Ask HN: Who got hired from HN? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by nullcipher » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:45 AM UTC

Bootvis wrote: post #60

I was offered a job in Munich I think in 2014. Unfortunately, the Cost of Living increase to be expected from living in Munich didn't stack up against the increase in salary. A pity maybe, it would have allowed working with Clojure.

may I ask what position/salary you were offered?

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by Temporary_31337 » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:45 AM UTC

So looks like 30 people got hired from a decade of posting both threads every month ;) As someone said here still a better Signal to Noise ratio than elsewhere

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by SCUSKU » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:49 AM UTC

I was hired this past January off of a Who's Hiring post! After 6 months of unemployment no less. Also, 3 of my current teammates were also hired the same way. At least from what my manager has said, apparently the people applying via HN seem to be higher quality. Of course that's anecdotal, but do with that what you will.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by sideway » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:50 AM UTC

After moving to the UK in 2016, I found my first job in London via Who's hiring. I formed deeply meaningful, very strong relationships with some of the amazing people I was fortunate enough to meet there.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by slashdev » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:50 AM UTC

I did, more than once. I’ve also hired many from those threads. I find it’s still my best source of quality candidates. LinkedIn stands out as particularly terrible.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by rectang » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:50 AM UTC

For a variety of reasons job seeking via HN is a decent fit for me: I prefer to work for smallish companies, I have modest ambitions but a pretty strong resume, and remote work suits me.

I’ve posted a a few times on “who wants to be hired?” and despite explicitly ruling out full time work, I’ve gotten some decent offers. The last time I posted a little over a year ago, things worked out and I was hired.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by Gualdrapo » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:53 AM UTC

Been posting in the "who wants to be hired?" and the freelancing posts for more than a year. Just have got three mails - one asking for a price for a project, and they bailed when I asked for details and mentioned a standard freelancing rate; other wanting me to do a project and asking me to wait for them to complete information to begin, but it's been months; and the latest, someone (a scammer?) offering to get me a position in a startup but by receiving a 10-15% cut (or something like that) of the salary.

But I still have to try, maybe someday I can get lucky.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by manmal » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:54 AM UTC

rajasimon wrote: post #55

I got hired multiple times not through applying but from the freelancer post.

Did you feel that contacting from an HN thread gave you an edge over other candidates? Or a fast track through the interview phase?

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by tomekw » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:56 AM UTC

I got hired ~3 years ago by a small Clojure startup. Both the CEO and the CTO reached out to me and said: hey, we use one of your OSS libraries, would you like to talk maybe?

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by yellow_lead » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 6:57 AM UTC

ryanferg wrote: post #44

I got hired to be an analyst for a MLB baseball team off of a HN post like 7 years ago. Because of HN I have 2 world series rings! Life is very strange but I'll forever be grateful for that Who's Hiring post.

Very cool - didn't realize staff can receive rings as well.