About
John Thompson previously worked as a software engineer at Slack and now focuses on simplifying software internationalization.
Founder at QuetzalYC S24
Intro paths
YC
John went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Quetzal's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, John can intro founders to Quetzal's investors below.
Quetzal's investors · 1
Co-founders at Quetzal
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Brendan AgliardoFounder
Experience
- Quetzal LabsCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — presentOakland, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineer II2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineer I2022San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackAssociate Software Engineer2021 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- SlackSoftware Engineering Intern2020San Francisco, California, United States
- SpinCar®Software Engineering Intern2019New York, New York
- CorCystems, IncInformation Technology Intern2017Ridgefield, Connecticut
Skills & more
German9Mandarin17Spanish2Web Development15JavaScript6jQuery5Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)5Node.js5React.js3Redux.js3Front-end Development1Microsoft Office2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Thompson?
- John Thompson previously worked as a software engineer at Slack and now focuses on simplifying software internationalization.
- Where does John Thompson work?
- John Thompson is Founder of Quetzal.
- What companies did John Thompson found?
- John Thompson founded Quetzal.
- Where did John Thompson go to school?
- John Thompson studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Tsinghua University (Spring 2019 Exchange Student - Beijing, Computer Science); Ridgefield High School (High School Diploma).
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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia180
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Also worked at Slack55
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