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Apr 15, 2016 · Prakash Janakiraman is Co-Founder and Chief Architect at Nextdoor. This post originally appeared on the Nextdoor Engineering blog and was written by Sean Bromage . Prakash began his career as a software engineer at Excite@Home in 1996 before moving into engineering management at Shopping.com and Epinions. Prior to Nextdoor, Prakash spent nearly ...
- How Did You Get Where You Are Today?
- What Got You Interested in Software?
- Describe Your Favorite Part of Nextdoor’s Engineering Culture.
- Tell Us About Your Favorite Nextdoor moment.
- What Are You Passionate About Outside of The Office?
- What Advice Would You Give to Aspiring Founders Or CTOs?
- Any Advice For Building A Great Engineering Team?
I’m here today, as a co-founder of Nextdoor, because of the incredibly talented people I met along the way in my career. Every job I’ve worked at, I’ve always prioritized learning above all else; the best way to learn in your career is to work with really great people who are generous with their time. At my first job out of school at a company call...
My father was the one who introduced me to programming back in the 1980s, first on a tiny microcomputer called a Timex Sinclair 1000, and later on a more powerful IBM PCjr. Despite working in finance, he was always interested in computers — building them, programming them, reading about computing, going to computer expositions. He actually wrote a ...
One of the specific parts of our culture that I really love is our Engineering Co-Ops. We encourage our engineers to self-organize into small teams that work on various aspects of our engineering culture. Through our co-ops, we’ve given rise to our engineering blog, organized events for women in technology, brought greater focus and attention to pe...
I very fondly remember the day of our public launch, back on October 26, 2011. Our small team had been cranking away for a little over a year building the product and tapping our network of friends and family to bring their neighborhoods online. At the end of that first year in private beta, we had 176 neighborhoods in total, and it felt like we ha...
I love sports, especially basketball. My wife and I have had season tickets to the Warriors for over a decade now, and it’s been incredible to watch their ascent to NBA Champions. I’m also a supporter of the men’s basketball program at my alma mater, UC Berkeley, and it’s been great to see the resurgence of the team this year as well. Anyone who kn...
Like any other discipline, it’s important to continually find ways to stay inspired. For me, that means spending time with people who are in similar roles at other companies who I can learn from and trade experiences with. Having a community around you where you can authentically ask questions, no matter how banal, and get help and advice without j...
As you’re building a team, you always feel the urgency to get the next seat filled and to bring a productive new employee online. But finding the RIGHT person often takes time. Articulating your core values and being able to quickly pattern match incoming candidates to those core values is tremendously helpful for finding people who aren’t just fun...
- Sean Bromage
Oct 6, 2021 · Right now, Nextdoor is privately owned by its co-founders Nirav Tolia, Prakash Janakiraman, David Wiesen, and Sarah Leary. By Danielle Letenyei. Oct. 6 2021, Published 2:11 p.m. ET. Source:...
History. Nirav Tolia, Sarah Leary, Prakash Janakiraman and David Wiesen co-founded Nextdoor in 2008. Tolia had previously helped start Epinions. Early investors included Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, and Rich Barton. The concept and patents that Nextdoor is based on were invented by "FatDoor" CEO Raj Abhyanker [6] in 2006. [7]
Oct 20, 2021 · Interview With Nextdoor Co-Founder Prakash Janakiraman | CO- by US Chamber of Commerce. Prakash Janakiraman, co-founder and chief architect of Nextdoor, discusses how small businesses can better connect with and serve their local community.
