Marco Arment
How did you get involved with David and Tumblr?
Davidville was still a consulting company, and he wanted to see my work, so he subcontracted a feature from a client project to me. He liked my code and working with me, so he offered me the job.
I waffled for a while, as I was deciding between Davidville, Amazon, LiveTechnology, and Bloomberg. Amazon eventually declined to hire me after a far-too-lengthy process. LiveTechnology didn?t wow me. I declined a great offer from Bloomberg for many reasons and concerns, all of which proved true.
I started work at Davidville in June, 2006, and Tumblr was an idea that David had queued up for a while. We had a few-week gap between big clients in the fall of 2006, so we started making Tumblr.
What do you do for tumblr?
I have no official title. In a two-person company, it doesn?t really matter. When prompted for one in a newspaper interview, David and I quickly agreed on Chief Scientist, a title I always liked and respected (but didn?t hold) at my previous job. So I?m the Chief Scientist of Tumblr, which I consider quite an honor, even though it probably doesn?t matter.
