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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 toyg »

bitwize wrote: post #14
andrew_ wrote: post #7

Several interviews with very few solid (or high quality) experiences. It's becoming a bit of a dumping ground for recruiters running out of ideas. Especially frustrating are the folks that don't seem to understand what "remote" means.

"Remote" means the job is 100 mi away, and you will be given the opportunity to work from home 1 day a week after a year on the job. Oh yes, and we will pressure you to interview with this client because we really need the commission money.

Remote also means you need a US visa, of course.

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

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Post by souprock »

viraptor wrote: post #23
souprock wrote: post #4

I've tried to find people that way, but usually there is nobody. Let's see, searching for "assembly" and "assembler" and "embedded"... 1. I already asked. He wants Rust and probably won't leave Albuquerque. Bummer. He'd be perfect. 2. Argentina... nope. 3. Barcelona... nope. 4. One might work. I probably already asked, but don't remember. 5. Remote only... nope. 6. Lisbon... nope. 7. Paris... nope. 8. I already asked…

> but usually there is nobody. Yet you list 11 people with 1 "ideal". There seems to be lots of people.

No. There are 2 to try, and 9 that are not possible due to location.

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

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Post by mevile »

Recruiter spam seems inevitable when responding to such posts, but the way I avoid long term recruiter spam is by creating an email addresses for each time I seek employment.

I own a domain so I create an email address such as career2019@example.com where example.com takes place for my actual domain. I recommend this. I also use this temporary email to sign up for linkedin for the duration of my employment seeking.

After having secured employment, I delete the linkedin and then never use the email again, nor look at whatever may arrive into its inbox.

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

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Post by viraptor »

souprock wrote: post #33
viraptor wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but usually there is nobody. Yet you list 11 people with 1 "ideal". There seems to be lots of people.

No. There are 2 to try, and 9 that are not possible due to location.

I get that. But it's not that there's nobody. (Available / with the right skills) There are no people matching your non-technical requirements, which is very different.

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

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Post by lzzzfelipe »

mevile wrote: post #34

Recruiter spam seems inevitable when responding to such posts, but the way I avoid long term recruiter spam is by creating an email addresses for each time I seek employment. I own a domain so I create an email address such as career2019@example.com where example.com takes place for my actual domain. I recommend this. I also use this temporary email to sign up for linkedin for the duration of my employment seeking. A…

You can always just do yourname+career2019@gmail.com

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

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Post by sailfast »

lzzzfelipe wrote: post #38
mevile wrote: post #34

Recruiter spam seems inevitable when responding to such posts, but the way I avoid long term recruiter spam is by creating an email addresses for each time I seek employment. I own a domain so I create an email address such as career2019@example.com where example.com takes place for my actual domain. I recommend this. I also use this temporary email to sign up for linkedin for the duration of my employment seeking. A…

You can always just do yourname+career2019@gmail.com

True, but then it's pretty easy to reverse-engineer what your actual email address is for later.

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

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Post by bacon_waffle »

dheera wrote: post #10
tonyarkles wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a shame you're not open to remote. I didn't post in that thread, but matching on "assembly", "assembler", and "embedded" is right up my alley. Unless you happen to be anywhere near Regina, SK :)

Let's avoid judging -- remote is awesome if it works, but a lot of people aren't open to remote precisely because they're in a field or industry where it's incredibly logistically difficult. For example if you're a hardware company it's often pretty hard to do work without the actual hardware in front of you.

You're not wrong, but for an awful lot of combinations of hardware and remote locations, it's reasonable to ship gear as needed. I do firmware work remotely, and think of occasional fast shipping (or more rarely, work trips) as a cost of doing business.
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