Ask HN: How did you find your current job? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by bradfa » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:40 PM UTC

Current job: Friend on IRC.

Previous job: Friend in real life said they got contacted by a recruiter and that I'd be a good fit so referred me. Recruiter worked for the company directly, wasn't a 3rd party.

Previous previous job: Applied for open job posting from an online job board (I forget which one). Ended up being through a local 3rd party recruiter.

First job: College on-campus job fair and on-campus interviews.

Based on my experience, as you progress through your career it feels like your network will start to naturally take over from other ways of finding/applying for jobs. If you're still early career, I wouldn't hesitate to put yourself out there to anyone and everyone who has an open job which sounds interesting. Use the interviews to find out if you're a good fit.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by corobo » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

Searched "Linux" in my area on Indeed and applied to the first page.

I was on a massive lucky streak at the time or something, applied interviewed and started the job within a week of starting the search

Converted them (web agency) from SFTP to CI/CD in my first week and I've been the go-to nerd since.. oh wow I've been there 6 years now haha

Multiple hats size company so it's PHP dev and sysadmin mainly but I'm up for trying any hat on if it's not urgent

/waffle

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by maccard » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:41 PM UTC

My old manager who I trusted implicitly and really enjoyed working with left the company, and a year later was hiring for a role on his new team. I contacted them directly and applied after the fact for a role that hadn't been posted yet.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by rubidium » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:42 PM UTC

Not a programmer, but new Physics PhD grad in a mid-sized midwest city.... so exactly 0 job board postings looking for my credentials.

Resorted to technique of Guerilla marketing for job hunters: https://www.gm4jh.com/ . Made a list of the top 4 companies that were interesting to me, and started cold-calling. Started a job at the top of the list 2 months later. I did have to take a job for which I was overqualified; but got my foot in the door. 7 years and 3 promotions later I've got a job that's a near perfect fit.

The benefit of GM4JH is it builds a network you can always go back to. Can't recommend it enough.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by bestouff » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:42 PM UTC

Very original: a recruiter found me on LinkedIn. And also the next one (contract signed, still in the prior notice period) has been found like that.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by jtwaleson » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:44 PM UTC

Had 3 employers and 5 roles in the last 12 years. Everything through people in my network asking if I'd be interested.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by behohippy » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

3 of the last 4 roles have been recruiters from LinkedIn (Solution Architecture), including the current one. The one exception was reaching out to a customer to let them know I was leaving and they counter offered to get me to join them. LinkedIn is probably the most valuable one to me, by far.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by jasfi » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

I'm thinking of starting a jobs site where it's easier to find a job that matches who you are and what you're looking for. Does anyone else feel the need for something better?

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by navbaker » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

Looking for a Chik-Fil-A :)

I'd just done back-to-back military tours in locations with no Chik-Fil-A and was following the GPS to the nearest location by our new house and happened to drive by my current job's campus and thought "wow, that looks like a cool place to work, it has giant radio dishes and an observatory on the roof!" A few years later I got out of the military and went straight to work there.

Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?

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Post by tootie » Fri, Jun 10, 2022, 12:45 PM UTC

Blind application through LinkedIn.

I've used my network a few times in the past which is a great way to get a job doing exactly what you're already doing someplace else. Since I was sick of what I was doing (digital agency) my network was useless.