About
Paul Butler worked as a software engineer at Google on search infrastructure, served as a quantitative analyst at Two Sigma, and led botnet detection efforts at an adtech startup. He is building Drifting in Space.
Paul Butler @paulgb
Itβs too bad weβre done creating new programming languages and the ones we have now are wired in for the rest of humanity.
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 48 Β· β 2
Paul Butler @paulgb
The novel Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico is about exactly this and I highly recommend it. (Things: A Story of the Sixties, which inspired it, also captures this well) https://t.co/JdX6Y1TpjE
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 8
Paul Butler @paulgb
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm back to taking yellow cabs more than Ubers now. They are still good in other geos, but in NYC they are fully enshittified. https://t.co/BZwlWIvsLT
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 11
Founder at JamsocketYC W22
Intro paths
Paul went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Jamsocket's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Paul can intro founders to Jamsocket's investors below.
Jamsocket's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Jamsocket
Experience
Education
- University of WaterlooBachelor of Math, Math and computer science2007 β 2011
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Shared employers
Also worked at Modal14
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Also worked at Two Sigma20
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Also worked at Google1,078
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