I've been reading this post throughout the day and I must say, what an amazing act by the community here. You guys are awesome, all of you.
Ask HN: Who's Hiring?
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#132How timely, we're looking for 3 fulltime quality software developers right now! Some requirements: 4+ years experience doing fulltime development, proven UI/UX skills, experience with SaaS oriented development, and desire to continuously improve your skills. And at least 10 points of karama at Hacker News :) You'll be working on projects from conception to launch, contributing to the success of the business in a big…
I had to look it up: UX is User Experience. I'm embarrassed I didn't know -- but I am all the wiser now.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just for the record, if I were looking for a job, and you used hero (or ninja, or rockstar) in the title, I wouldn't take you guys seriously. This seems to be a common sentiment.
Hence the footnote. It's a little in-joke that it seems you didn't find funny. I encourage anyone who's turned off by that part of the job post to please apply anyways. My above post was made as an individual, not as a representative of the company, and cannot be taken as a representative sample of Disqus's mean level of seriousness.
Damn. If I weren't deliriously happy with where I am, I'd consider applying just because you said "mean level of seriousness"
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just for the record, if I were looking for a job, and you used hero (or ninja, or rockstar) in the title, I wouldn't take you guys seriously. This seems to be a common sentiment.
Hence the footnote. It's a little in-joke that it seems you didn't find funny. I encourage anyone who's turned off by that part of the job post to please apply anyways. My above post was made as an individual, not as a representative of the company, and cannot be taken as a representative sample of Disqus's mean level of seriousness.
Don't worry, there's no permanent damage, and Disqus does seem like an interesting company. :-)
I think I, and a lot of people, respond to ninja, etc., negatively not because They're Silly Words And This Is Serious Business, but just because they're tired and non-descriptive. I have about the same response to something like, "Senior Solutions Manager". It's not a logical reaction based on evaluating the company, more like just an automatic, "Ugh..."
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#136woti.com Computer Scientist (all levels) - Crystal City, Virginia Design and develop high-performance, data exploitation and web-database applications following a standard life cycle development model, including unit test development and quality assurance. Experience with Linux, Python, HTML, and SQL is required. Javascript or C++ language experience is a plus. Oracle database programming (and preferably performance…
Interesting that you describe the position as a "Computer Scientist". Unfortunately it sounds more like software engineering.
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#137We have openings, in particular (as I keep posting!), Trovix is looking for a search hacker. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=355208
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#138Here'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 stra…
Always e-mail a candidate first to set up a phone call.
Don't cold call at 8.15AM because it's business hours somewhere. Every. Single. Day. Didn't need an alarm clock that week.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, who want's an internship (unpaid, see my profile)?
don't be cheap. either pay some, or give some equity. I know the job market sucks, but great students have jobs for sure.
I've always run my startups very cheaply. Then again, I haven't had many interns either :). So point taken.
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#140Justin.tv is hiring the best and the brightest to hack on our awesome live video site. In fact, we have almost as many graduate degrees as we do college drop outs! If you're a sysadmin, network engineer, or programmer, you can find work here: http://www.justin.tv/jobs
"In fact, we have almost as many graduate degrees as we do college drop outs!" Hmm... This post is difficult for me. On one hand, I don't want to negatively impact Justin.tv. On the other hand, I feel obligated to let everyone know that if you don't have a college degree or other qualifying credentials, you probably won't get hired there. I went in for an interview, and as far as I could tell, I passed. But afterward…
What is your point? That your single case of not getting the job means that it is not true that they hire college drop outs?
I mean there is plenty of other things than just experience related to hiring someone. "More qualified" may well be a nice way to say "you don't seem to fit in" or whatever their reason not to hire you.