When I was searching. I went through the listings and sent out a number of messages. Not bulk, but carefully looked at each company. Gauged my interest and figured out why I wanted to work there. Nary a response. I thought it was because I was a lurker, and didn't post before that point.
Ask HN: Ever been hired through a “who's hiring” post?
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#12Yep. Sent an email a couple months back from a WhoIsHiring thread. Got hired after about 7 rounds. By a company 15 mins away from my house. :)
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#13Yep. Got hired by a German startup as a senior software developer, worked there remotely 3 years and quit last year. Our tech team grew from 3 to 10ish, and I think most were hired through a "who's hiring" post.
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#14No, but I have had some fantastic companies reach out to me, just not the right position for one reason or another. http://angel.co ended up having the right fit though which I discovered through some other comment on HN.
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#15Yes <3 UseTrusted, Software Engineer Intern :)
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#16Yup, came to Smarkets (https://smarkets.com/) 3 years ago via hiring thread. Before that got to a number of interviews through earlier ones.
Some of our more recent engineers have come via the monthly thread too.
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#17I've gotten a pretty high response rate to my applications to HN Who's Hiring posts, but about half those companies end up ghosting me. I had good experiences (prompt, courteous, professional, etc.) with DigitalOcean and CrowdStrike though I did not receive an offer from either.
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#18It sounds a little like you are disappointed about never having succeeded at finding a job via the monthly posts.
Despite obvious reasons like lack of corresponding skills or lack of intention on the job poster's side this can have a lot of other reasons, though. Finding a good match and having the right ressources, department green lights, etc ready just at the time when you want to hire is also tough. Lots of things can go wrong. Hope you keep up trying!
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#19Two years ago when the "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?" thread appeared for the first time I wasn't quite happy where I was at, and posted my details. I was located in the Netherlands at the time and literally one of hundreds posting, thus I didn't have too high a hopes, but why not.
A few local companies reached out, and I interviewed with one or two, but for whatever reason neither ended up working out. At that point I wrote it off and went on with life.
Two months after the post someone from RethinkDB reached out explicitly mentioning it. It later turned out he had gone back through all the posts. After two phone interviews they flew me in, had a the hardest interview in my life to date, but ended up with an offer which I happily accepted.
The rest is history as they say. I had a great time at RethinkDB until about two months ago when we unfortunately had to shut down.
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#20Went through phone + video screen, in-person interview (they flew me down), and was finally hired several years back (May 2013 was the posting date, but I replied directly to an individual @apple.com email; can't find the original HN post) as a full time Sr Engineer at Apple through exactly this. I was living in Portland, OR at the time, so they paid for relocation too. Took a few weeks, but there was communication on both sides throughout.