Experienced engineers are struggling to get hired

Post by SauciestGNU » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 4:35 AM UTC

ohthatsnotright wrote: post #74

memset wrote: post #66

I am actively looking to hire - either freelance or full-time - an engineer to write open source golang code for my YC startup. However, I literally cannot afford FAANG salaries at my stage. It would literally bring my runway from n to n/5 years. And many candidates are asking for 400k+ salaries. I’d love to hire someone who knows what they’re doing but I’m just not able to find people who are both qualified and inte…

Here I was thinking $95/hr was pretty good for app development.

Post by dang » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 4:53 AM UTC

freitzkriesler2 wrote: post #69

light_hue_1 wrote: post #54

For the past year the most common topic whenever I go to any conference or meetup has always been that the economy sucks and that economists have no idea what they're talking about. I hardly know anyone under 65 who is particularly well; certainly not in comparison to even 2 years ago. Many people who used to be financially secure are in much more precarious situations now. It's not just anecdotal. I see it at a larg…

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Post by seoulmetro » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 5:01 AM UTC

bb88 wrote: post #115

swatcoder wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If this is your approach to hiring consultants, I'd like to set up a meeting. :)

Sure, as long as you're okay being terminated without warning. And we're expecting results quickly. Like within the first hour.

Post by choppaface » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 5:41 AM UTC

memset wrote: post #116

bb88 wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I had one person today - with lots of FAANG experience who’d recently gone freelance - tell me that they weren’t willing to work with me to write code but they were willing to do advising for $450/hr. We just weren’t on the same page. I don't know. If you're not hiring them full time, it might be a bargain, and save you a bunch of money. Particularly if you're trying to architect services from the ground up. Some p…

It’s always a question of ROI. It’s hard for me to identify any form of technical advice that would be worth that much at my current company stage. I’ve already allocated n% of shares to investors and advisors. Before spending money I must identify a specific need. I can give a very specific need for code (features, launch dates, customer requests) but frankly do not have a need for technical advice by itself.

Post by aryehof » Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 6:15 AM UTC

rhelz wrote: post #100

melon_taeppe wrote: post #25

11 years experience. took me 4 months to get a new job, the longest its ever taken since I became a dev.

4 months is actually really good, relatively speaking. Just wait until you have 20 years experience, and you are trying to explain to your interviewer (who has 5 years experience) something which took you 15 years of hard experience to learn.... 35 years experience here, been looking for 2.5 years.