The Pin Factory
A look back(ground)
Pin puns
Technical Party Management
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100

What Pinterest was called when the company was founded.

What is CBL: Cold Brew Labs?

100

People who work at Pinterest.

Who are Pinployees?

100

Favorite neighborhood bar for TPM happy hours.

What is Coin Op or Mars Bar? 

100

This leader has a twin brother.

Who is Jeremy King?

200

Q&A tradition named after an OG data scientist that used to be strictly enforced with a timer.

What are one minute deMOs?

200

Common (and not-very-secure) password at Pinterest.

What is pintastic?

200

Last in-person offsite enjoyed by the TPM team.

What is karaoke? 

200

This leader started as a software engineer at Pinterest and now reports directly to Ben.

Who is Naveen Gavini? (giving us all false hope since 2012)

300

First address for the Pinterest office in Palo Alto.

What is 220 California Ave? (It's what 220CalAve is named after!)

300

Internal dashboarding tool to track metrics.

What is Pinalytics?

300

Average amount of time current TPMs have been at the company. (Rounded to the nearest 0.25)

How much is 2 years? (1.93!)

300

This leader has only worked at 2 companies besides Pinterest.

Who is Ben Silbermann?

400

Signature Pinterest innovation that has persisted even through many evolutions of the product; it was originally designed by Evan. 

What is the grid?

400

Pinterest-wide onboarding.

What is Pintro?

400

When the TPM team was formed at Pinterest in 2015, this was one of the first 2 official programs.

What is: performance, quality?

400

This leader got his/her start as a journalist of TV and radio reporting in Toronto and London. 

Who is Andrea Mallard?

500

The most requested feature on Pinterest until it was built in late 2017.

What are boards within boards, sub-boards, or board sections?

500

People with large followings on Pinterest.

What are pinfluencers?

500

Number of managers Arla has had since joining Pinterest 7+ years ago.

How many is 12? (Jimmy, Charlotte, Jackie, Jud, Micaela, Beltzner, Abhi, Hess, Nigel, Abhishek, Vincent, Jeff)

500

Both of this leader's parents were park rangers.

Who is Evan Sharp?