How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story • Hacker News Board

Re: How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

QuercusMax wrote: post #136

0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Three months! Do you know if that was their standard process or the original candidate fell through?

Wasn't the only company I heard from after that long a time. I assume their hiring process was just very broken and slow. Even Google in 2015 took their sweet time getting back to me after my interviews. At one point the recruiter told me that my offer letter took a week going thru interoffice mail waiting for a signature, and then it took 2 more weeks before they actually sent me the offer.

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Re: How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

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Post by insane_dreamer » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC

while the personal touch has pretty much disappeared from the hiring process at tech companies, it can still be found. About 5 years ago my daughter applied to a tech company as she was graduating from college (they had a booth at the job fair at her school). within a few days she heard back and they offered to fly her out to their campus (halfway across the country) for an interview. the "interview" consisted of various managers talking to her as they walked around the campus (it's an exceptionally nice campus) -- never sat down in an office, no stupid leetcode, etc. She flew back to college that evening and had an offer in her inbox by the time she arrived. She's worked at the company ever since.

Re: How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

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Post by encrypted_bird » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #75

reactordev wrote: post #69

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Fourth unpopular take: without it Silicon Valley wouldn’t exist.

SV exists thanks to CA's lack of non-competes and the Stanford and UC Berkeley innovation ecosystem. Otherwise, Boston, NYC, DMV, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, and others all could have become the next Silicon Valley.

What does DMV stand for in this context?

Re: How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

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Post by ghostly_s » Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC

encrypted_bird wrote: post #143

alephnerd wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SV exists thanks to CA's lack of non-competes and the Stanford and UC Berkeley innovation ecosystem. Otherwise, Boston, NYC, DMV, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, and others all could have become the next Silicon Valley.

What does DMV stand for in this context?

DC, Maryland, and Virginia, a term only used in the DC area because those not in DC proper take offense at being lumped in with it or something I guess.

Re: How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story

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Post by encrypted_bird » Sun, Aug 16, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC

ghostly_s wrote: post #144

encrypted_bird wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does DMV stand for in this context?

DC, Maryland, and Virginia, a term only used in the DC area because those not in DC proper take offense at being lumped in with it or something I guess.

That seems like a really niche term. Parent really should've specified what it meant instead of assuming everyone in the world would automatically know what it meant.

On that note, thanks for explaining it to me.