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Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by throwaway95837 »

che_shirecat wrote: post #34
throwaway95837 wrote: post #18

I 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…

this post reeks of wishful thinking and general bullsh*t. "100% owner", "7 figures", "100% retention rate" - some really lazy hyperbole...

If only I had taken the advice in life I dismissed so quickly out of disbelief, just like you're doing now, I'd be where I am so much faster.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by theparanoid »

lj3 wrote: post #36
throwaway95837 wrote: post #18

I 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…

This sounds like the kind of job I'm looking for. The problem is, my resume is filled with those red flags of yours because I used to be that guy with the huge resume who was hungry for "interesting work". Now I'm just a senior dev looking for a steady paycheck away from the rat race. Any tips for how I go about communicating that to potential employers?

A resume doesn't need to be exhaustive. It's common to leave off a J.D. when applying to non-law positions (precisely because of this).

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by bleachedsleet »

mattschmulen wrote: post #39
throwaway95837 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tech skills are only one dimension of a multidimensional process that employers like me use to make decisions. I am here to offer contrarian advice that might be helpful to someone early in his career who might be a great programmer but may also be dismayed because he thinks the only path to a successful tech career is devoting your life to your job or going to an ivy league school and I am here to say that is not th…

I don't understand why (forgive me for the generalization) blue collar work ethic and blue collar loyalty are so often dismissed in the tech field. Some of the best advice I ever received was 'execute in the seat your in'. Sure there are higher order strategies to work out but grow into it and growth is around growing into the company, not just growing into your specific vertical profession. Kudos on your directness.

A few reasons I can think of off the top of my head:

1) Anything that can be effectively described as "blue collar" will probably be replaced by automation within 3-10 years depending on the job. 2) Creative thinkers should be valued more highly in the tech field than those that can just follow orders blindly. Very few tech fields emulate an assembly line and the ability to think for yourself and develop an alternative solution is and should be highly valued. 3) Most people in the tech field, both employees and employers, are probably intellectual to a degree and free thinkers in and of themselves. So the cycle continues.

I'd also like to point out that this idea of a blue collar work ethic is somewhat flawed. There is not specific work ethic associated with the blue collar worker naturally; it's just a result of never having enough money for pleasure, so work becomes a part of the routine. The job doesn't matter as much when you're dirt poor as long as it's making money, and the risk of job loss is what you're describing as loyalty. This is really nothing more than a capitalist machine at its worst, not some utopic worker's attitude we should all aspire to.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by damosneeze »

I work at Real World React. We specialize in training engineers on front-end web development, specifically React, Redux, RxJS, and related technologies. We've trained engineers from Twilio, OpenTable, NerdWallet, Tesla, Esurance, and many more. We are based in SF.

Since we also do private consulting and project-based work in addition to our workshops, we have recently got to talking with our clients about helping them get full-time employment. So I think this post is pretty timely and very relevant to us. Here are a few reasons why we think React is important for the job market.

Lots of companies are choosing React for their front-end these days. It allows your front-end devs to embrace the full power of JavaScript for the front-end -- no more messing around with jQuery and tons of plugins. Sure, there's a bit of a learning curve, like all new things. But there is now a large and devoted community to React and it's only growing. A personal friend of mine convinced his boss to greenfield their entire app with 10,000 lines of jQuery, and rewrite it entirely in React. He was a new hire (and also a great communicator/salesman).

Coding bootcamps are embracing React as well. Since most of these institutions survive year-to-year based on how well their placement numbers are for graduates, they are paying close attention to the trends in development. One could argue that since they are probably more technical than the average recruiter, they may even have a better grip of the pulse. FullStack Academy, of New York and Chicago, recently wrote a blog on why they're moving their curriculum from Angular to React (https://www.fullstackacademy.com/blog/angular-to-react-fulls...). App Academy (SF & NYC) has had React in its curriculum for a number of months (https://www.appacademy.io/immersive/curriculum). And I've personally spoken with alumni of Hack Reactor in SF who said that most students built their capstone project in React (or attempted to).

Is React the best solution? That's arguable, as all things are. It also depends on what you want to accomplish. But for the relevancy of this post -- asking what tech skills people will be hiring for in 2017 -- I would argue that React is going to be one of the top skills. And with that includes...

Redux Webpack Immutable RxJS

As far as backend, the top three technologies that we've seen with our clients are:

Python Go Docker

But of course, all of this is moot without the foundation of strong JavaScript skills. Our students who have strong JS skills pick up React quickly -- those who don't only get confused.

Anyways, if you are skilled in React and other related technologies and you are looking for work, you can always email me: ben at realworldreact dot com with some info about yourself and/or your resume.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by mtam »

Industry: Enterprise ERP tools and add-ons

- Developers: We use mostly java, swift, and JS (Angular 2) but we always look for polyglot developers, full stack developers, or whatever you want to call someone that see the language as a mean to achieve a goal and not the goal itself.

- DevOps: Deep ec2 knowledge and experience. AWS certification is a plus

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by dev_throw »

iopuy wrote: post #13
hobonumber1 wrote: post #2

I 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.

Yeah, I am curious as to what skills are most prized in frontend engineers.

Sidetone: I am semi-actively looking for a Javascript Engineer job (fullStack or frontend with ~2 yr exp). Are y'all hiring?

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by sidcool »

eganist wrote: post #5

So 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…

This is my absolutely favorite work. I love coding, but I absolutely love enabling developers by providing a solid architecture and DevOps ready infrastructure. Would love it.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by uniclaude »

throwaway95837 wrote: post #18

I 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…

Where I live (Japan), this is the most common strategy. The best way to get a job in Japan is to tailor your resume in order to show a maximum of loyalty. Anything too far from the norm can be a red flag (like not being married).

The best advice to take from your post is to make sure you know which type of company you're applying to. A small bootstrapped lifestyle business probably won't hire like a hot SV funded startup, which makes a lot of sense.

Re: Ask HN: Hiring managers, what tech skills will you be hiring for in 2017?

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Post by sidcool »

alex-mohr wrote: post #25

I manage the Google Container Engine and Kubernetes team in Seattle (we have other sites in Mountain View and Warsaw). Aside from the obvious interest in building container orchestration systems, I look for a passion to solve real user problems, not only building a piece of tech. Bonus points for knowing about Docker or containers or clouds or Golang or security. More points for meeting users where they are. And the…

Wow, working with Google would be a dream come true for me. However, most of my experience is with Amazon ECS and Docker, tried a bit of Mesos.
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