I've found maybe 3 or 4 jobs from HN, including some well paying consulting work. It continues to be one of the highest signal to noise ratio places out there.
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#202Who is the most senior person here to be hired from HN?
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#203I got hired from a "Who's Hiring" post back in 2012 to a very famous, then pre-IPO company that absolutely changed my career trajectory. It prompted a move to SF, followed by NYC. I got to be a part of a "big tech IPO". I got exposed to incredibly smart people and cutting edge tech. And made some money to boot. It put a giant "stamp of approval" on my resume and opened up doors I could only dream of previously. HN is…
Can you tell us more about the last bit there? That sounds fascinating, finding a home builder on HN!
Yes please!
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#204I got my current job by posting on a "Who wants to be hired" thread in 2019. To be fair, though, I was only contacted by that one company (and like 2-3 spam emails) so I wouldn't really count on HN as my main strategy. On the other hand, I'm Mexican and HN is very Silicon Valley centric, so maybe people from the Bay Area get more replies?
Did you get hired by a Mexican company?
I'm asking because salaries here in Mexico are not exactly something to get super excited about compared those from some other places.
As a non-mexican living in Mexico, I don't bother applying for jobs here. With 20+ years of experience in development I just can't justify even spending time looking for them knowing the salary ranges.
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#205I got hired in 2019 from a "Who wants to be hired" post. After looking around via recruiters and not finding anything I liked I clicked with the company that found me on HN almost immediately.
Not only have I enjoyed working for them up till now but they have been by far the best company I have worked for in my career. There have been multiple times when they could have done nothing or said nothing where they went out of their way to do the right/good thing. Some of those things wouldn't have made me angry, they would have just been neutral but instead they went out of their way to do right by me. I'm very thankful for that.
I've also been reached out to at least 3 times based on comments I've made (not from hiring threads). They were all interesting offers but I turned them down as I was happy where I was and more interested in my current job.
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#206I joined a YC startup from an HN post, which was in some ways a great experience, and in other ways was terrible. A real mixed bag. I still keep in touch with some of the people I worked with there and it was honestly some of the best quality people I've ever been on a team with, unfortunately the founder decided to shark everyone technical at the company after we hit a major milestone early letting go the CTO and ev…
I'm glad you survived, but I'm having trouble imagining how this was only "incompetence". Could the company not make another payroll, no option other than to spin it down? So the incompetence was first in getting that close, and second in executing the spindown? Or did the business keep going, or did some people walk away more comfortably?
> I'm glad you survived, but I'm having trouble imagining how this was only "incompetence".
The business kept going and is still operating. Why it was incompetence is because they had no formal HR function or Legal function at the company at that time, and so just mishandled things because they didn't know what they were doing from an HR/Legal perspective. I believe this has since been resolved. I don't want to go into more details, but as one of the harmed parties, I am satisfied it was not malicious and merely an oversight due to ignorance.
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#207Got my very first work experience from one back in 2014, interned with them twice!
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https://www.voetbalassist.nl/ ? Looks really well done! Note: On https://www.voetbalassist.nl/perfecte-wedstrijdweek/ going to demo through the menu ( mobile - Android) doesn't work. "Gratis uitproberen werkt wel.
Nee. LeagueApps ( http://www.leagueapps.com ). Ik hou van onze missie en onze SPORTSDOG-waarden (kijk op onze website). Het feit dat we jeugdsport financieren en voetbalvelden in het hele land aanleggen, maakt het alleen maar beter. De meesten van ons hier geloven dat een van de manieren waarop we kinderen vaardigheden zoals leiderschap en teamwerk kunnen bijbrengen, is door middel van teamsporten. Sorry, mijn Nederl…
Valt wel mee hoor, zo roestig lijkt het niet ;)
Het lijkt me wel bizar dat een bedrijf verantwoordelijk is voor het financiëren van jeugdsport/voetbalvelden :O ( ipv. de gemeente bv)!
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#209Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm glad you survived, but I'm having trouble imagining how this was only "incompetence". Could the company not make another payroll, no option other than to spin it down? So the incompetence was first in getting that close, and second in executing the spindown? Or did the business keep going, or did some people walk away more comfortably?
> I'm glad you survived, but I'm having trouble imagining how this was only "incompetence". The business kept going and is still operating. Why it was incompetence is because they had no formal HR function or Legal function at the company at that time, and so just mishandled things because they didn't know what they were doing from an HR/Legal perspective. I believe this has since been resolved. I don't want to go in…
I'm not comfortable with a startup laying off people at all. Startup compensation is almost always structured with equity as a part.
And the details are usually crappy, like even a very early critical engineering hire offereed only 1% ISOs, vesting over 4+ years, and a 90-day window to exercise upon severing employment.
When the company structures terms like that, for people who you'd think the company would want aligned with the success of the company, a company that's enjoyed the work towards equity of employees should make layoffs a last resort, including after having the founders take the hit (e.g., trading some of their much larger equity for funds to retain their team).
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#210Sub-question: who landed their job from one of the "who's hiring" posts
I got hired a few years ago by emailing a contact in a "who's hiring" post. Still working there, and it's a great job! A big step up from my previous role.