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

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Post by cartothemax »

NoNameHaveI wrote: post #174
quickthrower2 wrote: post #87

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I would bike to work. It's a nice 12km. But I think it would significantly shorten my life expectancy.

You must live in Iowa, where looking a cyclist at worst, warrants a fund because it is "accidental". We have a major bike ride across the state from West to East every year, called RAGBRAI along a different route. And seemingly every year, at least one cyclist is killed. Rarely is anyone charged with a crime. Tragic

I stopped biking into work because of the danger of getting hit. It's only about 7 miles for me, but on about a daily basis I would almost get hit. Paths that heavily interact with automobiles are not safe at all. Cars turning out/in crossing my path and stoplight intersections were a constant threat.

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Post by 8draco8 »

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 is always https://whoishiring.io which is collecting job offerings from those threads and some more

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Post by paddy_m »

komali2 wrote: post #100
Frost1x wrote: post #70

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This idea always appealed to me in theory but I sweat so easily that it never made sense unless I want to show up covered in sweat and feel sticky all day. Maybe if there's a locker/shower I can use and go directly to work and shower there it could work for me.

I sympathize. My solution is a bit "much" but if you're looking for things to try: I wear my gym shirt while bicycling which I sweat into profusely. I get to work and lock myself in the family bathroom, where I take my gym shirt off. Then, I take out a linen towel I bought that packs super tiny, get it wet, and wipe down. I stand and cool and dry off for a bit, then put on the shirt I packed. The linen towel gets a s…

Great ideas. I also have started bringing in an extra pair of shoes - loafers. I sweat into my hiking shoes that I wear into work, take them and the socks off so they can dry, then wear loafers around the office. At the end of the day I reverse the process.

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Post by digitalsushi »

I got interviewed by two large linux os vendors that make roughly identical products, and both interviews were identical - they seemed to go extremely well, they spoke of having me fly in for team interviews, and how training would happen, but then they completely ghosted on me. With both companies I followed up a week later with a thank-you probe, but absolutely no follow up. Since it happened from both I was able to move on by convincing myself it was just procedural and not personal.

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Post by tibbon »

Yea, I've gotten at least two jobs that way - one fulltime, and another part time consulting. And a few interviews, which went well.

When I'm looking it, I just normally search for Ruby or Rails and see what pops up. I almost never get turned down for an interview if they are using one of those, which is likely due to having ~10+ years experience with them now.

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Post by dminor »

My previous job came from a "who wants to be hired" thread (and by extension my current job, which came about through people I worked with).

An engineering manager noticed my post and passed it to their internal recruiters. I was interviewing with multiple companies and they came out on top.

It turned out to be a great experience. After 4 years they were acquired and most of us have moved on, and several of us formed the engineering team at a seed stage startup.

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Post by mrdrmuffin »

ldoughty wrote: post #199
kreetx wrote: post #156

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I agree that the employers/readers of the thread are probably biased towards some areas, but is it really only web? I'd guess also native apps and statistics (machine learning) are quite popular.

Well... back end/infrastructure here (e.g. Linux admin & cloud engineer), so there's gotta be a few of us! But that's not supporting away from "web", it's at least not front end!

Same, backend engineer. I actually got hired from responding to a "Who's Hiring" post last year.
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