My Name Is Steve Dagless — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
I have always known that the pursuit of money for money’s sake will ultimately result in unhappiness. My parents taught me these values. The messages were clear — if you…
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Our team values integrity, ambition, effort, skill, and team spirit. Read the stories about why we joined Aha! — and why you should too.
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My Name Is Barbara Dinoff — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
Embrace the unexpected. I suppose my parents instilled this trait in me. In the early 1990s, they moved our family from Poland to the U.S. — sight unseen. I cannot…
My Name Is Joon Shin — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
Marketing agencies get a bad rap. It can be said that they foster ruthless work environments aimed at one thing: racking up the biggest client spend bill possible. Well,…
My Name Is Jeremy Wells — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
My first job as a programmer was working with a legacy Visual Basic 6 application. Although VB has always been looked down upon as a programming language, it delivered a…
My Name Is Nicole Wosje — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
I was inspired by my parents. Whether they were delivering food after a life event or shoveling snow for an elderly neighbor, helping those in need was part of their…
My Name Is Molly Jane Quinn — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
I was dreaming about Aha! long before I knew it existed. Let me explain. It was a cold night in December 2014. I was at a cookie party — you know the kind, where you bake…
My Name Is Deirdre Clarke — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
Deirdre is happy to work with other product experts who are kind, helpful, and fun. Find out more about Deirdre Clarke and why she joined Aha!
My Name Is John Bohn — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
I love discovering new things. As a kid, I taught myself to program text-based adventure games on a TI-99/4A in BASIC. They were simple clones of games I enjoyed, such as…
My Name Is Tahlia Sutton — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
I wanted to design buildings. I love the breadth of skill that architecture requires — a mix of practical and strategic, creative and scientific, and overall leadership…
My Name Is Austin Merritt — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
This is how I became a product manager. I was 24 years old and meeting with the CEO of the startup I had joined a year earlier. I was there to tell him I was interested…
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