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hello John hello thank you for having me and hello that family have a very fun interview happening right now with John Graham from The Bachelorette for viewers that may not know who you are you give like a 30 second you know rundown of who you are all that kind of fun stuff yeah I grew up in the Midwest up in Chicago I went to school in New York and then after work I started working at a small start-up called venmo at the time was a smaller startup home and then I worked there for about five years and then I moved to San Francisco about two and a half years ago and I now work at this new startup fin and a few months ago I sort of just randomly applied to be on The Bachelorette and I was selected to be a cast member so some people might have seen me on that show that's now airing so you'd seen previous seasons so you kind of knew what you were getting into or honestly I haven't seen that many previous seasons when I found out Beck was gonna be the Bachelorette I tried to binge-watch a couple of the five episodes and I was like why is everyone just making out I don't get this I can write ready for that my parents are gonna see this I mean it's such a huge such a huge cultural thing that happens every week I mean people it's constantly trending on Twitter and you know everybody sits down and shares their views and you know you kind of found this like rise of popularity you know everybody was loving you the first episode after your cute intro line so I'm a software engineer I made the app for venmo what's that like being the sort of internet icon I think one of the most fun things about this is that every once in a while I like be walking on the street or I'll go running and someone be like hey venmo job jonovic whoa you actually like recognized me and so I'm always happy to stop for photos or say hi or something and I think that's just one of the most exciting things my family and my friends are so like they're like whatever like this is like get over yourself kind of thing I'm humbled so your time at Penn know you were there for five years how do you think that you know working at such a successful startup do you think that helps you on the show or do you think that was just like a right back story you know how did the two intersect hmm I don't know the biggest thing I can think of right now is having to put yourself out there and take risks so I remember at venmo I felt like we were just working all the time and it never felt like work and so we were just constantly focusing and I remember I remember I'd probably get there like 10:00 in the morning and I often work til like 10:00 p.m. or 11:00 or 12:00 at night and I just like so absorbed with Menma that I was like totally focused at work and for several years that was like my lifestyle but I also realize it's not that sustainable and then on the Bachelorette a lot of that you just have to be very present and sort of focus on the whole experience if you're trying to like bring in parts of your life that aren't like part of the Bachelorette right now if if all you do is I talk about your work or if you're trying to promote your brand or if you're trying to like you know do things that aren't part of the show you're probably just going to be worse off and not enjoy the experience as much so maybe the the best intersection I can see is like totally being all-in on something and embracing that lifestyle for a bit and then when it's over like think about something else in a different context so who do you want to see you Becca end up with ooh yes who do I want to see back end up with I'm gonna give a lame answer but I want to see her with the person who makes her the most happy all right and then last but not least what are you doing now you know it's like wrapping up paradise is wrapping up yeah what am i doing now so I work it at Finn I was just a software engineer so my my day-to-day is is at my computer coding away and on the side just for fun and I've been doing this for years I make these episodes where I cook on and like I've selfie film it and I cook random meals and I called the show kitchen talking yeah so work cooking and I'm actually a pretty bad chef I just do it for fun thank you for coming I'm so excited to watch you go paradise and I'm definitely gonna have you back when paradise airs I'd love to be back awesome well thank you thank you