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How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by swyx »

whymauri wrote: post #48
dumbfounder wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't end up working for Reddit. I wanted the head of search position that was open, but they thought I didn't have enough experience. We talked about an IC role, but I would have had to move to the SF area (I live in DC) as they didn't allow remote employees. I couldn't justify uprooting my family (wife and 3 little kids) to move to a more expensive part of the country for less money than I can make in DC, even w…

What is an IC role?

individual contributor ie non management

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by hliyan »

whymauri wrote: post #48
dumbfounder wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't end up working for Reddit. I wanted the head of search position that was open, but they thought I didn't have enough experience. We talked about an IC role, but I would have had to move to the SF area (I live in DC) as they didn't allow remote employees. I couldn't justify uprooting my family (wife and 3 little kids) to move to a more expensive part of the country for less money than I can make in DC, even w…

What is an IC role?

Individual Contributor.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by relyio »

ronilan wrote: post #37
prokes wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audience, he may go 2 for 2 on the job front.

Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576…

Feross was actually offered (at least) an internship per the link you provided.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by propogandist »

mrep wrote: post #20
rotred wrote: post #9

I'm surprised this worked. I would have assumed he had adblock of some sort.

Mobile apps and some mobile browsers don't support ad block. While I have ublock on my laptop, i still get ads when I am on my phone which ironically is where these companies get most of their revenue these days.

if you have android you can get Netguard from github [0]. Its from the Xprivacy dev; functions as a firewall (VPN), w/o root. The github version supports ability to load Hosts file that can block domains (ads) - like the hosts files used by Ublock. This generally blocks ads across the OS. iOs should have something similar.

https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by ronilan »

relyio wrote: post #53
ronilan wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576…

Feross was actually offered (at least) an internship per the link you provided.

I meant an offer, not an “offer”.

I don’t think there was one.

I might be wrong tough and Feross is around here. If he’d want to clarify I’m sure he can. So can Chad, btw.

But it’s been almost 8 years, so...

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by mrep »

propogandist wrote: post #54
mrep wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mobile apps and some mobile browsers don't support ad block. While I have ublock on my laptop, i still get ads when I am on my phone which ironically is where these companies get most of their revenue these days.

if you have android you can get Netguard from github [0]. Its from the Xprivacy dev; functions as a firewall (VPN), w/o root. The github version supports ability to load Hosts file that can block domains (ads) - like the hosts files used by Ublock. This generally blocks ads across the OS. iOs should have something similar. https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases

I just tried that and reddit/facebook/chrome still showed adds.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by mistercow »

ryanx435 wrote: post #38
atomical wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't you buy upvotes? Bunch of accounts running with a script through Tor?

Not sure why you are being downvoted. Yes, you can buy upvotes on Reddit. It's about 5 bucks for a couple hundred, often more than enough to get to the front page of mid sized subreddit.

But egregiously violating the TOS and general spirit of reddit seems like not the best way to get a job there.

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by mslate »

BurningFrog wrote: post #27
fluxic wrote: post #16

I did this with the CEO of Breather. Back then, you could target based off of employer, job description, school, and interests. You could also make these target options mutually exclusive—which, in the case of Breather CEO Julien Smith—meant an audience of 1. My unlisted Medium post got 1 read. Felt like a damn king when it worked. Cost me (I shit you not) 20 cents to pull off. Epilogue: I quoted him too high, and di…

20 cents? That's cheaper than a stamp!

And you get read receipts!

Re: How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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Post by downandout »

rrggrr wrote: post #8

This doesn't work anymore. All the ad platforms now require thousand(s) of users in a targeted audience.

Minimum custom audience size on Facebook is currently set at 20. You can target them by email if you have it.
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