Ask HN: Who's Hiring? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by lennysan » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 6:32 AM UTC

lennysan wrote: post #14

How timely, we're looking for 3 fulltime quality software developers right now! Some requirements: 4+ years experience doing fulltime development, proven UI/UX skills, experience with SaaS oriented development, and desire to continuously improve your skills. And at least 10 points of karama at Hacker News :) You'll be working on projects from conception to launch, contributing to the success of the business in a big…

Few more details: - 10% self directed R&D time - work at home friday's - macbook pro's/dual displays - office wii

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by padillac » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 6:36 AM UTC

bjclark wrote: post #145

We're hiring a Rails Dev in Portland, OR. We do 1000 req/minute. We have tables with 100+mil rows. 30" monitors, MBPs, and the office is on the 5th floor looking out at 7 (of 9) bridges, the river and downtown. There's a bar 1/2 a block away with 14 taps. Agile, RSpec, Pairing, the works. Our CEO is Ward Cunningham (the Ward in TDD by Example, inventor of the wiki and terms like "Stories"). It's pretty freaking aweso…

i can haz yer bebbes?

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by splurk » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 6:44 AM UTC

My employer (Guidewire Software) is hiring: jobs@guidewire.com

As an employer, it's a total hidden gem. It's website screams "boring insurance industry vendor", but inside it's got a very very good developer environment, and it may very well reach its goal of dominating its chosen niche: core enterprise systems for insurance companies. The other devs are excellent, management is excellent and very decentralized/hands-off, very little politics and other nonsense, free snacks and drinks, tons of interesting work. We're a java shop, so we'd expect some java experience, but most importantly, we're looking for really good, really smart devs. A CS-related degree (masters preferred) from a top school helps.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

#154

Post by blader » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 6:50 AM UTC

lennysan wrote: post #151

lennysan wrote: post #14

How timely, we're looking for 3 fulltime quality software developers right now! Some requirements: 4+ years experience doing fulltime development, proven UI/UX skills, experience with SaaS oriented development, and desire to continuously improve your skills. And at least 10 points of karama at Hacker News :) You'll be working on projects from conception to launch, contributing to the success of the business in a big…

Few more details: - 10% self directed R&D time - work at home friday's - macbook pro's/dual displays - office wii

Okay you guys have REALLY upgraded. This is a sweeter deal than my company. Where can I send my resume?

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by lennysan » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:07 AM UTC

blader wrote: post #154

lennysan wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Few more details: - 10% self directed R&D time - work at home friday's - macbook pro's/dual displays - office wii

Okay you guys have REALLY upgraded. This is a sweeter deal than my company. Where can I send my resume?

The benefits of getting acquired by a big company (www.neustar.com)

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by ardit33 » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:07 AM UTC

dhouston wrote: post #54

we're hiring a couple badass engineers at dropbox (python/c++; client/desktop app dev experience preferred). we're backed by yc and sequoia... shoot me an email at drew AT getdropbox.com

"we're backed by yc and sequoia..."

... hmmmm.... I can't say being backed by sequoia is a great thing anymore. Being backed by Sequia means you probably will get fired as soon as the main product is built, to save on "runway" money. Disposable engineer, maybe lucky if you made it through a year and got some of of the stocks vested.

Sequoia backing might be great for founders, but with the recent happenings, definitely not for employee engineers.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by aaronblohowiak » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:10 AM UTC

ashishk wrote: post #116

wheels wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just for the record, if I were looking for a job, and you used hero (or ninja, or rockstar) in the title, I wouldn't take you guys seriously. This seems to be a common sentiment.

dude, relax a bit. first, disqus has shown very impressive growth in the past year for a company of their size (not to mention they've raised money from fred wilson et al). second, judging a post by one word is a bit pretentious.

focus is saying no. depending on your level of desperation, your tolerance for red flags varies.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by asdf333 » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:12 AM UTC

salesforce.com is hiring. let me know if you are interested and i will get your resume in.

while there are some exceptions for some really exceptional candidates, most of the jobs are in downtown San Francisco.

mostly java. looking for enthusiastic, hardworking and talented individuals.

is it soul sucking? honestly? not yet. its in the middle stages. ppl are enthusiastic, high quality and hard working still.

email me here w/ your resume if you're interested! (email expires 11/25/2008 11:10PM PST) b57cruj24Q47@meltmail.com

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by nradov » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:18 AM UTC

LukeG wrote: post #47

icky wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Start with simple and fast screens, then progress to more fine-grained tests. A simple programming question will filter out a huge chunk of the candidates (i.e., those not smart enough to code or to cheat), then email screen, phone screen, and then an in-person interview. You should also figure out _exactly_ what qualities are most important in a candidate, and which ones you're willing to overlook. Generally, I test…

We'd love to talk to companies that use coding tests in the hiring process. Do they work? How well? Any insight into the design of good filters screens?

We use some simple coding problems during interviews. Subjectively they seem to work, but I have no objective way to quantify how well they work.

My favorite question to ask involves walking through a tree structure and summing up a particular property of all the leaf nodes. It can be done recursively or (preferably) iteratively. About half the candidates can't really do it. I often see answers that only process two levels of the tree, or aren't thread safe, or include lots of duplicate code, or simply don't work at all.

Joel Spolsky has some good suggestions on the subject. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/GuerrillaInterviewing...

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by nradov » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 7:30 AM UTC

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #28

brandonkm wrote: post #6

Also, posting any internship opportunities would be greatly appreciated as well.

Sure, who want's an internship (unpaid, see my profile)?

If you don't pay interns they the only interns you'll get are upper-class kids who can afford to work for free. That's fine if all you want is short-term cheap labor, but if you're using internships as part of the recruiting process for full-time positions then you'll miss many of the best candidates.