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"YCW11 company hiring front end dev! New office space! We There are a only couple YC companies I wouldn't want to work for, period. Mainly from the recent crop, but those bad seeds kinda ruin the whole "work for a random anonymous YC company!" recruitment tool.
If you're an experienced software developer with skills in some of the following technologies: PHP/C++/Python/Rails/Django/ASP.NET/SQL/JavaScript/etc and you live in a dynamic market like SF/CHI/PHY/NYC/RDU/etc, then it's enough to simply create a profile on one of the career sites. The recruiters will be after you shortly. Getting a job via a job board and recruiter won't be all warm and fuzzy like meeting an employ…
I'd think that it would be the used car nobody who knew it wanted... When jobs show up in those sites, the company already failed at filling the position through trusted references. (or so is my impression) Doesn't have to be bad ofcourse, but propably warrants more due dilligence on the job seekers part than a good reference.
If you're looking for a job as a place to make friends and work with interesting people, fine, that's good stuff. But, many places of work are simply businesses, trying to make money for their owners. Recruiters want to find competent and experienced workers who can come in and get stuff done. It's not all lowballing and keyword bingo.
I kind realized that a while ago, but it is difficult for nerd like me to leave computer and go meet people... what's to talk about? "I just found this snippet it's kinda fun!" ? :(
Similarly, for an employee, there are benefits of going out of their own network to get a job -- You get to work in a completely different setting (which may be a better learning experience for you), and you get to build a completely new network.
I kind realized that a while ago, but it is difficult for nerd like me to leave computer and go meet people... what's to talk about? "I just found this snippet it's kinda fun!" ? :(
If all you have for work and pleasure involves sitting at a computer then you are cutting out a large part of being alive. Plus you are risking your health. You typecast yourself as a nerd but that does not mean you must handcuff yourself to a computer desk.
While we're on the topic, I'm just going to say that those "anonymous" job postings here on YC drive me nuts "YCW11 company hiring front end dev! New office space! We There are a only couple YC companies I wouldn't want to work for, period. Mainly from the recent crop, but those bad seeds kinda ruin the whole "work for a random anonymous YC company!" recruitment tool.
The only occasion I've ever found justified for hiding the company name is when you're hiring in a town where the unemployment rate is > 25% and you can't manage the unemployment mob that inevitably forms outside the store.
There is only one reason those anonymous job postings exist - lazy hiring managers. I really wish pg would put his foot down and tell people to start standing up for their brand rather than hiding from it.
I kind realized that a while ago, but it is difficult for nerd like me to leave computer and go meet people... what's to talk about? "I just found this snippet it's kinda fun!" ? :(
Then it might be time to explore some other hobbies. There are non-computer related things do that don't require you to be in shape and that includes actually getting in shape! Fly an RC helicopter, start hiking, volunteer at the soup kitchen. No one is going to care about some snippet of code but that's your fault for being so 1-dimensional If all you have for work and pleasure involves sitting at a computer then yo…
I'd like to make this resolution as well. No more sending a resume to people who don't know me, no more technical screening because they have no idea how I code, no more "getting to know you" lunches because, well, they don't know me. It takes quite a bit of effort, so I might not manage to pull this off. Applying for jobs and posting positions on job boards are different sides of the same lazy coin. It takes a lot o…
I wish you luck, but also I hope that good employers don't closure on the people which they know already, simply because it would mean I cannot come to your place and find a good job straight away, like I always did when I moved across my country first and then into a foreign country.
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Then it might be time to explore some other hobbies. There are non-computer related things do that don't require you to be in shape and that includes actually getting in shape! Fly an RC helicopter, start hiking, volunteer at the soup kitchen. No one is going to care about some snippet of code but that's your fault for being so 1-dimensional If all you have for work and pleasure involves sitting at a computer then yo…
I'll start doing all those hobbies once I make a few million from my startup. If I was working at a job though, hobbies are a must.