Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#191

Post by c64e7c165b9a40b » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:04 PM UTC

Not me.

  Location: US
  Remote: N/A
  Willing to relocate: Fuck no.
  Technologies: Beside the point.

Many years ago this industry adopted management philosophies like Agile/Scrum in an effort to reduce a craft to factory work - and in the process reduced developer efficiency by many times. Now we have AI and every developer is instead a manager of very fast robot monkeys hammering out garbage.

Why would I want to be hired in this environment? I'd rather starve.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#192

Post by jcalvinowens » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:08 PM UTC

  Location: Bay Area, CA, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C, C++, Linux, drivers, embedded, HPC, networking, video, radio, yocto
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/jcalvinowens/misc/blob/main/resume/resume.pdf
  Email: calvin@wbinvd.org

I solve technical problems in exchange for monetary compensation. I do a little bit of everything: https://github.com/jcalvinowens

I currently have 20 hours/week available. I'm not considering full time roles at this time, only contract work. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#193

Post by chrislqta » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:14 PM UTC

  Location: SF, bay area
  Remote: Sure
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Product/Market Fit, Strategy, Product growth, startups
  Resume: www.napkinlabs.io
  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrislqta/
  Email: https://forms.gle/mNYbETMkAKaaPkbt6

I’m offering three b2b startups a FREE product market fit workshop.

What: A 1.5 day foundation sprint to refine your product/market fit hypothesis.

Great for: B2B startups just getting started and want to build or validate their thesis. AND startups working on product expansion into new areas.

Outcomes: clear target audience, problem, and solution that come together to into a winning recipe for product/market fit

Why: I’m testing the workshop out for practice, and I might consider offering it commercially.

To express interest, please fill out the form above. Everyone will get a response.

I’m a Fractional Product Advisor, working with startups building B2B Vertical Software, with a special focus on brick-and-mortar merchants. I’m a professional skeptic; I like to challenge strongly held beliefs in order to reframe them for greater success. I lead through curiosity, with genuine care for users, and for the thrill of growth.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#194

Post by flashu » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:28 PM UTC

  Location: Poland GMT+1
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: AWS/DevOps, Python, SQL, Linux, Docker
  CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dV_jgsxzmxsylDurfIrOpua3W7hNnpAB/view
  Email: sebastian [at] nowak [dot] ninja
  Other: working on B2B contracts
  Summary: Hi, I am in IT for 20+ years, have development background and since 2013 I am focusing on AWS related projects, worked for big companies, managed 1000+ AWS accounts, migrated this and that and built greenfield projects. I am interested in tech/lead roles.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#195

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#196

Post by hanapbuhay » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC

  Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: AWS, RDS/Aurora MySQL & Postgres, Kafka, MongoDB, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, Datadog, Python, Prometheus, SQL
  Contact: For opportunities or conversations, please reach out via LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/a12nold

I’m a senior-level Database Reliability (DBRE) and Platform Engineer with deep experience across AWS RDS (Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL), Kafka, Redshift, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD and observability tooling. I’ve supported high-traffic production environments in gaming, retail and subscription video on demand (SVOD), reduced annual cloud costs by more than $1M, built near zero-downtime database migration pipelines and led large multi-node upgrade and reliability efforts.

I’m happiest in roles where I can stay hands-on while helping shape the technical approach for data and infrastructure. My focus is building reliable, scalable data platforms and solving the performance and infrastructure challenges that show up in real production systems. I’m looking for opportunities in DBRE, platform engineering or cloud database architecture where I can contribute quickly, especially in areas like observability and performance. I’m open to both full-time and contract roles.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#197

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:37 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#198

Post by smitxpatel » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:42 PM UTC

Bio: I am Smit. I am a trained scientist (PhD in bioengineer) with 5+ years implementing enterprise life science software for biotech and pharma. I’m pursuing opportunities in solutions architecture, solutions engineering, or technical business development at life-science software companies building ELN/LIMS/MES platforms.

-- Location: Austin, TX Remote: Yes (preferred) Willing to relocate: Yes, for the right life-science SaaS opportunity Technologies: ELN/LIMS/MES implementation • Workflow architecture • GMP & FDA-regulated systems • Integration Planning • Technical Training • JavaScript • Docker • Git • AWS basics • Scientific data models • Life Sciences Expertise US Citizen Résumé/CV: https://rb.gy/iz45kj Email: smitxpatel@gmail.com --

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#199

Post by pkb » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:53 PM UTC

Location: Ireland, EU Remote: YES (strongly preferred) Willing to relocate: no Technologies:

  - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, CentOS)

  - Services: Apache, Samba, NFS, DNS, Kerberos, OpenAFS, MySQL, Zabbix, Nagios, Monit, Amanda,

  - Security: OSSIM, OSSEC/Wazuh, USM Anywhere, 

  - Automation: FAI, Ansible, 

  - Scripting: Bash, Python,

Résumé/CV: available by e-mail, Email: pk.b@interia.pl

About me: 30 years of experience with Linux based systems, on desktop, server and in the cloud. Experienced in sysadmin and technical support roles, troubleshooting complex problems with hardware and software over SSH and in web browser.

Re: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)

#200

Post by mbaker » Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC

  Location:     Dana Point, CA
  Remote:       Hybrid, Remote or In-Office
  Willing to relocate: Yes, within California
  Technologies: PHP, Python, Java, SQL, JSON, API integration + 
                Front-end, notifications, accessibility, forms, dashboards, reports
  Résumé/CV:    https://definite.dev/mibake/resume
  Email:        michael.baker@definite.dev

Full Stack Engineer, with an eye on fast turnaround times, a heart for inclusive brand experiences, a passion for secret portals and a driving need for client deliverable approval. [metaphor extension accepted] Together, with my calmly calculated conscious brain, my interrupting creative idea impulse and my real-world dominant eye's focus on delivering desired results to those who hire me, we can, and will, produce something even more valuable than money.

I'm looking to join a team full time.

I'm also available to work on freelance projects during the holidays.