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

#1

Post by threwawasy1228 » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 11:43 PM UTC

Just a simple question, I have seen stories of people who were hired based on the job postings threads. Never once have I heard of anyone getting anything other than recruiter spam from the Ask HN: Who wants to be Hired threads. I think it might be useful to hear stories either way.

Were you hired after someone contacted you?

Did you receive responses that weren't recruiter-spam from your posts there?

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#2

Post by eggie5 » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 11:46 PM UTC

I have

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#3

Post by mtmail » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 11:52 PM UTC

Similar a couple of months ago with 4 positive responses: "Ask HN: Has anyone got any offers via “Who wants to be hired” thread?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19062296

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#4

Post by souprock » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:33 AM UTC

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. He won't leave southwest Florida, even for Tampa or Melbourne. Bummer.

9. Bay Area and won't relocate... nope.

10. He's hesitant to relocate. Hmmm, I could try.

11. Paris... nope.

So that is the situation as of now, with 155 comments 7 hours after the post. I can email a couple of them.

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#5

Post by toyg » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:46 AM UTC

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…

Seems to me like the actual problem is staring you right in the face, though: you are not in a tech cluster and you don't want to countenance remote working. That instantaneously removes 90% of the pool - or rather 99%, since no city on Earth has 75m people in commuting distance. No wonder you struggle to find people, particularly for a hard skill like assembler.

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#6

Post by BowBun » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:46 AM UTC

I reached out to a company from a Who's Hiring post and got hired. Great job, got to move with relocation.

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#7

Post by andrew_ » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:51 AM UTC

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.

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#8

Post by tonyarkles » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:52 AM UTC

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…

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 :)

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#9

Post by trykondev » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:55 AM UTC

BowBun wrote: post #6

I reached out to a company from a Who's Hiring post and got hired. Great job, got to move with relocation.

I had a similar experience -- I found my current job on the "Who's Hiring" and it's by far the best job I've ever had.

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#10

Post by dheera » Tue, Jul 02, 2019, 12:57 AM UTC

tonyarkles wrote: post #8

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…

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.