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Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

#21
We are always looking for top-notch developers in Chicago. We build trading systems on a variety of platforms, including C++, C#, Java, Ruby, and RoR on Windows and Linux. Full-time positions and internships doing agile, test-driven development. Send your resume to my HN username at connamara dot com.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Us college kids are going to need jobs soon too! Anyone looking to add someone to their team come June?

I've found quite a few startups want people with 3, 5, or more years of experience, and not so many that are actively looking for grads. It's somewhat understandable, but those looking for soon-to-be grads (esp. in the NYC area :) should speak up.

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#24
As a consulting firm (Viget Labs, http://www.viget.com/careers), we have a slightly different relationship with the economy (some companies are more likely to come to us, some are less so). As a result, it hasn't really affected our hiring priorities at all. We're looking most actively for a senior-level Ruby/Rails person, a front-end developer, and some marketing folks...

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#25
We're looking for a Ruby rock star here at Devver.net (http://devver.net). We're a small venture-funded startup that focuses on cloud-based developer tools. We're based in Boulder, CO, but we're comfortable working with a distributed team. If you are interested, contact us at contact@devver.net for more details.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

#27
Here's a related question: I'll posit that there is a higher density of "very desirable" top-notch hackers being thrown into the job market than at any other time in my 15-year career. You know the people: the ones that rarely hit the normal job market because with one or two emails, they can line up their next gig in an afternoon throught their network or friends-of-friends.

For those of us who are hiring, what strategies can we use to ensure that we in-person interview more of those candidates (with whom we can generally sell them) and spend less time on the "perma job seekers" that seem to form the bulk of the job applicant population. I don't mean to sound overly elitist, but if I've only got 1 spot open, I want to take a shot at selling the very best candidates, and spend as little time interviewing the also-rans as possible. (This is in regards to professional hires; our college-level recruiting program is in good shape, and there's less change from last year there than in the landscape for professional hires)

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

#30

We are hiring PHP developers at Connected Ventures (College Humor and Bustedtees). If you are in the New York area (or willing to relocate), send your resume to techjobs [@] connectedventures.com. I will post more details at Startuply next week.

How's the New York scene for tech jobs? I'm going to try for a job in New York at some point (more in direction C++), but New York is not particularly know for being a tech hub in this sense. What's your personal impression about the availability of non-web related programming jobs?

This city does has non web related businesses. New York is known for finance and stocks. I have a friend who writes financial modeling software for a hedge fund. The scene does exist, but you have to go look for it. If you expect to go into a cafe and be surrounded by developers and tech folks, you will be vastly disappointed.

The more events and meetups I attend the more I realize that this city is full of great talent, interesting companies and even some reputable VC's. The biggest "problem" for me personally has been weeding through all the non tech people to find others who are doing things that interest me.

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