Ask HN: Hire me in a year?

#1

Post by syberslidder » Sat, May 26, 2012, 11:54 PM UTC

Would a start up hire me and value me out of college?

Computer Engineering w/ math minor, 1 year left to graduate, 4.0 GPA, worked for a start up for 6 months (during school), Average 20-21 hrs/semester, interned with intel, 3 (soon 4) years of research (protein folding, parallel computing, DSP parallization), Experience with: C/C++, Python( focusing on a lot), PHP/MySQL, Erlang, Assembly, VHDL, and others Take software development seriously

Just off these few things, can I crack the top start ups of Silicon Valley? And I might consider sleeping on the couch :P

Re: Ask HN: Hire me in a year?

#2

Post by opendomain » Sun, May 27, 2012, 2:16 AM UTC

I may know of a possible opening. Contact me a hacker @ NoSQL dot com

Re: Ask HN: Hire me in a year?

#3

Post by glimcat » Sun, May 27, 2012, 2:20 AM UTC

Yes, but try to do a few projects over the next year which are strongly relevant to your top five choices. Toss the results up on Github - or better, attempt to monetize the results (i.e. never tell when you can show).

Re: Ask HN: Hire me in a year?

#4

Post by Zev » Sun, May 27, 2012, 5:30 AM UTC

can I crack the top start ups of Silicon Valley?

Sure. But, why wait? If you've got a year left, that means you've got this summer to go. Would another internship be possible?

And I might consider sleeping on the couch :P

Working at a startup doesn't (and shouldn't) mean working for charity or for low/no pay. You'll be able to get your own place, with a mattress and everything :P