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How Dylan Anderson became founding engineer at Adam
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Dylan Anderson was a software engineer at, in his words, "some random place in Minnesota.
Key facts
- He did a work trial, moved to San Francisco, and became the first engineer at Adam (W25), a company building AI agents for CAD software
- Dylan Anderson was a software engineer at, in his words, "some random place in Minnesota
- As Adam grows, Dylan expects his role to expand into mentorship and leadership
- The move to SF was something he'd wanted anyway, to be at the center of things, and Adam gave him a reason to do it
Summary
He did a work trial, moved to San Francisco, and became the first engineer at Adam (W25), a company building AI agents for CAD software. Dylan didn't need a long pitch. The move to SF was something he'd wanted anyway, to be at the center of things, and Adam gave him a reason to do it. As engineer number one, Dylan touches pretty much everything. He draws a sharp contrast with big-company engineering: "At a big company you're like a part of an engine, like an interchangeable piece that fits into a preexisting slot, you're an input to a function, whereas at Adam you're the one building the engine, you are the one molding everything to fit you. His coolest build so far: adam.new.