We're almost halfway through 2012, and it's already been an amazing year for reddit. We're excited to announce some new members of team reddit that will help us make reddit even more outstanding. Please help us in welcoming these new folks. I'l let them introduce themselves:
Hey reddit! I’m a Miami native that fell into the advertising industry shortly after graduating from Notre Dame and moving to NYC. I was lucky to land a job freelancing with reddit's amazing ad sales team and throughout this time I've developed an even greater understanding and abiding love for the reddit community. I'm excited to be joining this talented team, and am looking forward to reddit's awesome future.
I am so excited to finally be joining the reddit team full-time! I just graduated from college (where I studied physics and astronomy) but have been freelancing here for the past two years. You might already know me from /r/pimpmyreddit, /r/snackexchange, or /r/fifthworldproblems. I hope to help reddit grow in any way I can, and I look forward to seeing how the community evolves over the coming years!
reddit.comのオフィスでは、私だけが日本語をしゃべれるが私の日本語はけっこへたくそ。だけど、勉強して頑張っています！
Originally from the UK, I came to the US to do an MFA in Digital Art (with an emphasis on Ultimate Frisbee) at the University of Oregon before ending up in San Francisco. You should send us a postcard (and get a free month of reddit gold).
Although raised in Milwaukee, I have spent most of my life here in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the past 17 years, I have worked in various legal and business capacities at a number of Internet companies, including PayPal, Flip Video, AdBrite, Ecast and Trulia. I also used to write about Internet culture and business as a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Marketwatch and talk (mostly about my love for Apple) in the 90's on ZDTV. I love reddit, Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the SF Giants, my husband and my two children, not necessarily in that order.
Valerie Hajdik (shlurbee) - Programmer
Hi, all! I grew up in Texas but have lived all over and worked a variety of jobs, ranging from an internship at Google and a stint at Facebook to a position giving programming support to computational neuroscientists. I've been a fan of reddit since 2009 when a story about my sister rescuing an owl made it to the front page, and since then the site has been an unending source of fun and information. I'm stoked to be joining the team!
Also, we wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone on DAC, our Community Manager. He is recovering after finding a near-perfect bone marrow donor and having a successful transplant. Thanks to everyone who signed up for the bone marrow registry, donated to the DAC fund, or otherwise helped. Get well soon, DAC!
If you have not signed up for the registry yet, you still can. It's easy.
As with everything we do, none of this would be possible without the reddit community. Your passion, creativity, and financial support make all of this possible. We are extremely fortunate to be able to work for such an amazing community and fortunate to have these awesome folks join our team. Without you we'd just be sitting alone in an office with some code and boxes of t-shirts.
Thank you for your support!
Hi, all! I grew up in Texas but have lived all over and worked a variety of jobs, ranging from an internship at Google and a stint at Facebook to a position giving programming support to computational neuroscientists. I've been a fan of reddit since 2009 when a story about my sister rescuing an owl made it to the front page, and since then the site has been an unending source of fun and information. I'm stoked to be joining the team!
Also, we wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone on DAC, our Community Manager. He is recovering after finding a near-perfect bone marrow donor and having a successful transplant. Thanks to everyone who signed up for the bone marrow registry, donated to the DAC fund, or otherwise helped. Get well soon, DAC!
If you have not signed up for the registry yet, you still can. It's easy.
As with everything we do, none of this would be possible without the reddit community. Your passion, creativity, and financial support make all of this possible. We are extremely fortunate to be able to work for such an amazing community and fortunate to have these awesome folks join our team. Without you we'd just be sitting alone in an office with some code and boxes of t-shirts.
Thank you for your support!
