Runway New Hire: Figma Optional, Real Work Done in Cursor, First Product Ready to Ship
zielinskiwoj · x · 2026-09-05
An employee's first-week account from Runway reveals the company's internal culture: Figma is optional, and the real work happens in code, mostly written in Cursor.
He praises the team as incredible and says the first product he's worked on is already ready to ship.
The account offers a rare inside look at how a frontier AI company structures its workflow around code and AI coding tools.
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