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Post by Existenceblinks »

soneca wrote: post #56
Existenceblinks wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True and a lot fewer remote worldwide jobs than when it's pre-pandemic. Remote (US) -demic is spreading pretty fast. I guess startups don't have resource to use those expensive EoR service.

I disagree. I am one who looked for worldwide remote during the last 3 years. A LOT of those positions listed only as “remote” on “Who is hiring” were actually “remote (us)”. Posters just assumed that candidates were Americans. I think now they learned to specify in the job post that what they meannis actually “remote (us)”. Which is great, saves everyone’s time.

Your point is also true. Though I still insist in pre-pandemic, most of US companies who hire remote hired a lots of non-american. Now americans are very good at remote working, they just choose american which is kinda good decision.

(I'm outside of the US)

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Post by anon50118810 »

jcims wrote: post #64
jcims wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This must vary by industry. I just left one big bank to go work for another one. Both are hiring like mad, both junior and senior roles. Both actually have pretty amazing internship programs and at least one has an incredible program for veterans.

Just to add on to this, pretty huge demand for SWE/SRE roles in platform development (internal and public cloud) and security (compliance, automation, etc)

Theoretically it shouldn't vary much by either industry or technical role, since qualified tech people are basically fungible in the sense that they can train themselves to basic competence in any area, so the fast hiring side should be seeking out workers from the slow hiring pools to where it all evens out.

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Post by pojzon »

jcims wrote: post #13
debacle wrote: post #10

Hiring has slowed to a crawl, and the hardest hit appear to be junior/low level devs not going into the startup space. I'm seeing a lot of hiring for senior positions. I'm getting more, not fewer emails for interviews as a CTO. Meanwhile, it seems like unless a new grad is headed to a FAANG they are not finding jobs the way they were a year ago. This is how things started in 2007, anecdotally. The ladder got pulled u…

This must vary by industry. I just left one big bank to go work for another one. Both are hiring like mad, both junior and senior roles. Both actually have pretty amazing internship programs and at least one has an incredible program for veterans.

Ppl really seem to forget that its highly dependent on country you live in.

Developing or fresh developed countries have insane growth opportunities for devs.

Companies are running away from US and similar expensive/costly places.

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Post by stu2b50 »

AlwaysRock wrote: post #11
debacle wrote: post #10

Hiring has slowed to a crawl, and the hardest hit appear to be junior/low level devs not going into the startup space. I'm seeing a lot of hiring for senior positions. I'm getting more, not fewer emails for interviews as a CTO. Meanwhile, it seems like unless a new grad is headed to a FAANG they are not finding jobs the way they were a year ago. This is how things started in 2007, anecdotally. The ladder got pulled u…

A year ago when the pandemic was still front of mind for everyone? Finding a job when you are early career is almost always tough. Sure some times are tougher than others but its almost always very difficult unless you have a top degree or spent a lot of time doing interview prep.

Yep, the pandemic caused tech companies to hire like crazy because so much money shifted from physical goods to services to digital. Many companies saw it as a once in a lifetime opportunity to catch a long living change at the start. Didn’t really work out, hence many of the layoffs, but the job market a year ago was so hot it could melt steel.

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pojzon wrote: post #74
jcims wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This must vary by industry. I just left one big bank to go work for another one. Both are hiring like mad, both junior and senior roles. Both actually have pretty amazing internship programs and at least one has an incredible program for veterans.

Ppl really seem to forget that its highly dependent on country you live in. Developing or fresh developed countries have insane growth opportunities for devs. Companies are running away from US and similar expensive/costly places.

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Post by bfung »

erdos4d wrote: post #57
ryandrake wrote: post #26

I think it's hard to gauge who's actually hiring by reading HN "Who's Hiring?" posts or looking at job boards. I think a lot of companies maintain longstanding job posts without actually finding/hiring people. Or they keep interviewing but never commit. Like a fisherman with bait always in the water, never reeling anyone in. The posts should really be renamed to "Ask HN: Who's Interviewing?" or "Ask HN: Who's Fishing…

Yeah, I have as good a CV as anyone and I've never gotten anything off any of these hiring threads. I suspect many posts are just straight up resume collection schemes. If I post on the freelancers thread, I tend to average one reply and it is always some recruiter spamming a job they have, never actual freelance work.

I found my most successful job via HN back in 2011 before the whoishiring bot was made, when these posts were less formal and structured. (Not sure how good or bad this is internationally, but great in the USA).

The companies I’ve been with, I’ve always pushed recruiting to post here as a high quality source for leads.

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Post by muzani »

ryandrake wrote: post #26

I think it's hard to gauge who's actually hiring by reading HN "Who's Hiring?" posts or looking at job boards. I think a lot of companies maintain longstanding job posts without actually finding/hiring people. Or they keep interviewing but never commit. Like a fisherman with bait always in the water, never reeling anyone in. The posts should really be renamed to "Ask HN: Who's Interviewing?" or "Ask HN: Who's Fishing…

Active fishing vs passive. Job boards and sites are usually much more passive, but you have to "renew" your Who's Hiring posts

Re: HN Who is hiring job posts over time

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Post by jcims »

anon50118810 wrote: post #72
jcims wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to add on to this, pretty huge demand for SWE/SRE roles in platform development (internal and public cloud) and security (compliance, automation, etc)

Theoretically it shouldn't vary much by either industry or technical role, since qualified tech people are basically fungible in the sense that they can train themselves to basic competence in any area, so the fast hiring side should be seeking out workers from the slow hiring pools to where it all evens out.

I would definitely agree if we’re talking leaves on the org tree. Once you start building new layers you really need people that have been there and done that (more aligned to use case/industry than specific tech) or you end up with thee we blind leading the blind.

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Post by [deleted] »

jcims wrote: post #79
anon50118810 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Theoretically it shouldn't vary much by either industry or technical role, since qualified tech people are basically fungible in the sense that they can train themselves to basic competence in any area, so the fast hiring side should be seeking out workers from the slow hiring pools to where it all evens out.

I would definitely agree if we’re talking leaves on the org tree. Once you start building new layers you really need people that have been there and done that (more aligned to use case/industry than specific tech) or you end up with thee we blind leading the blind.

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