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

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by DonHopkins » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:00 AM UTC

BillLumbergh wrote: post #104

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.

George Costanza got his job at the Yankees off HN too.

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Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by DonHopkins » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:04 AM UTC

I saw a tweet about a job from somebody I followed because I knew them from HN, and got a great job because we already knew each other from what we'd both written and discussed on HN.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by martinvol » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:21 AM UTC

I have, back in 2019, by the only startup that I applied to.

100% success rate lol

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by needz » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

I have and am still working there. Fairly kismet situation; found a very bespoke opportunity.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by nottorp » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:25 AM UTC

I posted as a bit of an outlier on a few “who wants to be hired” threads. Haven’t been looking for a full time job but to “meet new people” via part time contracts if possible. Posted like … 4 times … across the years … got contacted twice by interesting people but it went nowhere.

Can’t complain considering that I’m not looking for a full time job, I guess.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by zorrotorro » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:26 AM UTC

I'm an independent contractor and I tried for a few years to apply to the announcements on HN.

It was generally a bad experience (no reply or bad interview process).

BUT... a few years ago I randomly applied for a very niche job I would have liked and spent 1 year doing some pretty amazing stuff. The company got a nice exit too (alas, I had no stock).

So, I don't think HN ads are pointless, but they are pretty random just like any other recruiting platform, etc.

Oddly, I found the next job on LinkedIn at a big corporation! Lower pay, of course, but interesting (to me) domain.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by __s » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:26 AM UTC

zamadatix wrote: post #5

Sub-question: who landed their job from one of the "who's hiring" posts

January 2019 interviewed with Citus Data a week before Microsoft acquired them. Found out about acquistion on HN too. Worked out

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by nfriedly » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:27 AM UTC

I got hired at my current employer, FullStory, via a comment that I posted to a "Who wants to be hired?" thread

Additionally, I know of two people at my current and maybe three at previous employers who found us via comments I've written on "Who is hiring?" threads and were subsequently hired.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by jraph » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:27 AM UTC

Almost did. I posted on Who wants to be hired, a company reached out, we did a few interviews. I think they were happy with me and might have hired me, but I eventually decided against joining them because I wanted to stay where I currently leave and work on free software instead. And I found such an opportunity at this time.

Re: Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?

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Post by nottorp » Fri, Jun 02, 2023, 9:28 AM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #31

~10 years ago I was living in Iran and was hired as a contractor in a US company.I was being paid using Bitcoins (due to sanctions).

I hope you’re not living there any more. I’d still have used a throwaway account for this…