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Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?
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#12People who can be micro-managed and used as resources. People who will do the job.
Are you the guy I overheard on the train today repeating the phrase "...our Java resource says..." during his phone conversation?
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#13I work at SoundHound as a Senior Software Engineer, and take part in interviewing/hiring. Full-stack JavaScript engineers are still in very short supply. Lots of people claim to know JavaScript but many fall short when working across the stack. When I say full-stack, I mean being responsible for building and managing everything the front-end webserver (NodeJS), Database (Postgres/MySQL), and front-end (usually ReactJ…
We are also hurting for front-end javascript engineers and have found the exact same thing. People put javascript on their resume because they recognize the loops and other syntax from their cs classes but in reality know almost nothing about it.
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#14I work at SoundHound as a Senior Software Engineer, and take part in interviewing/hiring. Full-stack JavaScript engineers are still in very short supply. Lots of people claim to know JavaScript but many fall short when working across the stack. When I say full-stack, I mean being responsible for building and managing everything the front-end webserver (NodeJS), Database (Postgres/MySQL), and front-end (usually ReactJ…
Just took a look at your company's website. Looks interesting but I am a bit confused.
Can you explain what is your product? Not 100% sure I understand.
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#15In 2017 (or from this week :)), I am looking to hire 5 Sr. Dev/Cloud Ops Engineers, with competency in AWS (CloudFormation, IAM, etc), Azure, Chef, Terraform, general Ops. PM for more info.
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#16I work at SoundHound as a Senior Software Engineer, and take part in interviewing/hiring. Full-stack JavaScript engineers are still in very short supply. Lots of people claim to know JavaScript but many fall short when working across the stack. When I say full-stack, I mean being responsible for building and managing everything the front-end webserver (NodeJS), Database (Postgres/MySQL), and front-end (usually ReactJ…
Just took a look at your company's website. Looks interesting but I am a bit confused. Can you explain what is your product? Not 100% sure I understand.
I believe their original product was a song recognition system similar to Shazam. It looks like they've now expanded to other applications related to audio recognition and processing.
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#18I am 100% owner of an internet company making 7 figure profits annually. I am extremely secretive of my business, almost to the point that some would consider a pathology. However, I will divulge my hiring strategy, because even if everyone uses my method, there will still be many employees for me to choose from.
I look to hire people who just need a job. People who are qualified, but not overly qualified. People I know will depend on the job for a long time, but not looking to make it their lives. Hard workers - getting there on time, but also leaving at the stroke of 5. Ivy league schools are a red flag. Huge resumes are a red flag. These people will constantly question whether every decision is optimal, prod incessantly at company strategy, continuously try to impress, and are always hungry for praise, recognition, and "interesting work." When they get bored after 6 months, they quit and go somewhere else (remember they can easily do so because of their pedigrees), often to a competitor, bringing company secrets with them.
I need someone loyal, who knows how to take orders without question, and is prepared to do the work that needs to be done day in and day out because they want the paycheck. Reading the above, you might think I'm a terribly demanding boss, but using this hiring strategy has produced a 100% employee retention rate and by all accounts we are all quite happy.
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#19So given that I may likely be hiring in the web and mobile application security spaces again next year (I've _somehow_ filled all of my open positions this year; appsec is difficult to fill with external hires), I'm focusing specifically on three skills: • ability to assess tech/architecture risks in apps • experience in devops automation ("secdevops" if you will) • proven skill in communication regardless of depth T…
Super interested in this space. I checked your profile but only saw a keybase profile. A friend JUST hooked me up with an alpha tonight!
What if I am infosec/netsec/whatever student and I watch a ton of Pluralsight on AWS and Docker and I am starting to build my own lab. Will people hire someone like me? I ask publicly because I assume I'm not the only one.
Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?
#20I am 100% owner of an internet company making 7 figure profits annually. I am extremely secretive of my business, almost to the point that some would consider a pathology. However, I will divulge my hiring strategy, because even if everyone uses my method, there will still be many employees for me to choose from. I look to hire people who just need a job. People who are qualified, but not overly qualified. People I k…
I'm guessing druglord. Not too bright, takes orders without question. Fits the bill. How do you incorporate tech into that though. CRM?