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Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by hgh »

Kluny wrote: post #17
hgh wrote: post #13

Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)

Same as the other commenter, I'm interested. Canadian but I'd like to work in Africa. HN doesn't display your email address, you have to post it in your bio.

Hi, send me an email on hans@zoona.co.za. I'm a Canadian working in Africa, so would be great to chat

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by hgh »

rrpadhy wrote: post #15
hgh wrote: post #13

Got a few interesting nibbles after posting on the who's hiring posts, but specific hiring submission didn't get far. We're based in Cape Town, so perhaps reader geography plays some part. If you're in our part of the world, have skills in frontend development, java, or python, and you want to work at a fast growing mobile payments company, send me a mail (email on profile)

This is something I would like to discuss a bit more.(not the job opportunity, but the responses) no email on profile. :) Please share if you don't mind me asking a few follow-up questions.

Checking my profile beforehand might have helped :)

Feel free to get in touch - hans@zoona.co.za

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by xerophtye »

rrpadhy wrote: post #67
jonnathanson wrote: post #46

I owe my writing career to HN. I have been writing my whole life (I probably put in my 10,000 hours before I left high school). But until recently, I'd never really considered it as a serious job option. Journalism rarely pays a living wage. Trying to sell book proposals is like trying to make a career out of buying lottery tickets. Unless you are confident you're the next J.K. Rowling [1], you should leave writing w…

Hey .... I could not have asked for more... Thanks for the detailed response. It really helps in my understanding and adds a not of value.

"not" is: ton*

I know normally corrections are frowned upon, but this should be an exception, it completely inverts the meaning!

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by zerr »

pbiggar wrote: post #34

We get great applicants ( https://circleci.com/jobs ), and have hired over half the company this way (maybe 6 or 7 people). However, we have a lot that appeals to the HN crowd: a flat organization, CircleCI is written in Clojure, the company is half remote, we make tools for developers and we're committed to private offices per dev for SF hires. So your mileage will definitely vary.

Why do you limit remote applicants with "US-only"?

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by rrpadhy »

xerophtye wrote: post #74
rrpadhy wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey .... I could not have asked for more... Thanks for the detailed response. It really helps in my understanding and adds a not of value.

"not" is: ton* I know normally corrections are frowned upon, but this should be an exception, it completely inverts the meaning!

Thanks ... yeah ... I meant ton ...

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by Bahamut »

RogerL wrote: post #57
bound008 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have done hiring at a YC company and elsewhere based on HN. Especially for sales jobs I would not respond because I want closers. Not people who wait around for the other party to act. ( Relevant: https://elasticsales.com/blog/2013/01/24/how-hire-best-hustl... ) For hiring freelancers on here, and FT engineers, I don't respond a lot to get an idea of personality, communication style, ability to confront, etc. For a…

So, you want something (good hires), and you do nothing to get them? You are contradicting your own advice. If somebody doesn't respond to me, I take that as an extremely loud and clear signal of "not interested" or "can't be bothered". It goes both ways.

Yep, I feel the same way. If you can't be bothered to handle being respectful of my time, your company is not one I want to work for. I have my pick of jobs, and do not appreciate wasting my time.

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by danielweber »

Bahamut wrote: post #78
RogerL wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, you want something (good hires), and you do nothing to get them? You are contradicting your own advice. If somebody doesn't respond to me, I take that as an extremely loud and clear signal of "not interested" or "can't be bothered". It goes both ways.

Yep, I feel the same way. If you can't be bothered to handle being respectful of my time, your company is not one I want to work for. I have my pick of jobs, and do not appreciate wasting my time.

For sales positions, it's not unreasonable to expect the candidate to show hustle.

For the most part, though, these explicit or implicit "personality tests" are just as well-thought-out as the dating advice from an issue of Cosmo. The candidate has to guess what the employer is looking for this month and try to match it.

Re: Ask HN: How effective have the job posts on HN been?

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Post by danielweber »

zerr wrote: post #76
pbiggar wrote: post #34

We get great applicants ( https://circleci.com/jobs ), and have hired over half the company this way (maybe 6 or 7 people). However, we have a lot that appeals to the HN crowd: a flat organization, CircleCI is written in Clojure, the company is half remote, we make tools for developers and we're committed to private offices per dev for SF hires. So your mileage will definitely vary.

Why do you limit remote applicants with "US-only"?

Dealing with remote employees is already something of an effort. It churlish to take the minority of companies willing to do it and complain that they aren't doing it enough because they want to stick with their native legal and social system.

(Can I let go of my remote employee in London? Do I need to "show cause"? How much will it cost me just to get a lawyer to answer that?)

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