Next-Generation Engineer

1. Fun-loving Oddballs

1.1. Today, Venmo provides entirely free person-to-person payments via debit cards and bank accounts, and has an ambitious plan to become the preferred payment method for merchant processing (a fee-based service) as well. The firm has 90 employees, whom its website describes as “a group of fun-loving oddballs.”

2. Mind-twisting Experience

2.1. At Penn, Iqram majored in computer science and minored in theater. He describes his first-ever computer science courses at Penn as a “mind-twisting” experience with 24/7 programming challenges. “I could feel my mind expand. It felt like I was becoming smarter,” he recalls.

3. People like to scroll the Venmo feed to see what their friends are up to and what they’re thinking,” says Iqram, describing how people read text messages in the Venmo feed that appear when people transfer money between cellphones. “We’re in an era where we’re always trying to keep up with what our friends are doing. There’s Facebook, Twitter, and now there’s Venmo. Our goal is to make it so people want to pay with Venmo whenever possible because it’s easier and interesting

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