Ask HN: Anyone work in Honolulu?

#1

Post by zeno00 » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC

Hey, I live on a Hawaiian island and I'm trying to migrate from freelance work (too all encompassing, stressful for what I get paid) to a "real" job.

Is the market as poor as it looks? I don't really care about the poor pay compared to the Bay but it doesn't look like there's anything there besides defense contractors.

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#2

Post by askmiso » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 10:54 PM UTC

It's definitely not as active as the mainland but there is a small startup community worth checking out around accelerators like Energy Excelerator and Blue Startups. I think Energy Excelerator has done a pretty good job of tapping into the defense and hospitality industry on the islands for capital and launch markets for their startups, and then finding roadmaps for their startups to break out later on into larger consumer and enterprise markets.

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#3

Post by gedy » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:28 PM UTC

Have you tried full-time remote? Benefit I see in your case is you are a few hours behind, which meshes well with late workers in California :-)

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#4

Post by bwb » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:31 PM UTC

Remote is possible, what is your focus?

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#5

Post by kgc » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:43 PM UTC

Do you have a resume? I have a position open. Remote is ok.

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#6

Post by augustocallejas » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:43 PM UTC

Hi, I live on Oahu but I've been working for a remote company on the mainland for the last 4 years. When I initially started my job search for jobs in Honolulu, I found several leads on techhui.com, so I would start there if you're looking for local work.

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#7

Post by bjhoops1 » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:47 PM UTC

I just moved to Oahu (Kaneohe) from the mainland, thanks to flexibility of a 100% remote gig. Worth checking out, and if you play your cards right you can get a solid salary to boot. weworktremotely.com, angel list, etc.

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#8

Post by augustocallejas » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 11:58 PM UTC

bjhoops1 wrote: post #7

I just moved to Oahu (Kaneohe) from the mainland, thanks to flexibility of a 100% remote gig. Worth checking out, and if you play your cards right you can get a solid salary to boot. weworktremotely.com, angel list, etc.

Hi bjhoops1, I also moved to Kaneohe (about a year ago). I also have a 100% remote job, so there's no commute into town each day, its nice.

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#9

Post by bjhoops1 » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 12:01 AM UTC

augustocallejas wrote: post #8

bjhoops1 wrote: post #7

I just moved to Oahu (Kaneohe) from the mainland, thanks to flexibility of a 100% remote gig. Worth checking out, and if you play your cards right you can get a solid salary to boot. weworktremotely.com, angel list, etc.

Hi bjhoops1, I also moved to Kaneohe (about a year ago). I also have a 100% remote job, so there's no commute into town each day, its nice.

Awesome! Windward side FTW. :D

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#10

Post by kevin1024 » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 12:14 AM UTC

I work for a small company in Kailua building real estate websites. The tech community here is small but super fun!

What's your skillset? Hit me up - kevin at realgeeks dot com