Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024)

Remote: Anything

Willing to relocate: Maybe

Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, HTML/CSS, SQL, Next.js, React, Tailwind, Docker, PM2, AWS EC2

Résumé/CV: https://waltertay.com/

Email: walter@bookslice.app

Looking for part-time work as I build my own products.

3.5 years experience as a Product Manager. Self-taught programmer. Currently doing full-stack and deployments for my own products (in addition to marketing, sales, etc.).

Willing to relocate: Depends on the location (but with a strong bias for EU-Schengen/US locations)

Technologies: Java, Python (and variants thereof like Groovy, Clojure, Pypy), Node/TS | AWS/Lambda Serverless, GCE/Kubernetes | Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB

Resume: https://bit.ly/3B3o65M (It links to my CV repo at Github, pinky promise. You can also visit github.com/.)

I'm not actively looking (hence why my resume link is obfuscated like that) but I'm at least interested in getting a feel for the market right now. That said, I'm willing to consider a position with a great fit for my skill set and career goals.

Here's my pitch: I have experience in a multitude of industries and positions. From improving legacy infra and processes in an established telco company to scaling a fast-moving startup from 200K to 2M users. In my free time, I love writing Code That Is Poetry but day-to-day I am not an idealist engineer who doesn't compromise. Well-engineered code is clean and correct but correct above all else.

Oh, also, I'm great at writing documentation. I consider myself introverted but apparently my communication skills are above average for Software Engineers. I also pride myself on my humility and modesty.

I'm currently a backend engineer developing features and improving infra for an online game with millions of daily active users. I'd love to explore other technical positions in the games industry short of joining a AAA studio because (a) I don't want to crunch and (b) my skill set does not lay that way; other tech-creative industries would also appeal to me! Another particular interest is in B2C businesses where the 'C' is software developers. I'd love to chat and network about opportunities; if you think you have a product that could benefit from my skill set, drop me a line!

  Location: South Wales, UK
  Remote: Any
  Willing to relocate: Possibly
  Technologies:
  - Vanilla JavaScript (with JsDoc type annotations)/HTML/CSS
  - Flutter/Dart
  - Monkey C (Garmin)
  - Hugo/Go
  - WordPress
  - Python
  - PHP
  - Sqlite/SQL
  Résumé/CV: mm-dev.rocks/mm-dev-cv.pdf
  Email: In CV

Although I love coding, I understand that soft skills are essential. Communication: to help convert ideas from a person's head into something which can be structured as code, and to properly manage expectations. To prioritise rationally. To raise issues when they become significant, not leave them to the last minute and cause panic.

Although I prefer Linux, I'm comfortable with Windows/Android/MacOS/iOS and maintain at least 1 working device for each of those OSes (so on multi-platform projects I can test on the real thing).

I'm particularly into repairability and getting the most out of cheaper, lower-powered devices.

I'm looking for short-term, full-time projects, or longer part-time commitments (eg 1-2 days a week, few hours a month on retainer) but am open to other ideas.

   Location : France
   Remote: only, maybe a trip or two once in a while
   Willing to relocate: probably not except for an incredible offer
   Technologies :
      - JS/TS
      - NextJS/Tailwind
      - NestJS
      - React Native/Expo (mainly iOS)
      - PostgreSQL/NoSQL
      - Docker
      - CI/CD, DevOps, Pulumi
      - Google Cloud
      - Software architecture/DDD/Clean Code

   Email : 04.thyms.nomade [at] icloud.com

Strong interest in the entire tech, product & business stack, from user psychology to low-level technical details.

Looking for any ambitious project with smart people :)