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Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by dunpeal »

RickS wrote: post #37
driverdan wrote: post #15

Why does location matter? Triplebyte's process is location independent. Is this an SEO play?

The triplebyte application is remote (or was when I did it in ~2015), but the jobs they match you with are not. As the author confirms elsewhere in this thread, they need a critical mass of employers and candidates before the process is effective for both parties. Re the SEO play idea and jumping straight to the assumption of deception, I've found it useful in life to switch my mental model away from "I don't underst…

What aspect of the process requires a non-remote component?

I'm unfamiliar with TripleByte, but it seems like they're matching online candidates with jobs, and that looks something that should be doable online. Other companies in this space are fully online and are recruiting for employers everywhere.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by pstuart »

michaco33 wrote: post #33

ARGH! Now it all makes a bit more sense. Triplebyte is a YC alumni, and that's why they're allowed to spam HN. I got downvoted in the comments of another spam post of theirs because I made a snarky remark. I think they have mod access here -- they can delete your comment, make it invisible, etc. I think they're deleting comments in this very thread right here. I'm just tired of seeing your ads everywhere, Triplebyte.…

You are not alone. I wish I could downvote their ads.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by jorblumesea »

Anyone else feel Triplebyte is one huge candidate data collection scheme? It really feels like this is a "you're the product, not the consumer" situation. I can see a scenario where a big 4 company would pay for this data and match it to a direct hire application to weed out candidates beforehand.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by pchristensen »

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…

I moved to Seattle from the Bay Area 4 years ago. Uprooting my family aside, it would take a phenomenal opportunity to get me to move back, even though I loved it there and still miss it.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by RickS »

dunpeal wrote: post #51
RickS wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The triplebyte application is remote (or was when I did it in ~2015), but the jobs they match you with are not. As the author confirms elsewhere in this thread, they need a critical mass of employers and candidates before the process is effective for both parties. Re the SEO play idea and jumping straight to the assumption of deception, I've found it useful in life to switch my mental model away from "I don't underst…

What aspect of the process requires a non-remote component? I'm unfamiliar with TripleByte, but it seems like they're matching online candidates with jobs, and that looks something that should be doable online. Other companies in this space are fully online and are recruiting for employers everywhere.

> What aspect of the process requires a non-remote component?

For "job placement" in the abstract, nothing. I'm sure they could do the whole thing over skype were all parties so inclined.

In practice, this seems not to be what their company and customers are interested in. They do in-person onsites, for in-person roles. They're chasing a successful business with an operational scope that pleases their customers, not a locational-egalitarian remote utopia, so I don't fault them for only supporting a subset of work types. They do what works for them, and don't owe the market total coverage.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by asaph »

chooseaname wrote: post #5
hesdeadjim wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any plans for the Boulder/Denver area?

That would be great. I have been brushing up on my CS so that I can apply to Google in Boulder. Love that area.

You don't need Triplebyte to launch in Boulder for that. Just apply directly to Google.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by pchristensen »

ronilan wrote: post #43

> We're offering new companies in both Seattle and LA a special $15,000 fee on your first hire. That is an insane amount of money in the world of education and skill training. For an industry that prides itself on being “efficient” and “productive”, it is kind of amazing to see how institutionalized the gatekeeper business has become.

That's a very big discount compared to a typical engineering placement fee, and it isn't even the biggest cost to an employer hiring an engineer and training them to get up to speed.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by driverdan »

RickS wrote: post #37
driverdan wrote: post #15

Why does location matter? Triplebyte's process is location independent. Is this an SEO play?

The triplebyte application is remote (or was when I did it in ~2015), but the jobs they match you with are not. As the author confirms elsewhere in this thread, they need a critical mass of employers and candidates before the process is effective for both parties. Re the SEO play idea and jumping straight to the assumption of deception, I've found it useful in life to switch my mental model away from "I don't underst…

> Re the SEO play idea and jumping straight to the assumption of deception

I wasn't accusing them of doing something wrong. I don't consider SEO to be deception and see no problem with a company doing something like this purely for SEO.

Re: Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

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Post by jamestimmins »

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…

I always wonder why the Stripes (and similar) of the world don't build engineering outposts in LA. It seems like it would get them access to large pools of devs in the same time zone and just a short flight from the main office in SF.

The FAANG of the world do it, but any idea why it's not more common with midsize or large startups.

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