The work is broad, and most of it is not glamorous.
In a given month you might be reading county filing rules for a US state, tightening the onboarding on a Norwegian consumer app, and shipping an AI support system for a client. Very little of that looks impressive on a slide. All of it is the job.
Who tends to do well
You finish things
The hard part is not ideas. It is the last twenty percent, again and again, across several products and client projects. People who like starting and dislike finishing have a rough time here.
You go and learn the domain
Our property tax work meant reading the statutes. Snakke meant learning exactly how the Norskprøve is graded. Nobody here builds in a space they have not taken the time to understand.
You can hold more than one thing
You will not work on a single product for three years. Some people love that and some hate it. Worth knowing which one you are.
You would rather be told than be right
Most of what we try does not work first time. That is only useful if people say so early and plainly.
If that sounds right
Write to us properly
Skip the cover letter. Tell us about something you built and what went wrong with it. If you have opinions about one of our products, lead with those. We read everything that is clearly written by a person. We are in Oslo, so say where you are.
catherine@arclabs.no