War for tech talent in NYC

#1

Post by kiddo » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 6:07 PM UTC

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#2

Post by huertanix » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 6:21 PM UTC

There's a thread in Quora listing a fair chunk of NYC startups that are currently hiring, and it grows almost daily: http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-in-NY-are-hiring

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#3

Post by jdp23 » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:10 PM UTC

"I haven’t seen it this hot since 1997. It’s white-hot."

Sounds bubble-icious to me ...

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#4

Post by jasonlbaptiste » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:13 PM UTC

Who here is an NYC startup and who here is hiring?

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#5

Post by rwhitman » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:22 PM UTC

I'm actually starting on the hunt for an employer in NYC right now, but there are so many co's hiring its somewhat daunting as to where to start.

Is there any NYC-specific tech job board out there?

Re: War for tech talent in NYC

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Post by smokinn » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:23 PM UTC

jdp23 wrote: post #3

"I haven’t seen it this hot since 1997. It’s white-hot." Sounds bubble-icious to me ...

Sort of.

The problem with calling everything a bubble is the implication that bubbles inevitably pop.

In our industry, good programmers tend to create a vastly disproportionate amount of value compared to what they're paid. It's easy to pay programmers hundreds of thousands of dollars because with programmers, a few thousands of dollars of computers and some electricity you can make millions.

Maybe it's a bubble but I think it's simply a market correction. If your output is valuable you can and should be compensated well for it.

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Post by Skywing » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:24 PM UTC

Pick me, pick me. :)

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:26 PM UTC

rwhitman wrote: post #5

I'm actually starting on the hunt for an employer in NYC right now, but there are so many co's hiring its somewhat daunting as to where to start. Is there any NYC-specific tech job board out there?

See this is good though that it's the employee's choosing. They'll end up finding a better fit of a company, which works better for a startup. What interests you and what's your specialty?

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Post by nir » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:34 PM UTC

smokinn wrote: post #6

jdp23 wrote: post #3

"I haven’t seen it this hot since 1997. It’s white-hot." Sounds bubble-icious to me ...

Sort of. The problem with calling everything a bubble is the implication that bubbles inevitably pop. In our industry, good programmers tend to create a vastly disproportionate amount of value compared to what they're paid. It's easy to pay programmers hundreds of thousands of dollars because with programmers, a few thousands of dollars of computers and some electricity you can make millions. Maybe it's a bubble but…

Well, bubbles do pop. The market was hot 96-2000, then cold say 2001-2005, then got hot till the mortgage crisis, then cold until a few months ago etc.

Great programmers can create a lot of value, in the right context. Boo.com ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com ) might have had developers as bright as Amazon's, working just as hard - but in the end they created $0 value.

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#10

Post by dkasper » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 7:36 PM UTC

Seems to be true in the Bay Area as well.