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In June 2019, I joined Possible Finance as the 15th employee and first HR hire. Since…
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The way is the aim
The way is the aim
I recently joined a 15 person, series A start-up, Possible Finance, as their Head of Talent & People Operations…
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Scott Simmons shared thisI'm excited to bring back in - person tech events to Seattle. Join us at Possible for this compelling talk and networking! #ai #software #hiringScott Simmons shared thisProud to present a #seattle #meetup with Tracie Hlavka speaking on "The Squeeze". When engineering velocity outpaces specs, reviews, QA, and governance, developers end up squeezed from both sides. And as AI makes it easier for non-engineers to build too, that squeeze starts reshaping what the job actually is. Join us for a candid look at what's breaking, what's changing, and what developers should be paying attention to right now.
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Scott Simmons shared thisHere we grow again! # Software #Leadership
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Scott Simmons shared thisInside the Engineering Team Culture at Possible Finance | Built InInside the Engineering Team Culture at Possible Finance | Built In
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Scott Simmons shared thisAre you as proud of your company as I am? If not, it may be time to join me in helping millions of Americans! #hiring #software #product #compliance #dataengineering #seattlejobsScott Simmons shared this~25 million Americans have no credit file at all. Another ~25 million have a file too thin to generate a score. And roughly 25% of U.S. adults have a FICO score below 660. That’s 1 in 4. (Sources: CFPB; FICO; Apollo/Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) Add those up, and you're looking at a massive share of the adult population that the traditional credit system either can't see or has already decided to sideline. The consequences go well beyond loan approvals: Landlords pull credit before signing a lease. Most states price insurance premiums based on credit history. Employers in financial services routinely run credit checks before hiring. Signing up for a phone plan? They’ll check your credit, too. The system doesn't just ignore these people. It charges them more for being in it, or locks them out entirely. This is the gap that shaped how we built the Possible Loan: Every Possible Loan reports to the major credit bureaus. Not as a side benefit. As a core feature. Beyond meeting immediate needs, 6.4% of first-time customers told us they took out a Possible loan specifically to build or repair credit. Find out more about how our customers use their Possible Loans: https://lnkd.in/g582iHJm
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Scott Simmons shared thisInterested in building reliable workflows? We are hosting the Seattle Java User Group tomorrow. #java #SeattleMeetup #software https://lnkd.in/gUuP8fbVScott Simmons shared thisStruggling with workflow reliability in your Java projects? Join the Seattle Java User Group on February 24th as Harry Pierson shares practical strategies for building reliable workflows in Java. You'll learn about durable workflows. Perfect for #Java Developers. Q&A and networking to follow. #WorkflowAutomation #TechMeetup #JavaDevelopment
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Scott Simmons shared thisExcited to bring the Seattle Java community together for this one. Building reliable workflows is something we all wrestle with—come learn from Harry Pierson and connect with other developers tackling the same challenges. #SeattleTech #WorkflowAutomation #SeattleJavaUserGroup https://lnkd.in/gv3qt4kbScott Simmons shared thisStruggling with workflow reliability in your Java projects? Join the Seattle Java User Group on February 24th as Harry Pierson shares practical strategies for building reliable workflows in Java. You'll learn about durable workflows. Perfect for #Java Developers. Q&A and networking to follow. #WorkflowAutomation #TechMeetup #JavaDevelopment
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Scott Simmons reacted on thisScott Simmons reacted on thisPossible is rare: a profitable, mission-driven fintech that has consistently hit our goals to build affordable solutions that actually work for the people who need them most. We're no longer chasing our next VC round. Instead, we're focused on building something enduring, and that stability means the work here is real: real ownership, real visibility, real impact on customers' financial lives. We're also intentionally selective. A smaller, high-performing team means more ownership, more visibility, and a direct line between your work and real outcomes. Not everyone wants that kind of accountability, but if you do, you'll thrive here. Explore open roles today: https://lnkd.in/dibTCDgH #ownership #mission #seattlejobs
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Scott Simmons reacted on thisScott Simmons reacted on this🎉 Today we are proud to announce SageOx has raised a $15M seed round led by Canaan, with participation from A.Capital Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Founders Co-op, and strategic angels. We are excited for how this capital will fuel our work to help humans and AI agents collaborate effectively. Over the past few months, I’ve been deep in the shift in how products get built in the era of AI — witnessing firsthand how quickly execution is accelerating. Our team strives to move ~40x faster than we would have in the past. Our codebase is entirely agent-generated, by design. But it’s not just autonomous execution that’s changing — we’re rewriting how work gets organized and how teams stay aligned across humans and agents. We believe in micro teams that work in pulses throughout the day — oscillating between intense “coming together” moments and focused solo work, in full transparency, with built-in mechanisms to prevent human collision and agent drift. At this pace — with parallel execution across humans and agents — alignment becomes the bottleneck. Across teammates, projects, and communication channels. The mechanisms that existed in the past around planning and coordinating work, even just keeping track of what work is being executed, are no longer effective. That’s the problem that pulled us in. At SageOx, we’re building what we know firsthand is a missing layer for AI-native teams: a shared context infrastructure that keeps humans and agents aligned as they work. We capture context where it naturally happens — conversations, coding sessions, Slack, docs — and turn it into structured knowledge that flows into every new agent interaction. Every agent starts informed. Every team stays aligned. They operate in coherence. This builds on a much bigger personal shift for me over the past year — I wrote more about that journey here https://lnkd.in/gV5QhTSS. I’m incredibly grateful to be building this company with Ajit Banerjee, Ryan Snodgrass, Galex Yen, and an exceptional group of early partners and investors. Kumar S. Ramu Arunachalam Vivek Ladsariya Aviel Ginzburg Steve Yegge Rupak Majumdar Boris Jabes Matt Oppenheimer Maria Karaivanova Marius Ciocirlan Vikas Gupta Gokul Rajaram Satish Talluri I haven’t had this much fun in my career, ever. It’s an incredible time to be reimagining how work happens — and building the systems to support it. It’s early, but this feels foundational. You can read the full announcement here https://lnkd.in/gbNnZKTx
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Scott Simmons liked thisScott Simmons liked thisI am thrilled to announce that I have begun a new position as the Restaurant Manager for Emma Rue's cocktail bar & cafe! A sister to the Spokane favorite People's Waffle, Emma Rue's is an art-deco inspired craft cocktail bar also serving excellent coffee, food, and desserts since 2021. Emma Rue's is a welcoming space for the community dedicated to curating connection, fostering creativity, and offering exceptional hospitality. I am honored and excited to help the business expand on what it does best while growing in new directions!
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Scott Simmons liked thisScott Simmons liked thisWe have a feeling this Stormtrooper's Employee of the Month days are numbered. Five new employees are joining the Possible team today, one of our biggest single-day onboarding days yet! The Force is strong at Possible! A new hope for your career starts here. Check out our open roles: https://lnkd.in/dibTCDgH #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #NowHiring #fintechjobs
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