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Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by f00_ »

mettamage wrote: post #28
f00_ wrote: post #23

I actually got a job after completing the modules for https://www.workatastartup.com , the last module asks you to apply at ycombinator companies. Would recommend to others. The tasks aren't very difficult, there are PDFs that hold your hand pretty well. Also completed the JP Morgan Chase one recently for fun. Wonder what the law ones are like.

What modules? No one reaches out to me via that site. Is it because I'm European?

Possibly because you're european, most companies are US based and would need a to apply for a visa right?

This is the actual virtual internship I did, which doesn't actually seem accessible from the workatastartup website: https://www.insidesherpa.com/virtual-internships/prototype/o...

There's are frontend, backend and analytics modules.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by pasharayan »

sandGorgon wrote: post #29

Very cool! At RedCarpet we have been hiring this way for years. The same problem exists in India..but 1000x worse. The ROCKS program ( https://www.redcarpetup.com/rocks/ ) trains people and we hire from them. In fact, we have close to a 100% hire rate for people from the ROCKS program at other places. Kudos for building this. I hope you find much success.

Oh wow that's so cool! I didn't know anyone was doing the model end-to-end like that in India - there's alot of improvements to employment to be had with this mindset I think.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by thaumasiotes »

rexpop wrote: post #21

Why not hire, and then train your workers?

It's a consequence of at-will employment. Everyone is afraid that the worker they just trained will immediately decamp to some other company that offers higher pay for trained workers than for untrained ones.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by jeremiahlee »

esseeayen wrote: post #30
Wordball wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

neither of the co-founders are American

Australian actually, and in this way I think they mean it as "a guide" is that the wrong use of the word?

Yes, it’s problematic. It’s reducing an ethnic group to one job.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by jeremiahlee »

cm2012 wrote: post #17
jeremiahlee wrote: post #10

Unless you’re a member of the Sherpa ethnic group, you are not any kind of “sherpa”. This is culturally insensitive to the 18 Sherpa clans. Educate yourselves and rebrand: https://qz.com/128842/the-problem-with-calling-your-career-c... https://reclaimingsherpa.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/tweet-exam...

There are about 5,000 English loan words that have other meanings to other cultures. It's not even slightly realistic to stop using them.

Sherpa was the name for an ethnic group long before English speaking people decided to reduce a culture to a single job.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by gnaman »

sandGorgon wrote: post #29

Very cool! At RedCarpet we have been hiring this way for years. The same problem exists in India..but 1000x worse. The ROCKS program ( https://www.redcarpetup.com/rocks/ ) trains people and we hire from them. In fact, we have close to a 100% hire rate for people from the ROCKS program at other places. Kudos for building this. I hope you find much success.

This is great! Just recommended rocks to a friend looking for an entry level position.

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Post by MohammadRahman »

I think InsideSherpa quickly gives a student what sort of skils are required in big companies, what sort of person a company is looking for. This is definitely something praiseworthy. I am grateful to them for giving me the opportunity to see the job environment.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by sandGorgon »

gnaman wrote: post #36
sandGorgon wrote: post #29

Very cool! At RedCarpet we have been hiring this way for years. The same problem exists in India..but 1000x worse. The ROCKS program ( https://www.redcarpetup.com/rocks/ ) trains people and we hire from them. In fact, we have close to a 100% hire rate for people from the ROCKS program at other places. Kudos for building this. I hope you find much success.

This is great! Just recommended rocks to a friend looking for an entry level position.

thanks!

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by maxxgrok »

I participated in the JPMC program and the Deloitte program. Both were pretty great for getting my feet wet in software engineering and technology consulting in a real way. I'd recommend them as a free experience. They're pretty representative of what I imagine working for each company is like and were useful to gain some experience in each field.

Re: Launch HN: InsideSherpa (YC W19) – online courses to train then hire students

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Post by omarhaneef »

Um... this is really good actually.

How many internships/jobs do you have total.

If you can scale this, it will be amazing for students.

I know someone who would be a perfect candidate in London. Is there a way to focus the virtual internships by location?

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