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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by jacquesm »

jader201 wrote: post #75

I started the "Who wants to be hired?" threads over 5 years ago [1] after dang giving his blessing on it [2], and was super excited that it led to the job [3] that I still happily hold today. I really wish these threads were more active -- and received more upvotes -- relative to the "Who's hiring" threads, as it seems like the signal to noise is so much better, and also seems like the success rate would be quite a b…

I'd love for the whole 'hiring' section to be made a permanent fixture rather than a thing that only happens once every month. A spot in the top bar would be best.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by jacquesm »

bayesian_horse wrote: post #119

Related: Does anybody have a job or job ideas for me? I finished my veterinary degree in Germany (very late, but I finished) and I am a proficient coder, mostly web development in Django, but I also have a passion for Data Science (in Python and R) and Machine Learning. The veterinary degree here means I have a broad understanding of biology, medicine and food safety. I also did a bit of bioinformatics. People often…

Please contact me if you want (see 'who is hiring' thread for more info).

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by Aromasin »

lostlogin wrote: post #175
Aromasin wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Strongly disagree, depending how your commute is. In my office and on the factory floor we've had 3 major cycling accidents just in the last year - the latest guy was put into a coma for 2 weeks. I cycled for 6 months before I could afford a car, and counted 11 separate incidents that could have ended with me hospitalized if it weren't for some adrenalin fuelled swerves. Had one accident where someone failed to indic…

Where in the world is this and how many people at your workplace cycle? That’s a very depressing story.

South of England. The town is also known as the worst place for cycle commutes outside London, which probably will single it out. We've probably got about 2k people across design, HR, head office and the factory floor, but of that I don't see more than maybe 50 people cycle, and of that only 20 or so regulars (mainly because it's just too dangerous). I bet you can imagine how fun that is with everyone trying to get out of work.

The local council (local government in the UK) have had a massive drive to get new cycle lanes in place - problem is, they're also completely inept so have put them in places where nobody cycles anyway. I've been told they are where they are purely to fulfil a quota so they don't look so statistically bad when compared to other municipalities, which honestly wouldn't surprise me. They painted road markings for nigh-on 10km of unused road, whereas all of the roads leading to the major industrial and office estates where people travel to daily have been completely neglected. It's beyond infuriating.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by faceplanted »

Aromasin wrote: post #141
znull wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Statistically, it's the other way around.

Strongly disagree, depending how your commute is. In my office and on the factory floor we've had 3 major cycling accidents just in the last year - the latest guy was put into a coma for 2 weeks. I cycled for 6 months before I could afford a car, and counted 11 separate incidents that could have ended with me hospitalized if it weren't for some adrenalin fuelled swerves. Had one accident where someone failed to indic…

Judging by your language here and the fact you couldn't already drive, I'm guessing you're British, was this London? Because cycling has gotten a lot better in London in the last few years and I'm interested what your route is.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by thom »

I've hired people from here, and have been consistently impressed with the quality of CVs I've received whenever advertising roles. The only recruitment agency I've worked with that has been able offer candidates of the same level/niche would charge me $1500 a month or more.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by r0rshrk »

jacquesm wrote: post #181
jader201 wrote: post #75

I started the "Who wants to be hired?" threads over 5 years ago [1] after dang giving his blessing on it [2], and was super excited that it led to the job [3] that I still happily hold today. I really wish these threads were more active -- and received more upvotes -- relative to the "Who's hiring" threads, as it seems like the signal to noise is so much better, and also seems like the success rate would be quite a b…

I'd love for the whole 'hiring' section to be made a permanent fixture rather than a thing that only happens once every month. A spot in the top bar would be best.

There's already a jobs link there

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by pzo »

I just gave it a go yesterday but I don't have high expectations. Even in "Who is hiring" thread I noticed most offer are onsite USA - at least for me (iOS developer) and for many this is out of reach or they don't want to go through lengthy VISA process.

"Remote" tag is often confusing since in many cases it means: 1) Remote but USA only 2) Remote but only 1-2 days a week 3) We put remote just to grab your attention and to get more candidates but we actually prefer onsite

Personally this often discourage me to apply even if otherwise I could be a good fit. Also if you put REMOTE I guess for many companies you are no-go candidate since you haven't gained trust yet.

As for me I wouldn't mind relocating somewhere for the first few months for higher bandwidth communication and to gain some trust but that rarely works if company doesn't have remote culture.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by moveq_0_d0 »

iKevinShah wrote: post #163
summarity wrote: post #154

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Based on your skill set, we'd hire you immediately (we're a listed, 3000+ employee company). I work in the Berlin office, but we do have offices in every world region. The other comment here is BS. People who work with Windows Server, AD and .NET are sorely needed. Even more so in Europe, where an enterprise world exists that HN people apparently never heard of (see your 'oddball' statement). The real problem here is…

While I am not applying / not eligible for the post but this is so refreshing to see: > We don't save the world. We don't stop climate change. We don't use AI to be the next Uber of X. We need somewhat skilled devs working on (what HN would consider) boring problems, to help tens of thousands of companies/IT people get other boring shit done quickly.

Nice summary. From my experience in the corporate world there is a huge amount of legacy software to work on, to migrate to more modern platforms (read: the web) and to replace with better software. All while people depend on it to get their work done every single day. Working brownfield and bespoke custom software, often on Windows in VB6 or Access, is not giving you elegance cred but it's definitively giving you street cred on the market for not requiring shiny toys to get work done.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone ever been hired from “Who wants to be hired?” threads?

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Post by moveq_0_d0 »

bayesian_horse wrote: post #172
moveq_0_d0 wrote: post #168

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We are hiring at the moment, have a look here: https://www.redheads.de/joomla/index.php/?option=com_jobs&vi...

Looks interesting...

Feel free to send your CV anytime. Our HR staff are super approachable and nice to work with.
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