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Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by Flynner44 »

Sr. Software Engineer (On-Site) | Ann Arbor, MI | HookLogic Inc.

HookLogic sells the equivalent of search and digital end-cap advertising within e-commerce sites Walmart.com, Target.com, Costco.com, Peapod and more. And its CPG Network of retailers has just grown by two with the addition of FreshDirect and Drugstore.com. Rather than work out deals individually with these retailers, brands bid across HookLogic network sites to improve their display position or insert product listings in ads that appear next to search results. Then HookLogic tracks the online sales impact across the network.

•5+ years of development experience

•Extensive experience with OOP in C#, Java, or other language(s)

•Skilled with JavaScript, JQuery, and JSON/XML.

•Requires little oversight beyond initial direction

•Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.

•The ability to clearly express technical concept verbally and in writing.

•The confidence and discretion to work directly with clients as required.

•Self-motivator with strong work ethic and the ability to multitask

Apply Here: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/HookLogicInc/92595916-sr-sof...

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by timmyb »

Wanderu | Boston | Lead Front-End Developer

A hot startup in the bus and train space. We code in Python, JavaScript, and Node.

We are looking for a lead web developer (or full stack developer) who excels at coding, architecting, and mentoring.

If you are interested, apply at: https://www.wanderu.com/jobs

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by TheHunter »

Social Tables | Washington, DC | Full Stack JS | Full-Time (Onsite)

Social Tables is one of the hottest #DCtech startups with excellent employees, culture, and revenue numbers. We’re ~125 employees in an awesome newly renovated downtown DC office steps from metro center.

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Reasons you should be working at Social Tables:

- Full Stack JS

- Solid combination of cutting and bleeding edge tech in production

- Hiring talented engineers from junior to senior including specializations in backend and 3D

- Everyone gets stock

- Committed to hiring good

- Committed to helping you grow as an engineer

- https://jobs.lever.co/socialtables

I’m Hunter@socialtables.com (Dir. of Engineering). Feel free to apply online or email me directly to talk / get the inside track.

* Happy to talk about non dev roles too.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by csbubbles »

cookiecaper wrote: post #872
csbubbles wrote: post #785

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a couple of things worth mentioning here. 1. "I have kids that I can use my vacation time for". If you think this way, you shouldn't apply for a job at a startup. You need to be prepared that there is a good chance for you to not spend a minute with your family, nor to have a vacation, over next months/years. 2. From what I learned, startups don't necessarily hire the best technical person. The are looking…

>1. "I have kids that I can use my vacation time for". If you think this way, you shouldn't apply for a job at a startup. You need to be prepared that there is a good chance for you to not spend a minute with your family, nor to have a vacation, over next months/years. This is 100% a ridiculous belief that investors try to cram into founders' heads so they can get more free labor (on top of the already-depressed sala…

I am not an investor, but a startup founder. Please don't take it the wrong way, but I would have never hired a person who thinks the way you write. I am sure you are a great person, skilled and experienced technically, and all that stuff. But when you are trying to get a new business off the ground, you basically risk your whole life. If you surround yourself with people who don't share your beliefs and goals, who you can't rely on, who care about other things more than about building a successful business, you are totally doomed from the beginning. There is nothing wrong, by the way, with the way you treat such things. Most people on Earth are not entrepreneurs, so it's expected. The point was that if you think that way, you should never even think about joining a startup (at least not at the initial stage).

Regarding the skills, the motivation is much more important (I believe, at least). Say, if you don't know a thing about software engineering, but you love the industry the product targets at, and you are willing to learn, I would be happy to hire you and reject all the experienced engineers from Google, Facebook and other fancy companies who don't give a damn about the product, regardless of how skilled they are.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by cookiecaper »

csbubbles wrote: post #884
cookiecaper wrote: post #872

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>1. "I have kids that I can use my vacation time for". If you think this way, you shouldn't apply for a job at a startup. You need to be prepared that there is a good chance for you to not spend a minute with your family, nor to have a vacation, over next months/years. This is 100% a ridiculous belief that investors try to cram into founders' heads so they can get more free labor (on top of the already-depressed sala…

I am not an investor, but a startup founder. Please don't take it the wrong way, but I would have never hired a person who thinks the way you write. I am sure you are a great person, skilled and experienced technically, and all that stuff. But when you are trying to get a new business off the ground, you basically risk your whole life. If you surround yourself with people who don't share your beliefs and goals, who y…

I'm an entrepreneur too. I'm indicating that the philosophy you're sharing serves only the investors, and that's why they try to ingrain it into naive or inexperienced founders.

There is a problem when you allow your work to consume everything. Things are out of balance. That's true no matter how small or big the company is. It's not healthy for the founders or the employees to behave that way.

This isn't to say that one shouldn't spend a lot of time working on stuff or that strict insistence on a 40-hour week is always appropriate, but there is more to life than work, even when you're trying to get a startup off the ground!

Some equilibrium must be maintained, for the sanity of all. Specifically, delaying important familial developments like marriage and children or spending so much time engrossed in work that you become negligent of your familial responsibilities is absolutely an unfair trade, no matter how rich you get from the startup lottery (and realistically, you'll probably get 0 rich, which makes neglecting permanent, irrevocable relationships like family even less intelligent).

I understand that you disagree and would avoid hiring someone who is interested in work-life balance, and that's fine, but my belief is that this attitude is not good and you're not going to get good people with it. It artificially constrains your selection of talent to the naive and/or the desperate, neither of which make a good foundation for a company.

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by VicePrice »

rlgupta wrote: post #867
VicePrice wrote: post #865

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! I sent my resume to the email posted above and I received this response "For 18F only: Please keep in mind that resumes sent to us via email are not able to be considered as a valid application. The only way to apply is through our site (link above)." Could you clarify?

Hi, I thought we corrected that but I'll double check. We had to temporarily take down our application system. Your email application is definitely valid. Thanks for sending in your resume.

Thanks for clarifying

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by cogg »

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We have a number of open positions:

  - Software Engineer (primarily Python) (Santa Monica)
  - Software Engineer (primarily Perl) (Santa Monica or remote)
We're growing rapidly and have a large customer base (primarily small and medium sized businesses). We have interesting problems to solve in the areas of search, yield management, analytics, scalability and new product development. If you'd like to learn more, please visit: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/hiring/technology or email us at techjobs@ziprecruiter.com

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by kafkaesq »

csbubbles wrote: post #884
cookiecaper wrote: post #872

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>1. "I have kids that I can use my vacation time for". If you think this way, you shouldn't apply for a job at a startup. You need to be prepared that there is a good chance for you to not spend a minute with your family, nor to have a vacation, over next months/years. This is 100% a ridiculous belief that investors try to cram into founders' heads so they can get more free labor (on top of the already-depressed sala…

I am not an investor, but a startup founder. Please don't take it the wrong way, but I would have never hired a person who thinks the way you write. I am sure you are a great person, skilled and experienced technically, and all that stuff. But when you are trying to get a new business off the ground, you basically risk your whole life. If you surround yourself with people who don't share your beliefs and goals, who y…

If you surround yourself with people who ... care about other things more than about building a successful business

I've worked with all kinds of laggards, attitude cases and/or bona fide sociopaths my time; most are difficult to spot up front.

But show me someone who genuinely cares more about their employer's or their own business than their spouse and their children, and who hasn't done the only honorable thing to do once they've reached that point -- namely, to file for no-fault divorce and unambiguously hand over custody of said children to said spouse; along with a hefty trust fund for each kid -- then at least I'll know they'll be impossible to work for or with in any capacity, and inevitably a poison pill to any effective, sustainable organization.

In other words -- you're bluffing. No one (who isn't single and without kids) genuinely believes that you shouldn't "care about other things more than about building a successful business". Everyone knows that it's a balancing act -- it's just a question of how you tune the parameters.

But if you genuinely, literally believe that -- then do the world a favor, and put the following disclaimer on each and every job description you put out: "Please be advised that this position is not suitable for persons entrusted with the care of young children (or minors). And in any case, such persons will not be hired."

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by mcmancsu »

FullContact (https://fullcontact.com) | Denver, Boulder, Dallas, Riga | Full-Time | Remote or On-site

FullContact’s mission is to help the world stay fully connected, master its contacts, and be awesome with people. (& yes - all roles include $7,500 Paid PAID Vacation: https://www.fullcontact.com/blog/paid-paid-vacation/)

We are currently hiring:

* Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

* Senior Security Engineer

* DevOps / SRE

* Android Developer - Riga

* Product Designer

More details about the open positions: https://www.fullcontact.com/about/careers/

Re: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)

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Post by oladon »

oladon wrote: post #354

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