April 2022 Summaries

Tecton is a fast-growing company founded by Mike Del Balso and Kevin Stumpf, former Uber executives. The company's culture was shaped by their experience at Uber, where they observed the importance of getting culture right from the start. Tecton's founding team intentionally hired for a strong desire to help each other, a willingness to go above and beyond for customers, a belief in seeking truth over winning arguments, and relentless ambition. The company's values define its identity, emphasizing being one team, putting people first, taking winning seriously while having fun, being open and transparent, being doers, fighting for the truth, breaking down walls, and leading with integrity. These values are meant to foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where employees thrive.

As a product designer at Tecton, Tony Chu focuses on user experience and developer experience, designing interactive diagrams and user flows for data registration, debugging, and feature view definitions. Previously, he worked as a design manager at Facebook's AI Platform and Tools team, and before that, at several ML-focused companies in the Bay Area. He joined Tecton to escape the slow pace of large organizations and enjoy the flexibility to switch between different types of work. Tony enjoys using D3js for data visualization and has read influential books such as "Black Like Me" and "Algorithms to Live By". He thinks heaven on Earth is Tokyo, where he can appreciate its food, culture, and transportation infrastructure. His favorite piece of swag is a Patagonia wind jacket from Sift Science that he still wears every winter.