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Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by lifesaverluke »

joemasilotti wrote: post #129
michaelbuckbee wrote: post #3

There's an interesting "reverse job board" for Rails devs -> https://railsdevs.com/ that sounds pretty close to what you're looking for. I'm not sure what stack you work with but it might be of interest.

Hey there, I’m the solo-founder of railsdevs! Thanks for sharing my site. Since I launched in November I’ve placed 10+ Rails developers with gigs. About half for full-time roles with salaries ranging from $100k to $200k. For context, cold messages on LinkedIn have a 5-20% response rate. Usually on the lower end. railsdevs is currently sitting at 50%+. If you’re hiring a Rails developer everyone is already half qualif…

Nice! What is the distribution of full time / part time / freelancers that successfully finds a job?

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by bgibbons »

throwaway81523 wrote: post #130
bgibbons wrote: post #126

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Thx. Happy to - generally for senior engineers and above our market rates tend to be $120 - 160+/hr. For mid-levels, I would say about $100 - 130/hr. Our rates are market driven in that Facet members can set their salary and contract rates where ever they would like. We do an 80/20 rev share on the hourly billable to the client (the rates above would be general market averages for North American based engineers - thi…

Can you pay on W2's? That would save hassle at my end. Obviously the split would take payroll taxes into account.

Yes we have options for that too! (also do FTE placements quite often)

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by bgibbons »

hmillison wrote: post #134
bgibbons wrote: post #79

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I'm one of the founders here. Yes, we work with hundreds of startups and large FN 500 companies. Happy to answer any questions. That's why we created Facet - trying to eliminate recruiter spam and create a better experience for engineering, product, or design contractors. Dev founded - dev run.

I was really excited to try out Facet at the start of the year, but I was disappointed to see that most of the opportunities were for full time work and there isn't a lot of contract work advertised!

Good feedback - contract work on the platform was super heavy in the beginning. Been lighter as of late, but does tend to ebb and flow a bit. Anticipate we start seeing more contracts coming through esp in the a potential recession where companies may not have the certainty to hire FTE, but still need work done. They tend to contract to fill that void in the interim.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by joshuahutt »

scruple wrote: post #135
newaccount74 wrote: post #117

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Yes! I doubt companies grill you about binary trees because they expect you to actually implement any of the algorithms in your day to day work. They want to know if you have studied the fundamentals, so you at least have a chance of understanding whatever you are going to be copy-pasting from Stack Overflow.

But I did study the fundamentals. It just happened to be almost 2 decades ago and I haven't used 95% of it since entering the industry. How could it possibly be relevant? I've gone the route of avoiding typical interviews altogether by leaning into my network for opportunities. There are plenty of places where I think I'd like to work, where I'd be very motivated, and where I'd make an impact to the organization, but…

There are plenty of places you can build valuable products and not have to think about optimization, ever. I'd imagine there are even places inside MANGA that you might get away without it. But, would expect those things to be the exception, not the rule.

While their process might be arbitrary, it tries to ensure that entrants can comfortably think about and select appropriate data structures and algorithms for problems, on demand.

In most cases, prepping for this feels like rote memorization, but through that process you start to build an intuition that helps you be more efficient at pattern matching and isolating the constraints/bottlenecks. And you've proven that you can learn and apply the algos. It's not the most fun of interview styles, but it does work for them.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by joshuahutt »

tluyben2 wrote: post #137
newaccount74 wrote: post #117

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Yes! I doubt companies grill you about binary trees because they expect you to actually implement any of the algorithms in your day to day work. They want to know if you have studied the fundamentals, so you at least have a chance of understanding whatever you are going to be copy-pasting from Stack Overflow.

But a degree(s) and portfolio shows that already (it is what they are for; when I show my EE degree, they don’t ask me to solder together a computer from this here 74LSxx series box; no, they just hire me; why is software hiring so nasty?); if you are a junior, your degree will show what fresh knowledge you have and the question is if you are a talented dev or not. If you are a senior it shows that you understand the…

I imagine that most of the EE roles you've applied for have an order of magnitude fewer applicants than the software roles. The greater volume probably leads to a wider spread of skill levels, including the drastically under-skilled.

It does feel like the balance of power in these interviews is way out of whack, but that's what you get when there's way more applicants than open roles. If you're a developer with a good reputation, sometimes you can skip most of the red tape [1]. That bar is extremely high, though.

[1] https://youtu.be/8Ia6FX-tqcE?t=4999

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by jventura »

mattbee wrote: post #59

I write and train for Skiller Whale (skillerwhale.com) who train teams of software developers on React, Go, Typescript & PostgreSQL (with lots of other curriculums in development). We're always looking for experienced software developers who are personable and can go deep into a topic with learners, work through exercises, help them correct mistakes and so on. It's 1-2 hours of well-paid work per session: https://app…

> (with lots of other curriculums in development)

What other topics are you guys planning? I'm a part-time CS professor who is always looking to supplement his income..

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find small companies to work for part-time?

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Post by mattbee »

jventura wrote: post #148
mattbee wrote: post #59

I write and train for Skiller Whale (skillerwhale.com) who train teams of software developers on React, Go, Typescript & PostgreSQL (with lots of other curriculums in development). We're always looking for experienced software developers who are personable and can go deep into a topic with learners, work through exercises, help them correct mistakes and so on. It's 1-2 hours of well-paid work per session: https://app…

> (with lots of other curriculums in development) What other topics are you guys planning? I'm a part-time CS professor who is always looking to supplement his income..

Looking at your site, I realise I'd forgotten to mention we do lots of Python & Python-adjacent stuff (though we're only recruiting trainers at the moment). But if that's your bread & butter, drop me an email and I'll introduce you to our CTO.
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