Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

Please comment here if you've ever gotten hired through HN and what your experience was like.

One time through whos hiring. Applied to about 5.

More times than I can readily remember. A number of contracts, a number of full time jobs. Have attempted to hire on here a couple times as well though I don't recall it working out. I've been on here since 2007 though, so recent experience is substantially different. It's as bad as the dotcom bust in 2001 the last year or two.

I generally prefer YC companies and early stage startups, so it's generally been good for me.

I found my first job out of school and my current job both through HN Who's Hiring. I have also hired 2 people myself from posts I made to Who's Hiring.

got contacted by a trading firm when one of the founders saw one of my Show HN posts. Was my breakthrough into the quant / hft industry and I now run my own trading firm: that one event massively changed the trajectory of my entire life.