--- title: Speak by Olark | Nick Crohn description: Nick is currently a senior product engineer, formerly the director of engineering, building and improving our core product. He's also a husband, father, and avid maker. --- - [Interested in live chat? Check out Olark.](https://www.olark.com/) [![Speak: A Blog by Olark](https://blog.olark.com/hubfs/speak-logo-300-01.png "Speak: A Blog by Olark")](https://blog.olark.com) ## Nick Crohn ![Nick Crohn](https://blog.olark.com/hubfs/Olark_Headshots/nickC.png) Nick is currently a senior product engineer, formerly the director of engineering, building and improving our core product. He's also a husband, father, and avid maker. ### Recent Posts [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/retreat.png?width=840&height=460&name=retreat.png)](https://blog.olark.com/how-we-skipped-our-trip-to-vegas-and-ran-a-remote-engineering-retreat-during-a-pandemic) ## [How we skipped our trip to Vegas and ran a remote engineering retreat during a pandemic](https://blog.olark.com/how-we-skipped-our-trip-to-vegas-and-ran-a-remote-engineering-retreat-during-a-pandemic) By [Nick Crohn](https://blog.olark.com/author/nick-crohn) On the Thursday of our engineering retreat, I found my new calling as a professional wrestler fighting my way to the top of the Luxor Hotel, in a live streamed pay-per-view event. All this to claim the coveted contract and millions of dollars. My teammates were right there with me, each showing off their skills in their gambit for the top prize.  Only it was a virtual Luxor, and we were playing The World Wide Wrestling roleplaying game (RPG). It was as ridiculous as it sounds, and we had a blast! Our game day was one segment of a re-imagined retreat, after COVID-19 put the brakes on our in-person gathering in Vegas. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/how-we-skipped-our-trip-to-vegas-and-ran-a-remote-engineering-retreat-during-a-pandemic) [![featured image](https://www.olark.com/img/uploads/Olark_10K.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/how-we-created-the-olark-tweet-your-logo-form) ## [How we created the Olark tweet your logo form](https://blog.olark.com/how-we-created-the-olark-tweet-your-logo-form) By [Nick Crohn](https://blog.olark.com/author/nick-crohn) A little while ago we announced reaching [10,000 paying customers](https://www.olark.com/10000). It was, without a doubt, a huge milestone and we wanted to celebrate. Not only did we want to celebrate, but we wanted to celebrate with our customers who helped to make it all happen. 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