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Edmond Lau Engineer, Author, Speaker
Palo Alto
Building the productivity suite for the mobile generation @ Quip.
Previously, helped the team at Quora grow from 12 to 70. Built the onboarding and mentoring programs for new engineers, led engineering on user growth, and built everything from moderation tools, product features, recommendations, infrastructure, etc. Before Quora, led the analytics team at Ooyala and worked on search quality at Google.
Blogger on engineering, productivity, and culture with essays featured and quoted on Forbes, Slate, and Techcrunch. More at…
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Growth Hacking
Software Engineering
Python
Productivity
Information Architecture
Scalability
Distributed Systems
Culture Building
Professional Mentoring
Onboarding
Member since March 2014
Areas of Expertise
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EL$16.67/min per minute(5)Onboarding Programs for New EngineersEdmond Lau • Palo AltoCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentI built the onboarding and mentoring programs at Quora that enabled dozens of new engineers to ramp up quickly and start shipping features and bug fixes to production, many in their first week. As part of this effort, I researched onboarding programs at Google, Facebook, and man others. You can find more details at: http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/blog/how-to-build-a-good-onboarding-process-for-new-hires-at-a-startupEdmond Lau Palo Alto(5)
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EL$16.67/min per minute(5)Building Great Engineering CultureEdmond Lau • Palo AltoCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentI helped grow the team at Quora from 12 people to nearly 70 and have spent a lot of time thinking about how to shape the culture. I've written extensively about what it means to build a great engineering culture and have spoken to startups and more established companies in and out of Silicon Valley. More details at: http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-engineering-cultureEdmond Lau Palo Alto(5)
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EL$16.67/min per minute(5)User Growth EngineeringEdmond Lau • Palo AltoCreated 11 years ago in Technology / Software DevelopmentI led engineering on user growth at Quora. Now I'm doing the same at Quip. In one year at Quora, we grew all our metrics by over 3x (http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/28/quora-grows-more-than-3x-across-all-metrics-in-the-past-year/).Edmond Lau Palo Alto(5)
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EL$16.67/min per minute(5)Building Question & Answer CommunitiesEdmond Lau • Palo AltoCreated 11 years ago in Product & Design / User ExperienceDuring my 3 years working on the Q&A site Quora, I focused on a wide variety of aspects ranging from moderation tools, product features, user growth initiatives, infrastructure, recommendations, and more.Edmond Lau Palo Alto(5)
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Edmond was very knowledgable and super helpful. I got the answers I was looking for and would definitely jump on a call with him again!
Source: Clarity Ronald Timoshenko Apr 26, 2016JH
Insightful call, provided a series of valuable, actionable recommendations. Recommended.
Source: Clarity john honovich Jan 15, 2015RM
Was really good to talk to Edmond. Our 45 minute conversation saved me 6 months of a/b testing efforts. I am looking forward to our next call!
Source: Clarity Roshni Mahtani Oct 25, 2014MA
Edmond is everything that I had heard of and then some! He was able to quickly understand the situation. He gave me great advice consisting of very practical and helpful suggestions. He listened very intently and asked me very relevant questions. I will definitely be reaching out to him again!
He messaged me before our call asking me to send him a list of questions. This shows his attention to detail and his awesome attitude as he wanted us to make the best use of our time during the call.
Source: Clarity Mala Ag Sep 5, 2014
Growth Hacking
Software Engineering
Python
Productivity
Information Architecture
Scalability
Distributed Systems
Culture Building
Professional Mentoring
Onboarding
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