Each year, Etsy’s Design org hosts an employee-led conference encouraging meaningful discussions, innovation, and connections. And this year’s hybrid event was just that and MORE! “Building Vibrant Design Communities with your superpowers” was the 2022 theme and employees were encouraged to dig deeper within themselves to explore the superpowers they use to navigate their work. Emerging designers from outside of Etsy and employees alike shared and learned design tips influenced by their newfound superpowers, and all attendees left this two-day event inspired to positively impact the wider design community with their learnings. We appreciate those who planned and moderated, produced, capturing behind the scenes clips, and everyone else who helped to put together this virtual experience for our remote and on-site employees. Special thanks to our speakers as well! Looking forward to next year.
In light of Rosh Hashanah, colleagues and friends of Jetsy, our network of Etsy employees who are members of the Jewish community and their allies, gathered to celebrate the Jewish New Year at our Brooklyn HQ! We’re still raving about the delicious bites from GERTIE Restaurant and this year's babka tasting — an annual event where we bring in sweet braided bread from local shops and employees vote on their favorites. In addition to the festivities, folks took part in writing their resolutions along with creating crafty cards to give back to our community. Shana Tovah to all those who celebrated!
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we invite you to join us in celebrating and honoring the richness of Indigenous culture. Here at Etsy, we’ve partnered with Nest to onboard over 10 Indigenous makers from different native or indigenous groups as an opportunity for them to tell their own stories, highlight their own history and share the impact they've made through their craft. Supporting underrepresented communities is rooted in our Etsy culture— internally and externally— and this is one way we continue our commitment to economic empowerment. Join us in celebrating the Indigenous Artisans Collective by exploring the crafted designs inspired by the history and traditions of their ancestors.
Product and ML teams often have several A/B tests they want to run, but online traffic is a limited resource. So, what if you could learn from user behavior in a faster and smarter way? In this Code as Craft post, Senior Data Scientist David (Ami) Wulf shares how and when interleaving – a lesser-known experimental technique – helps us detect the impact of certain changes with less than 10% of the traffic needed for an A/B test.
Join us in celebrating the culture and creativity of Latinx Heritage Month! This Etsy Editors’ Picks guide was created to spotlight and uplift the unique pieces of Hispanic, Latino, Latina, and Latinx makers. You’ll discover pieces ranging from handmade ceramic flower vases to sculptural metal jewelry. Tap on the link to view the art of this community and stay connected because we’re sharing the stories of Etsy’s Latinx community throughout the month!
How many times have you planned out your work, thought through various edge cases, and still forgotten a fundamental task? It’s experiences like these – plus inspiration from Atul Gawande’s The Checklist Manifesto – that inspired Senior Full-stack Engineer Theresa (Meyer) Eades to create a checklist of her own: her product engineering Checklist Manifetsy! If using something as simple a checklist can decrease surgery failures by a third, what could they do for product experiments? Read through Theresa’s Code as Craft blog post to learn how this tool we all have access to has helped to increase the success of product experiments here at Etsy.
“What Latinx Heritage Month means to me is orgullo (pride). I’m the first generation graduate in my family and the daughter of a single immigrant mother. Growing up, I never saw many Latinx women in leadership roles, let alone within Trust & Safety. Today, I’m proud to be in rooms where decisions are discussed and made, and I hope to amplify additional Latinx voices as I progress in my career. As for celebrations, I hone in a little more than usual on my Mexican culture and history throughout the month. I especially like seeing society amplifying the community's voices, especially as more representation is being seen across industries. This is something little Bri would not have believed.” Brianna V. shares. Meet Bri Vasquez, Operations Manager on the Content Moderation team. We’re proud to celebrate Latinx Heritage month with her and our Hispanic & Latinx Network (HLN) employee resource group by highlighting the stories of HLN leaders.
The most impactful product enhancements are designed with user needs in mind. What makes this so inspiring for product professionals? It’s a unique method to help others. On September 22, Etsy’s Product Designer Angélica Muñoz will join The Late Show to share how throughout her career, she has designed products, services, and experiences with the end goal of having a positive impact on people's lives. Tune in for this inspiring discussion alongside, Laboratoria's Business Development Manager Marcelo Torres Llamas.
Observability – the ability to measure the internal states of a system by examining its outputs – may be a universal practice in software engineering, but it’s still an evolving concept in the machine learning space. What sounds like simple data logging and plotting can actually become downright difficult when ML-specific. In this Code as Craft post, Software Engineer Kyle Gallatin shares motivations for bringing ML observability to Etsy, the unique challenges our ML teams faced and how in the end, we came to a build-versus-buy decision.
Lots of companies are making verbal and written commitments to create opportunity and drive equity, but how many are taking concrete actions to do so? JUST Capital partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to answer that very question, and Etsy is proud to be included as one of the Top 100 companies on their 2022 Workforce Equity and Mobility Ranking. In fact, we were ranked 1st in the industry in the categories of ‘How a company invests in its employees’ and ‘How a company minimizes its environmental impact.’ This list highlights the companies that perform best on key disclosure and performance metrics including diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, career development programs, local employment pipelines, fair pay, and quality worker benefits. Click in to learn more about the programming, training, and commitments that set Etsy and these other notable 100 companies apart.
