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Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by synaesthesisx » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 4:57 PM UTC

Harj wrote: post #2

In addition to already seeing an increasing number of engineers from both Seattle and Los Angeles applying to Triplebyte, two other trends drove our decision to open up in these two locations. First we've seen a continual drop in the number of Seattle based engineers who are willing to relocate to the Bay Area. It's dropped by over half since the start of the year and it's the first sustained drop we've seen since st…

Many of my friends from the Bay Area have been moving down to Los Angeles. Better weather, larger city, and booming tech opportunities - although CoL is still somewhat high compared to Seattle/etc

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by billyggruff » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:01 PM UTC

Best of luck with your wifi deployments.

In all seriousness, I had an interesting dealing with triplebyte regarding an internal job posting.

Took an assesment, was sent a message of acceptance, followed shortly by a rejection.

Felt 'weird'.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by billyggruff » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:04 PM UTC

xenihn wrote: post #19

VonGuard wrote: post #8

Ya'll sure spend a lot on Reddit ads, even my wife sees them, and she's not your target audience. Is this effective? honestly curious.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that sharing an internet connection with someone means that you will see ads influenced by each other's network traffic, assuming you're going through the same router.

There are many 'identifiers', but commonly, at least, a long-living cookie that ties your browser session to ads, tracking, etc.

More granular targeting, especially for portable devices that will change WAN IP.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by 51lver » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:15 PM UTC

billyggruff wrote: post #22

Best of luck with your wifi deployments. In all seriousness, I had an interesting dealing with triplebyte regarding an internal job posting. Took an assesment, was sent a message of acceptance, followed shortly by a rejection. Felt 'weird'.

As someone who was also rejected even though I solved their challenges, I've got a feeling they are measuring the wrong stuff. The rejection said that I "didn't show the growth they are looking for". Maybe a fresh 2018 CS grad could do it? I don't know, I started out with qbasic on a 386...

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by kcorbitt » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

yesimahuman wrote: post #3

Harj wrote: post #2

In addition to already seeing an increasing number of engineers from both Seattle and Los Angeles applying to Triplebyte, two other trends drove our decision to open up in these two locations. First we've seen a continual drop in the number of Seattle based engineers who are willing to relocate to the Bay Area. It's dropped by over half since the start of the year and it's the first sustained drop we've seen since st…

Why sad? I think it's great. It's awesome that folks can stay where their families are, where they want to live, and participate in this awesome industry. It's going to bring so much more wealth to other parts of the world. We should celebrate that. Congrats on expanding, looking forward to when you come to the midwest!

It's sad because the cost of living is eliminating choice. It's great if you want to stay wherever you are and have a fulfilling life there. But it's still sad if someone else wants to move to the Bay Area and can't because prices have gotten out of control.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by Benjammer » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

tudelo wrote: post #11

Does anyone have experience with Vettery? Seems to be a somewhat similar service and they will absolutely not stop contacting me.

Last job search a little over two years ago, I put a profile up on both Vettery and Hired. I had a MUCH better experience on Vettery. The Vettery rep assigned to me reached out and communicated probably 3-4x as much as the Hired one, who basically just sent form emails for "your profile is live," "you have a new contact to respond to," etc... while I talked to the Vettery person on the phone to go over my resume and talk about what I was looking for, and she gave me feedback and suggestions before my profile was even "live."

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by anderskev » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:22 PM UTC

tudelo wrote: post #11

Does anyone have experience with Vettery? Seems to be a somewhat similar service and they will absolutely not stop contacting me.

Yes, I found my current job through Vettery. All around great experience, however I think with most of these services it depends on if you get a good recruiter. Mine happened to be fantastic. Roughly 1/3 of our engineering team was also found through Vettery (we are in NYC).

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by walrus01 » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

Harj wrote: post #2

In addition to already seeing an increasing number of engineers from both Seattle and Los Angeles applying to Triplebyte, two other trends drove our decision to open up in these two locations. First we've seen a continual drop in the number of Seattle based engineers who are willing to relocate to the Bay Area. It's dropped by over half since the start of the year and it's the first sustained drop we've seen since st…

As a person in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle-Vancouver area) it would require a truly ridiculous amount of money to convince me to live in the SF Bay/South Bay area, and physically commute to an office 5 days a week.

Considering the cost of California income taxes, housing costs, etc.

Vancouver has an insane housing market but it is still possible to buy a nice 2BD condo in a concrete high-rise building for a relatively reasonable price, that a couple with two professional level salaries can afford.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by yesimahuman » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

kcorbitt wrote: post #25

yesimahuman wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why sad? I think it's great. It's awesome that folks can stay where their families are, where they want to live, and participate in this awesome industry. It's going to bring so much more wealth to other parts of the world. We should celebrate that. Congrats on expanding, looking forward to when you come to the midwest!

It's sad because the cost of living is eliminating choice. It's great if you want to stay wherever you are and have a fulfilling life there. But it's still sad if someone else wants to move to the Bay Area and can't because prices have gotten out of control.

I agree with you there. Ideally folks can afford to live where they want, including the bay area.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by aaaaaaass » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

51lver wrote: post #24

billyggruff wrote: post #22

Best of luck with your wifi deployments. In all seriousness, I had an interesting dealing with triplebyte regarding an internal job posting. Took an assesment, was sent a message of acceptance, followed shortly by a rejection. Felt 'weird'.

As someone who was also rejected even though I solved their challenges, I've got a feeling they are measuring the wrong stuff. The rejection said that I "didn't show the growth they are looking for". Maybe a fresh 2018 CS grad could do it? I don't know, I started out with qbasic on a 386...

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