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

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by emmett » Mon, Nov 24, 2008, 11:45 PM UTC

brianr wrote: post #39

We're hiring! Looking for exceptional, detail-oriented engineers and product managers to help us take over the social world. We're profitable, too. Jobs page here: http://www.lolapps.com/jobs.html (sorry for the lame-ish job descriptions). Drop me a line if interested (email in my profile).

Profitable in stealth mode? How did you manage that trick?

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by tptacek » Mon, Nov 24, 2008, 11:46 PM UTC

brandonkm wrote: post #6

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

We're generally always interested in interns in Chicago and NYC; internships are paid positions, and the work involves application penetration testing, reverse engineering, and security tool development. Prefer but don't require students, willing to discuss part-time arrangements. careers@matasano.com.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by chrchr » Mon, Nov 24, 2008, 11:48 PM UTC

I work at Rentrak Corporation, and we're rapidly growing. We're a stable, 20+ year-old company, and we're working on sexy, technically challenging problems. In particular, the group I work in is building a database that's expected to grow by more than eight terabytes per year.

More info here: http://rentrak.com/section/corporate/careers/software_develo...

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by brianr » Mon, Nov 24, 2008, 11:53 PM UTC

emmett wrote: post #71

brianr wrote: post #39

We're hiring! Looking for exceptional, detail-oriented engineers and product managers to help us take over the social world. We're profitable, too. Jobs page here: http://www.lolapps.com/jobs.html (sorry for the lame-ish job descriptions). Drop me a line if interested (email in my profile).

Profitable in stealth mode? How did you manage that trick?

We've been generating revenue since we launched our first product. It's a lot easier to make money when it's been a part of the thought process all along.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by flashgordon » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:06 AM UTC

On a similar note, can you folks offer advice on how to "form" a team and apply for the summer round of YC if you are applying from overseas? I am from Sydney and am looking to form/join a team with those in the valley or otherwise (as long as they are willing to move to YC ofcourse).

I know it sounds silly and absurd. I have been desperate to apply to YC for ages. Only thing that has stopped me were my studies (which I am almost done with) and my mortgage (I can still take a few months for something as challenging and important as YC).

In case I wasnt clear, I am keen to jump across the ocean for YC.

Any advice? Any takers? Please contact me for more details if you would like to gauge my experience and skills.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by joeter » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:10 AM UTC

ruddzw wrote: post #22

streblo wrote: post #18

Us college kids are going to need jobs soon too! Anyone looking to add someone to their team come June?

I've found quite a few startups want people with 3, 5, or more years of experience, and not so many that are actively looking for grads. It's somewhat understandable, but those looking for soon-to-be grads (esp. in the NYC area :) should speak up.

How active is BR Ventures up in Ithaca for seeding new startups? I know they are connected with Cornell - maybe they could help you.

Anyway, I'm a recent grad and my partner is graduating in spring 09. We are starting something up in NYC. We may be looking to add one more guys on the technical side. Shoot me an email if you want to talk (address in profile). I was personally in a similar boat as yourself.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by nc » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:18 AM UTC

We are hiring excellent Objective-C / Cocoa devs at Kodu (http://www.kodu.co.uk), to work on some upcoming iPhone applications. Don't let the uk domain throw you, it's a per-project position and we are fully open to remote working.

See http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/4634 for more info.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:23 AM UTC

nonrecursive wrote: post #5

Awhile ago I posted my site, http://www.happyjobsearch.com here for feedback. I hope no one minds my mentioning it here again, but it seems relevant. I wrote the site over a weekend after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. The first time I was laid off, I took a very haphazard approach to looking for jobs and it caused me a lot of stress. I made Happy Job Search to help get organized. It's like a GTD app…

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Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by wheels » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:24 AM UTC

bdr wrote: post #53

At Disqus, we're looking for a front-end hero* . The candidate should be good at everything from visual and UI design to Javascript optimization. Email jobs@disqus.com. *hero is the new rockstar

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.

Re: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?

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Post by raffi » Tue, Nov 25, 2008, 12:24 AM UTC

nonrecursive wrote: post #5

Awhile ago I posted my site, http://www.happyjobsearch.com here for feedback. I hope no one minds my mentioning it here again, but it seems relevant. I wrote the site over a weekend after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. The first time I was laid off, I took a very haphazard approach to looking for jobs and it caused me a lot of stress. I made Happy Job Search to help get organized. It's like a GTD app…

I was doing some work this past summer trying to extract good feature sets from job ads so users could train a neural network to help filter through ads.

I see there are a lot of sites that to do something for employers but its good to see someone else thinking of job seekers. Not much out there for us and I think an opportunity exists for someone that can optimize and organize the process with us in mind.