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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 tomne »

beachstartup wrote: post #21
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…

here, i'll paraphrase for you, since i'm a "real world" hiring manager as well, with a business that i keep anonymous/secretive on hn. "a reliable person who can actually, really, like, totally for real drive a problem to resolution and then go spend time with family. if there's an emergency, they pick up their phone and try to help." this is a small percentage of the population, but big enough. it's why we (based in…

That pitch is great, if rarely seen.

My job entails emergencies from time to time, and it's rewarding to solve an issue at the customer, before it gets out of hand, while still solving problem on the long-term roadmap during the day.

What I do regret is the complete lack of remote, meaning I will pretty much leave this job soon, as my fiancée is currently living on the other side of the planet.

It's great to see companies that do care for employees well-being in other ways than office perks, and I'd love to see more of that in the future. Are you still looking for applicants?

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

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Post by ritchiea »

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.

In your opinion what does it mean to know JavaScript?

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

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Post by Sukotto »

JamesBarney wrote: post #54

C# + js /w react a plus Oil and Gas

Trading or Physical? Where are you based?

I was once a Front office dev (Microsoft Stack) for commodity trading house. If you are in USA, Canada, or Japan, I'm interested in learning more about your business.

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

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Post by teknologist »

dccoolgai wrote: post #6

I hire frontend and mixed web devs. What I'm looking for is a mature understanding of the web platform from devs at all levels. + basic architecture and good practices for mid-level devs. + business and deep architecture for seniors. + for new web platform things like Service Workers, advanced SVG. Could care less about whatever franework is hot this week.

The expression is "could not care less", meaning you're already caring the least possible amount.

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

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Post by erichurkman »

Things in our full stack (Python, React, Ansible/AWS, APIs), a focus on strong front end engineers that are interested in mentorship-type roles. There's a unique-ish role for someone to come help us solve remote office work (think piloting VR or new techs to enable me to work closely with someone 1,000 miles away but make it feel like they are 2 feet away). Focus on security/devops.

We may also need a strong lead for a new business unit, a role akin to 'founder lite' — you run a business unit with two others, you have your own burn rate, your own P&L, etc. The strongest skills someone can have for it are former founder experience (aka: broad experience doing lots of things, moving quickly, MVP, etc).

Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seattle.

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

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Post by Retra »

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?

Your resume only contains what you choose to put on it.

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

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Post by meritt »

Intelligence. Tenacity. Ambition. Judgement.

Bonus points for recognizing the bullshit parade that is the current startup world. e.g.: NodeJS has value, but it's mostly the same wheel we've had for 20+ years. Or that MongoDB's changelog has consisted of standard SQL features for the past five years and that pgsql would have been just fine (had people read some boyce-codd anyhow).

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

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Post by jayajay »

You sound like a very cynical, older person. I'm interested to hear your story and why you have developed strong views on things that make a pretty small difference in the grand scheme of things. Any bad experiences that we could learn from? Thanks in advance.

Edit: I'm not trolling, sorry if my post sounds insincere. If there's a good fucking story behind your statements, I want to hear it.

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

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Post by jayajay »

beachstartup wrote: post #21
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…

here, i'll paraphrase for you, since i'm a "real world" hiring manager as well, with a business that i keep anonymous/secretive on hn. "a reliable person who can actually, really, like, totally for real drive a problem to resolution and then go spend time with family. if there's an emergency, they pick up their phone and try to help." this is a small percentage of the population, but big enough. it's why we (based in…

That's because super "smart" people are taught that they will have 2-3 weeks to prepare for their biggest problems. In real life, big problems happen overnight, and you wake up to shitstorms. That said, some brilliant people emerge from Ivy Leagues, too.

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

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Post by inimino »

jayajay wrote: post #68

You sound like a very cynical, older person. I'm interested to hear your story and why you have developed strong views on things that make a pretty small difference in the grand scheme of things. Any bad experiences that we could learn from? Thanks in advance. Edit: I'm not trolling, sorry if my post sounds insincere. If there's a good fucking story behind your statements, I want to hear it.

Not a word of that sounded cynical to me, just realistic.
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