Twice. Both worked out well for me.
Neither was a startup though.
Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?
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#13got contacted by a trading firm when one of the founders saw one of my Show HN posts. Was my breakthrough into the quant / hft industry and I now run my own trading firm: that one event massively changed the trajectory of my entire life.
wowza - is it this post?
[Show HN: Xs, a concatenative array language inspired by kdb+/q and forth]
https://cryptm.org/xs/
How is that life anyways? I know very little about it?
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#14I used a throwaway account because I was hired through HN. The work environment was terrible, extremely stressful, and led me to become very depressed. It wasn't until I shared my experiences with a friend, who was shocked and convinced me to quit, that I realized how bad it had been.
This hasn't completely discouraged me from being hired through HN in similar situations, but I will definitely do more research on the company beforehand.
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#15More times than I can readily remember. A number of contracts, a number of full time jobs. Have attempted to hire on here a couple times as well though I don't recall it working out. I've been on here since 2007 though, so recent experience is substantially different. It's as bad as the dotcom bust in 2001 the last year or two. I generally prefer YC companies and early stage startups, so it's generally been good for…
Really? I wouldn't have thunk that this place would have contract roles. Were they w2 or c2c or 1099? The last 2 are super hard to come by. Got any tips to share on where to find such roles?
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#16Ages ago, I found a player on here who was looking to move to where my team was (Seattle).
They had a good "vibe" from their I want to get hired post.
Got them their first gig in the tech space. Now with me at another tech play.
This place is great for connecting, the signal is way above noise.
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#17I used a throwaway account because I was hired through HN. The work environment was terrible, extremely stressful, and led me to become very depressed. It wasn't until I shared my experiences with a friend, who was shocked and convinced me to quit, that I realized how bad it had been. This hasn't completely discouraged me from being hired through HN in similar situations, but I will definitely do more research on the…
What stage was the company at and what was your role?
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#18I was hired, just reached out to the contact on a "Who's Hiring" thread for a company doing work I had some experience with but was looking to expand on. So far so good.
For background the hire before that was through a colleague and the job I got before that was through a news list. I don't really ever get any success through more traditional job seeking services.
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#19I was extended a good opportunity to do entry level web dev but left the interview because I felt the coding puzzle was too hard for the role, even tho I could’ve solved it. Computer Science/math heavy and easy if already familiar. I still feel bad and entitled about that but I acted on the signal I felt and told the truth.
Aside, I am all for suitably difficult challenges, and I distinguish engineer from developer. Dev shouldn’t get CS stuff, Eng should. Mention it to benefit other hiring managers who may be reading, if it rings fair.
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#20I was hired after interacting in a comment thread with a founder that was building the same thing I was NIH-ing at my current job. Easy fit to come on since I was currently doing it, but not ultimately a great fit. It pulled me out of my first five year gig at a huge corporation and helped me see the extreme opposite of that, and paid hugely better. I don't think it was a huge resume pad, as it wasn't a well known FAANG, but I appreciated the perspective it gave me and the redirection of my career.