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Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by scarface_74 »

themanmaran wrote: post #89
scarface_74 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of curiosity, I looked at how much your company pays. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/omniai/jobs This doesn’t come close to what a mid level enterprise CRUD developer could make in Atlanta.

I'm from Atlanta, and $175k is pretty square with ATL ranges[1]. It's not a Google salary, but startup comp is always more equity weighted. [1] https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/atlanta...

My bad, looking at the page from mobile it didn’t look like a salary range. I misinterpreted it. I just saw $125K.

That being said, I would hope that position is remote for $175K. I would have jumped on it when I was a pure software developer working in Atlanta. But working locally in SF for that amount?

Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by busterarm »

busterarm wrote: post #84
doctorpangloss wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unspoken problem is that most people want way too much fucking money.

I have seen some YC startups offer absurdly low "fucking money" for the ask. If you want a founding engineer for on-site only full-time work in the Bay Area at 50-80K and a fraction of a percent of equity, you deserve every volley of AI shitspam resume dumping that awaits your inbox. And I think it was only two or three months ago that I saw a hiring post offering exactly that.

I have to double down on what I just said here especially these days because startups are dumping their early stage employees to keep them from actually keeping any of that equity more often than they should be.

You take all of the risk of early stage startup employment and as soon as the company gets long term traction you get shown the door.

I've seen this mostly in NY startups but have heard it's a wide trend.

Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by mywittyname »

ceroxylon wrote: post #9

It is a complicated scene right now. Bots are taking over on both ends, both in creating and interpreting resumes. Companies can have ulterior motives for posting job ads in many directions, including just scraping data. My latest job search made me want to create a startup that addresses this, by vetting both posters and users. The largest hurdle is that adding money to the scenario opens a whole new can of worms fo…

> My latest job search made me want to create a startup that addresses this, by vetting both posters and users.

Turns out, maybe those recruiters that we love to hate on, do actually serve a valuable function.

Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by jjice »

IshKebab wrote: post #86
jjice wrote: post #51

I work for a small YC startup and we have recently wanted to hire another engineer. Our CTO posted a listing on WorkAtAStartup and within two or so days, got over 200 applicants. Apparently, WorkAtAStartup (which I've used successfully in the past) allows you to bulk send applications. He went through and found that almost all the applications he was able to go through were absolute nonsense. He then screened some pe…

If you got no viable candidates presumably you aren't offering enough money, or are offering "competitive salaries"?

I bet there were definitely some viable candidates in there, but I don’t think we had the resources to properly screen with the volume we got, so unfortunately, we didn’t get to sit down with them.

Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by jjice »

aimazon wrote: post #76
jjice wrote: post #51

I work for a small YC startup and we have recently wanted to hire another engineer. Our CTO posted a listing on WorkAtAStartup and within two or so days, got over 200 applicants. Apparently, WorkAtAStartup (which I've used successfully in the past) allows you to bulk send applications. He went through and found that almost all the applications he was able to go through were absolute nonsense. He then screened some pe…

Yes, you need to get better at filtering. Yes, it has always been like this. Public job listings have always attracted mostly junk. The typical good candidate becomes a good candidate through years of experience. The years of a good candidate's experience has exposed them to many people, many people who would love to work with the good candidate again. And so when the good candidate is looking for a new opportunity,…

The best hires I’ve ever been around have been from a previous connection to someone. It’s so much easier. Unfortunately, none of our small team had someone fitting who wasn’t looking to make a job change at this point.

I do have a few friends that may be interesting within the next quarter though, so I’m crossing my fingers.

Re: Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring?

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Post by doctorpangloss »

themanmaran wrote: post #67
doctorpangloss wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unspoken problem is that most people want way too much fucking money.

So far we haven't had a candidate pass because of salary yet. Typically candidates looking for that stable $400k salary never even talk with startups, because they know that's only a FAANG position.

A person who takes a $175k/y but works 3.5h/d instead of 8h/d really costs the business $400k/y.

Your colleagues' network of high quality instant hires is only interested in switching to $400k/y opportunities.

This coin has many sides but it isn't complicated.

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