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Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by pknerd » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 5:52 PM UTC

scott31 wrote: post #7

I look at hire me thread every month but really there aren't any interesting candidates. Pretty much everyone is nodejs/react type and I need to hire people that can build software to last. If I see anyone mention Arc in that thread I will instantly send a job offer

I neither do Node nor react. Mostly in Python, PHP and now Go. But I am not a rockstar or Ninja:). I am mostly a generalist.

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by scott31 » Wed, Sep 02, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

pknerd wrote: post #11

scott31 wrote: post #7

I look at hire me thread every month but really there aren't any interesting candidates. Pretty much everyone is nodejs/react type and I need to hire people that can build software to last. If I see anyone mention Arc in that thread I will instantly send a job offer

I neither do Node nor react. Mostly in Python, PHP and now Go. But I am not a rockstar or Ninja:). I am mostly a generalist.

...and what is your point exactly?

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by pknerd » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 6:26 AM UTC

scott31 wrote: post #12

pknerd wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I neither do Node nor react. Mostly in Python, PHP and now Go. But I am not a rockstar or Ninja:). I am mostly a generalist.

...and what is your point exactly?

:) Just in case if you ever need my help :)

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by quickthrower2 » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 9:08 AM UTC

scott31 wrote: post #7

I look at hire me thread every month but really there aren't any interesting candidates. Pretty much everyone is nodejs/react type and I need to hire people that can build software to last. If I see anyone mention Arc in that thread I will instantly send a job offer

Your judging someone on the skill set they choose to market in order to make a living. I’m sure there are plenty of let’s say Arc enthusiasts who when they need to pay their mortgage call themselves a Go or React or Python or Ruby developer.

Also yes you can create pretty damn robust apps in React and Node, fwiw.

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by kalvisk » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 9:21 AM UTC

Saddest part is that if someone declines / folds Your application w/o interview, they are hesitant to provide constructive(good, bad) feedback :/

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by pryelluw » Thu, Sep 03, 2020, 6:28 PM UTC

scott31 wrote: post #7

I look at hire me thread every month but really there aren't any interesting candidates. Pretty much everyone is nodejs/react type and I need to hire people that can build software to last. If I see anyone mention Arc in that thread I will instantly send a job offer

Define software to last. My personal definition revolves more around best practices than technology choices. Though I wouldnt build a finance backend in node ...

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by stevekemp » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 8:20 AM UTC

infinitybeyond wrote: post #4

I posted in today's thread and have received three emails from companies so far. All in my local area. I also included my linkedin and have received a few connection requests, but no messages from any of them.

That's pretty cool, and also pretty lucky. I just found I get my email added to a bunch of spam-lists and received contacts from people saying things like "I see you're in Helsinki, would you like to relocate to Canada?"

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by erik_seaberg » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 8:30 AM UTC

stevekemp wrote: post #17

infinitybeyond wrote: post #4

I posted in today's thread and have received three emails from companies so far. All in my local area. I also included my linkedin and have received a few connection requests, but no messages from any of them.

That's pretty cool, and also pretty lucky. I just found I get my email added to a bunch of spam-lists and received contacts from people saying things like "I see you're in Helsinki, would you like to relocate to Canada?"

Body shops always want me to relocate to the Midwest for six months to be a Lotus Notes admin because I developed for it … 20 years ago.

Re: Ask HN: How effective is monthly Hire me?

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Post by literallycancer » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 11:46 AM UTC

scott31 wrote: post #9

non-entity wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is your company actually using Arc? I wouldn't be shocked if most of the people well versed in non-mainstream tech don't bother advertising themselves as being such.

No, Arc isn't actually a good fit for what we are building.

Nice filter. Personally, for engineering positions I only hire a capella singers who play lacrosse :)