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Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by pyre »

dhouston wrote: post #41

Dropbox is hiring -- we need great Python (ideally C/C++ too) hackers. YC '07, later backed by Sequoia and Accel, growing like crazy (almost 2 million users, up from jobs@getdropbox.com, please put "HN" in the subject

Just a thought, but maybe in future installments of this kind of thread it should at least be suggested that people attach things like: (1) where the job is located (2) if telecommuting is an option.

If the job is too far away, it might not be worth my while to even attempt an application.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by abossy »

indiejade wrote: post #71
nostrademons wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're someone whose username I'd recognize, you can send me a resume (my e-mail is in my HN profile) and I can refer you. That sends you to the top of the pile that HR looks at (technically, I think it's two separate queues, and they empty the referral queue before they look at the slushpile), though you still have to get through the interview process. I got in through a referral - I'm guessing it helps quite a b…

Does Google even hire people who care any more? Does it only hire people who interview really well? From what I've gathered, most people who get through the HR disaster there these days (old times are exempt; decentralizing hiring is the first sign of impending disaster) really aren't that smart; maybe they've merely perfected a sort of slimy smooth-talking (literally speaking), typical of most salesmen. As much as I…

I know Nostrademons in person, who was recently hired by Google, and I can vouch that he does care, is extremely smart, and isn't a slimy salesman. Though it's getting larger, and hence more bureaucratic (from what I've heard on the outside), Google still has the best data in the world and hence attracts world-class engineers.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by simanyay »

_g8fe wrote: post #139
simanyay wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am from Uzbekistan and I found my job at DISQUS via Hacker News.

So you work in US or Uzbekistan ? If in US, how did you arrange for US visa ?

I work in the States. Daniel (our CEO) made all arrangements, I applied for a visa in Tashkent and got it.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by startupdude »

reid wrote: post #49
IsaacSchlueter wrote: post #29

Yahoo has an opening on for their application platform team. Expert javascript a must, PHP and/or Java a plus. It's a tough role, but rewarding. I've held the position for the last year and half, and it's been a good experience. (I'm moving over to YUI.) Great team, lots of interesting problems to solve.

I'm on this team, working with javascript with a side of PHP. Isaac nailed the description and we hope you'll consider the challenge. It's an awesome group with plenty of engaging problems left to solve. Gearing up for the Y! Homepage is only one of them. More: http://developer.yahoo.com/yap/ If interested, send your resume to rburke at yahoo-inc dot com and include Hacker News in the subject.

Applying in the yahoo career portal is the worst crap they don't even review the application but they call them self as hiring.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by wenbert »

simanyay wrote: post #143
_g8fe wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you work in US or Uzbekistan ? If in US, how did you arrange for US visa ?

I work in the States. Daniel (our CEO) made all arrangements, I applied for a visa in Tashkent and got it.

That's good to hear. I wonder how many start-ups would go all the way for the hassle of making all the arrangements in hiring someone from another country.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by jobenjo »

Fluther is hiring for employee #1 (full-time).

We're looking for an awesome backend-engineer/curious-thinker/olympic-whistler with sys/db knowledge, but many hats will be required. Dabbling is good. Python/Django/MySQL is a plus.

Our office is in SF in the Mission.

jobs at fluther dot com.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by plinkplonk »

startupdude wrote: post #138

Any one hiring in india?

EDIT: I would love to hear what exactly is "offending" people in the following.

"Any one hiring in india?"

As far as I can see all the jobs above are in the United States.

(Edit : changed order of paragraphs to address Paras's comment below)

Most software companies in India are either body shoppers (TCS, Wipro, Infosys) or are "Offshore Developement Centres" (ODC) (e.g IBM, Intuit, etc) which do crap work no one in the US offices want to do. Neither type needs or inspires great engineers.

Indian companies aren't (by and large) startups and/or doing technically sophisticated things, which is what would need great (vs just decent, or worse) engineers.). When you have an industry dominated by outsourcing/ODC it is hard to find a engineering focussed organizations.

Even the India centres of great companies like Google or Yahoo do (comparatively) uninteresting work - I have friends in both Google Bangalore and Yahoo Bangalore and they confirm this. Yahoo Blr does mostly operations , the "Yahoo Research" division in Bangalore is a joke. Google Bangalore is not much better, though it has a couple of US returned engineers who are decent but by and large no really great projects happen here. Goog blr doesn't have much of a reputation within Google either.

To get the kind of jobs advertised here, one of two things needs to happen (1) India develops its own rich ecosystem of technically sophisticated startups (except a couple of very small unfunded startups, most are just trying to copy existing ideas and don't need any skills beyond pretty generic php mysql etc) or (2) great engineers in India should be able to telecommute for the startups advertised here.

Neither situation exists today, which is a tragedy. I know seriously good people who don't want to go through the visa/greencard grind and so are stuck in awful jobs.

All that said, I'll be glad to be proved wrong. If there are any Indian startups which are (1) funded (enough to apay a decent salary) (2) doing (technically) interesting things and (3) looking for great engineers, I hope they add a job listing here.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by CitizenKane »

Mxapp is hiring - Early stage startup doing online ordering and mobile ordering for restaurants. Looking for people who are PHP experts with having experience javascript and Drupal a big plus. Also looking for mobile software developers, especially Blackberry and Android. Lots of big engineering challenges with what we're doing and looking for people passionate about helping to solve them. We're located in Minneapolis, MN. E-Mail kylec at mxapp dot com with resume and nice letter if you're interested in applying or just drop a line if you want more info.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (take 2)

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Post by salvadors »

plinkplonk wrote: post #148
startupdude wrote: post #138

Any one hiring in india?

EDIT: I would love to hear what exactly is "offending" people in the following. "Any one hiring in india?" As far as I can see all the jobs above are in the United States. (Edit : changed order of paragraphs to address Paras's comment below) Most software companies in India are either body shoppers (TCS, Wipro, Infosys) or are "Offshore Developement Centres" (ODC) (e.g IBM, Intuit, etc) which do crap work no one in t…

Directi are doing some very interesting things. They're not VC funded, but that's because they've been profitable from day one. They've also started recruiting from outside India.
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