Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by calebchandra » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:08 AM UTC

MONOKEI | Singapore / Malaysia or Remote | Full-time | Hardware / Electronics

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We're hiring for the following roles:

- mechanical engineer (please reach out directly)

- electronics hardware engineer

- senior firmware engineer

More information about the roles here: https://monokei.co/careers

We'll be happy to sponsor your work visa (if on-site work is required) to SG.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by orochimaaru » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:13 AM UTC

__xor_eax_eax wrote: post #259

orochimaaru wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a misrepresentation and basically using the Bay Area as a reference point. I’m in Chicago. Starting sw engineer salaries is probably around $90k-$100k. The housing nightmare exists but not as bad - depends on your school district. A good 3000 sq ft house in a suburb palatine/Arlington heights or Buffalo grove is around the $600k-$800k mark. You could obviously go smaller for a lower price.

So a house is 6x a yearly tech salary - that's pretty bad.

Starting salary, also if you want one that big. My first house cost me just $230k, which I sold for about $240k. That was about 1800 sq ft.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by sgerenser » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:18 AM UTC

ecshafer wrote: post #281

__xor_eax_eax wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

30 days vacation is wild to me. Almost couldn't put a value on that

30 days of vacation seems normal? Most places in finance you're going to get at least 20 days vacation and you get all NYSE holidays off typically. So that's 30. My first software job I had 23 days, could buy an extra week (So 28) plus 10 NYSE holidays so I had 38 total. Because of financial regulations, Finance/Insurance is are both typically in that 20+ range.

Yeah, 30 days vacation really isn’t that crazy in the U.S. tech world at least. I currently get 20 days vacation, an extra 5 available to buy, plus ~13 federal holidays off. I went ahead and bought the extra 5 days for this year since an extra 5 days of vacation was worth more than a marginal $3k or so.

My previous employer had just switched to an “unlimited PTO” policy and had I not been laid off I planned on taking at least 30 days off.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by all2 » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:20 AM UTC

kpdoumbia wrote: post #125

Canvas (The Spatial Computing Company) | Full-time | Onsite | Remote | At Canvas, we’re working on spatial computing - using computer vision to 3D reconstruct and understand your surroundings so that software can operate over real-world spaces. We believe it will power the next generation of augmented reality and some of the key parts of virtual reality as well. C++ Engineer (Portugal/Remote) | Full Stack QA (Portuga…

I'd be curious to hear about your take on gaussian splatting and whether or not you're looking into using technologies like it (NeRFs?) in your tech stack.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by all2 » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:23 AM UTC

prh8 wrote: post #121

ericmay wrote: post #74

Bold Penguin | Remote (US) | Full Time | Software Engineers Bold Penguin products help insurance agencies successfully quote and bind small business insurance policies with the click of button! We are growing fast and expanding our teams. Use Linux, macOS, or Windows along with whatever tools you enjoy using (Slack, Zoom, your choice IDE, etc.) If you don’t meet all of the qualifications please don’t worry. Apply any…

This is not really remote

For the curious:

Applicants must reside within 150 miles of one of the following cities:

    OH (Columbus)
    IL (Chicago)
    PA/NJ (Philadelphia, PA/Newark, NJ)
    TX (Austin/Dallas)
    FL (Tampa/Sarasota)
    CO (Denver)
    NC/SC (Charlotte, NC/Columbia, SC)

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:26 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by 0xevm1 » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:35 AM UTC

repelsteeltje wrote: post #211

I live in EU, earn approx €52,000 as a senior software engineer (whatever that might mean) and live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children, ... Don't consider myself rich, but doing good. Should I change jobs?! $168,000 - $350,000 for a Software Engineer seems outrageous. What am I missing?

you're missing that major markets within the US just started mandating salaries to be disclosed

prior information posted on "what salary does make" websites was just wrong

that's pretty much it

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by Racing0461 » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:36 AM UTC

repelsteeltje wrote: post #211

I live in EU, earn approx €52,000 as a senior software engineer (whatever that might mean) and live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children, ... Don't consider myself rich, but doing good. Should I change jobs?! $168,000 - $350,000 for a Software Engineer seems outrageous. What am I missing?

> live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children

I need 600k to have this in san francisco.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by ctvo » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:41 AM UTC

0xevm1 wrote: post #317

repelsteeltje wrote: post #211

I live in EU, earn approx €52,000 as a senior software engineer (whatever that might mean) and live a happy live with a house, mortgage, wife, children, ... Don't consider myself rich, but doing good. Should I change jobs?! $168,000 - $350,000 for a Software Engineer seems outrageous. What am I missing?

you're missing that major markets within the US just started mandating salaries to be disclosed prior information posted on "what salary does make" websites was just wrong that's pretty much it

> you're missing that major markets within the US just started mandating salaries to be disclosed

They post a range, not an exact salary. It's much less useful as it spans entry / mid all the way to staff+.

> prior information posted on "what salary does make" websites was just wrong

levels.fyi is pretty accurate.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)

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Post by epochwolf » Tue, Oct 03, 2023, 1:45 AM UTC

zevio wrote: post #246

epochwolf wrote: post #233

FCPEuro.com | Connecticut | Remote, US only | Full-time We sell European auto parts to customers in the United States. Looking for a QA engineer with Ruby on Rails experience. A well-qualified candidate will have a working knowledge of automated testing frameworks such as Cucumber, experience with web development, creation and execution of test plans/cases, and experience working directly with project stakeholders. h…

As a customer of FCPEuro, I just want to say they are one of the nicest marketplaces to work with. Lifetime warranty is GOAT.

I also think it's a great place to work.

The company has been around for a while and stayed committed to the principals they started with.

We’re a small team, all fully-remote, optimizing for sustainability. We get a lot done without people working weekends and burning themselves out. :)