I don't know specific numbers, but the companies we've funded say they get good people from them.
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#12I regularly (twice a month?) check https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs just to see what's out there. I'm not even looking for a job, just more interested in what startups are doing and what kind of employees they're looking for.
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#13Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part.
If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)
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#14I regularly (twice a month?) check https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs just to see what's out there. I'm not even looking for a job, just more interested in what startups are doing and what kind of employees they're looking for.
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#15Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)
This is something I would like to discuss a bit more.(not the job opportunity, but the responses) no email on profile. :) Please share if you don't mind me asking a few follow-up questions.
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#16Great but terrible. Lots of initial contact with people I am offering them jobs with WordPress development and rails but very little followup.
You had posted a job opening and got great by terrible response, or you applied to jobs, but no follow-ups?
I think he's the one actually offering the jobs: "with people I am offering them jobs" .
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#17Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)
Same as the other commenter, I'm interested. Canadian but I'd like to work in Africa. HN doesn't display your email address, you have to post it in your bio.
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#18We've posted two and received a total of about 50 applications.
of those 50 I'd say 65-75% of them are high quality candidates at least at first glance that are writing emails specifically about the postings we put up and referencing the things we say in the post vs just spamming everyone in the list with a generic cover letter and resume.
So far HN is the best source of high quality candidates for us as a startup working on hard technical challenges.
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#19Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)
> We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part.
I did a bit of geographic canvassing of HN, and while I only went through the "top 100" posters due to it being a pretty manual process, it does indeed seem pretty concentrated, with US/UK/Canada accounting for >80% of those I looked at. Summary at the bottom of this page: http://www.kmjn.org/notes/hacker_news_posters.html
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#20Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)
> We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. I did a bit of geographic canvassing of HN, and while I only went through the "top 100" posters due to it being a pretty manual process, it does indeed seem pretty concentrated, with US/UK/Canada accounting for >80% of those I looked at. Summary at the bottom of this page: http://www.kmjn.org/notes/hacker_news_posters.html
Perhaps its time for another HN Poll: Where are you located?