG SHARES HOW STRATEGY AND COLLABORATION PLAY INTO PRODUCT MANAGEMENT Mindy Zhang keeps a massive board game collection under her desk. She’s only half-joking when she says ...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/mindy-zhang-on-mixing-work-and-play-77f481961dad

DROPBOX PRODUCT MANAGER MATT HOLDEN TESTS THE LIMITS OF WHAT’S POSSIBLE, FOR HIMSELF AND FOR THE PRODUCT Matt Holden wanted to be a math professor. He studied abroad in France for a year wh...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/matt-holden-on-pushing-boundaries-ab453d1248f5

DROPBOX ENGINEER ALEX HOFFER BUILT THE QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM FROM SCRATCH Alex Hoffer was the first QA engineer at Dropbox when she joined just over a year ago. She’s built a team from scrat...

https://medium.com/dropbox-makers/alex-hoffer-on-growing-a-distributed-team-a9eb32820d86