Originally posted on November 7, 2024 at labs.wonderfi.com/blog
Come meet Gobi, our senior product manager, as he talks about his work at WonderFi Labs, how he wants to improve the blockchain space, and what he gets up to on his days off!
Let’s kick it off with some talk about work!
What three words would you use to describe WonderFi Labs?
Innovative, scrappy, global.
What’s your go to explanation of how crypto works?
You have the ability to fully take ownership of the things you buy. You have the ability to send money across the world instantly and for nearly free. The ability to have a true peer-to-peer system with no middlemen extracting unreasonable value.
This is the natural evolution of money: seashell to precious metals to paper cash to cryptocurrency. Each evolution aimed to improve some vital flaw in the iteration that came before it.
Which environment do you prefer for getting focused work done?
What’s the improvement you’d like to make to blockchain technology? Or what’s the one problem with blockchain technology you’d like to solve?
Abstract away the complexity of blockchain.
We use the internet every day without needing to understand an IP address, a domain name resolver, internet protocols, firewalls, etc. I type Youtube.com into my browser and I'm immediately enjoying content.
We are still in a state today where users need to understand wallets, different blockchains, fees, etc. I'd like to build a future where people are interacting with blockchains every day and it's all happening in the background.
What’s your dream workspace setup?
What’s one thing you’ve learned from your colleagues?
Collaboration is king. There are no bad ideas when the focus is building new and interesting things. Be open and listen well.
What’s the best part of your job? What’s the worst part of your job?
😄 Best: Getting to collaborate with some of the smartest people I've ever met to build cool things that people will truly enjoy using. Getting to research and try out new and emerging tech in the crypto space to understand and predict what direction things are moving.
😖 Worst: Not enough time in a day to do all the things I'd like to.
Time for a rapid fire round!
Cats or dogs?
🐶 Dogs
What’s your go-to slack emoji?
😅
What’s the first app you check in the morning?
☀️ Weather
What's your favourite book, game, movie and/or TV series?
🎮 Cyberpunk 2077, No Man's Sky
🎥 Lord of the Rings
📺 The Expanse, The Office
What’s your favorite snack or drink to have while working?
☕ Coffee
What’s your go-to lunch location during the workweek?
🍴 Grandma Loves You
What song do you play to get yourself in the zone?
🎧 Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother
Youtube channel you accidentally binged after being recommended one video?
💻 Coffeezilla
Bills Mafia or The 12th Man? a.k.a Buffalo Bills or Seattle Seahawks
🐃 Bills Mafia
Let’s chat about you!
What's your most epic achievement?
Being a good dad. I'm told by my 2 and 4 year olds that I am but I guess the jury is still out.
What do you do when you’re not working?
Playing with my daughters and teaching them cool things, playing video games, and watching movies.
What’s your ideal way to spend a long weekend?
Is there a social account people can follow for nuggets of your wisdom and/or memes?