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

  Location: Philadelphia, PA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: With sufficient persuasion—especially relevant towards unique opportunities in Cascadia (Seattle/Portland), NorCal Bay Area (San Francisco), or Northeast Megalopolis (New York/Boston)
  Technologies: C/C++, Python, LaTeX, HTML/CSS, Julia, GLSL, OpenCL C, RPM SPEC, JavaScript, Markdown, NumPy/SciPy, PyTorch, Vulkan, OpenCL, Kubernetes, Docker, RPM, Hugo, Fused Deposition Modeling, Laser Cutting, Water Jet Cutting, CNC Milling, Soldering
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MHpj0-f86-98493ijWxv1NES4yXu26xU/view, https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-hallahan-a0aa34188/, https://erichallahan.github.io/about/
  Email: See https://erichallahan.github.io/about/ for contact details, with LinkedIn and Email ([given name][at][family name]s[dot]name) accepted

Remote only : 10 years remote, 12 years experience

Technologies : C, C++, SIMD, OpenGL, WebGL, WASM, JS, TS

Interests : systems programming, 2D & 3D graphics, performance

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Hello, my name is Jesse.

I describe myself as a competent generalist, and a lifelong learner. I'm frequently working on something I've never done before. My most recent professional experience has been about a year at a semiconductor startup; I wrote prototypes for an ISA, compiler and a (really sweet) cycle simulator & debugger.

In terms of hard technical skills, I can quickly become productive in nearly any language, and at any level of the stack. I'm comfortable working in soft-realtime environments which are heavily multithreaded/async, and performance is a key acceptance criteria. I have a good understanding of modern hardware architectures, including GPUs, from main memory to registers and instruction pipelines. I have working knowledge of interpreters and dynamic language runtimes, including GCs. I'm convinced I can learn nearly anything (albeit some things more quickly than others), given an appropriate problem domain to apply it to.

In terms of business value, I can take hand-wavy visions of new products and turn them into working prototype(s), quickly. I'm comfortable refining those raw materials and delivering real value to customers, internal or external. I have a long track record of successfully identifying 80/20 solutions and love the feeling of making tools that make peoples lives better.

I'm a natural leader; informal teams coalesce around me when I'm not in a labelled position of leadership. I aspire to someday, maybe in the far future, become a strong technical leader. One of my best qualities is my (nearly) unwavering personal vendetta against mediocrity. I'm generally friendly and easy to get along with, but do not hesitate to volunteer constructive criticism where I see room for improvement. This has caused friction for me in the past, but I'm now generally good at gently steering my teammates in the direction of technical excellence.

In my personal life, I enjoy travelling, surfing, climbing, backcountry skiing, snowmobiling, pirates, and attending raves. I like the phrase "have strong opinions, weakly held".

If I was born to do one thing in this world, it's program computers.

Jesse

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https://scallywag.software

https://scallywag.software/resume.html

https://github.com/scallyw4g

jesse@scallywag.software

  Location: Tbilisi/Georgia
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: TypeScript, Rust, Haskell, PureScript, LLMs, EVM tooling
  Résumé/CV: https://klntsky.dev/klntsky-cv.pdf
  Email: my username at google's mail service

  Location: Montreal, Canada
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: iOS/macOS (SwiftUI/Swift/UIKit/AppKit/Objective-C), Stock/Forex/Crypto APIs
  Tools: Xcode, Github, Figma, Jira/Linear/Trello, Cursor/ChatGPT
  Web: http://chriscomeau.com
  Resume/CV: http://chriscomeau.com/resume
  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiancomeau
  GitHub: https://github.com/chriscomeau
  Languages: English, French
  Email: chris.comeau@skyriser.com