I know this isn't quite on topic, but this is the best possible crowd and I can't resist mentioning. I'm looking for a technical partner/CTO for The Lobby in NYC (I'm the founder/CEO of The Lobby to be clear): https://blog.usejournal.com/im-looking-for-a-technical-partn...
Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
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Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#32Great idea Deepak and all the best moving forward.
I am currently considering moving away from tech. When I started out, I had dreams but absolutely no contacts. I am especially bad at bullshitting my way through recruitment agencies and nothing has changed in 10 years. I am still at the same job.
Somewhere along the line I wish a service like this existed as it would have made all the difference.
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#33This is extremely smart. I hope you succeed, especially considering I was initially filled with cynicism for the first five seconds until I read your marketing type. Others might disagree, but it won me over because it reminded me of similar products in other markets. A good analogy in the audit space would be a pre-assessment. You pay for a pre-assessment to get an informal walk through the process on a much smaller…
Exactly! Do you have any thoughts on how to convey this benefit to users? Most of them get it, but sometimes we get people who compare us to "reaching out on LinkedIn" which clearly is not the case, since any other kind of conversation isn't really a practice run - it's the real thing!
Let's talk. I have some ideas, but I also have another vertical in mind that thrives on connections. I'm on keybase as bryant.
As for the simplest way: convey the benefits of practice runs (even if you don't want to call them "practice" -- maybe pre-screens?) not just as means for improving the odds of suitable outcomes but also for reducing the odds of adverse outcomes in an environment where character testimonials spread fast. It's not just the careers that are in demand, it's the desire to gain upside for a person's own brand.
You may benefit well from investing in strong marketing type
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly! Do you have any thoughts on how to convey this benefit to users? Most of them get it, but sometimes we get people who compare us to "reaching out on LinkedIn" which clearly is not the case, since any other kind of conversation isn't really a practice run - it's the real thing!
Let's talk. I have some ideas, but I also have another vertical in mind that thrives on connections. I'm on keybase as bryant. As for the simplest way: convey the benefits of practice runs (even if you don't want to call them "practice" -- maybe pre-screens?) not just as means for improving the odds of suitable outcomes but also for reducing the odds of adverse outcomes in an environment where character testimonials…
Reaching out now!
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#35Great idea Deepak and all the best moving forward. I am currently considering moving away from tech. When I started out, I had dreams but absolutely no contacts. I am especially bad at bullshitting my way through recruitment agencies and nothing has changed in 10 years. I am still at the same job. Somewhere along the line I wish a service like this existed as it would have made all the difference.
Hey Fifer82! Really appreciate your kind words. It sounds fluffy, but this is the kind of thing that inspired me to do The Lobby.
I went to a school where no one really gets the "top jobs" but a select few of us figured out how to do it, and that expanded to over 50+ friends who now all mentor their own networks to do the same.
I think these things have a crazy ripple effect and I think beyond what can be measured from a few calls, the insights people get and the jobs they can land thanks to them can have really exponential (positive) effects.
Thanks again!
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly! Do you have any thoughts on how to convey this benefit to users? Most of them get it, but sometimes we get people who compare us to "reaching out on LinkedIn" which clearly is not the case, since any other kind of conversation isn't really a practice run - it's the real thing!
Let's talk. I have some ideas, but I also have another vertical in mind that thrives on connections. I'm on keybase as bryant. As for the simplest way: convey the benefits of practice runs (even if you don't want to call them "practice" -- maybe pre-screens?) not just as means for improving the odds of suitable outcomes but also for reducing the odds of adverse outcomes in an environment where character testimonials…
Love this - amazing ideas. Writing all this feedback down to improve our offering.
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#37I know this isn't quite on topic, but this is the best possible crowd and I can't resist mentioning. I'm looking for a technical partner/CTO for The Lobby in NYC (I'm the founder/CEO of The Lobby to be clear): https://blog.usejournal.com/im-looking-for-a-technical-partn...
I would specify that you're actually a founder of The Lobby, because otherwise I thought this post was spam until I clicked into your user page.
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#38I know this isn't quite on topic, but this is the best possible crowd and I can't resist mentioning. I'm looking for a technical partner/CTO for The Lobby in NYC (I'm the founder/CEO of The Lobby to be clear): https://blog.usejournal.com/im-looking-for-a-technical-partn...
I would specify that you're actually a founder of The Lobby, because otherwise I thought this post was spam until I clicked into your user page.
Thanks andrestan - I specified in the first few words of the blurb - is there anywhere else you'd specify it? Would not want anyone to think it's spam :).
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#39[Slightly off-topic]
There are a lot of people here talking about how it is impossible to find a job at one of the top investment banks without any connections.
Why do you need to have connections to land a job? Why aren't the best candidates filtered from the job application pipeline like it happens at all of the big tech companies?
By requiring connections to get in, Investment Bankers are biasing their employee tool from "the best" to "the people that went to their school".
Maybe that's intentional...
Re: Launch HN: The Lobby (YC W18) – 1-on-1 calls with company insiders to get hired
#40I sit squarely in the "insider" role here, and normally would be very interested in anyone who is proactively calling me up and saying "i want to work on your team" - but to avoid breaking any protocols / laws we would want the interviewee to come in the front door as usual. All I suspect that is happening here is if I sign up as one of your insiders, you drop me interesting candidates and then they have to go throug…
Also, why are the interviewees paying? It cannot be to pay me (the insider) It's a question of whether the insider is on your side of the table or the company's. There are some pieces of career advice that are, if not employer-hostile, then at least not entirely employer friendly. For example, will my strong foreign accent block me from promotion into the upper echelons of your company? Someone on the company's side…
> For example, will my strong foreign accent block me from promotion into the upper echelons of your company?
The thing is, if people can’t understand you when you communicate, you will have major league issues with your team in my experience.
I had a rockstar “10x” programmer on my team who was fired because his communication style was...let’s just say he wasn’t a fountain of unbridled optimism. He would yell at interns and generally treat people like shit, that was his communication style. The thing is, he is a genuinely nice person. It’s just that his negative view of the world seeped into his communication style, and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
I’m not disagreeing with your original point, though. You can get unfiltered career advice that may or may not align with whatever ideals the company claims to have.