I'm a compsci teacher in the school I finished my pre-uni education in. When I was applying for teacher training the school asked to have me as an intern. 6 months later they hired me on a permanent basis. So getting the intern placement there was largely because they knew me from when I was a student then that gave me the chance to show them what I can do.
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#82Got pinged by a manager at frootland, went through the whole process. Was approved to be hired and then bean counter wrangling made it fall apart. Decided I wanted to work there, so I applied for every fitting position there until I got hired.
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#83Real life networking. Someone recommended me to another person who reached out directly to me. 7 years later I’m still loving the job.
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#84First three jobs after college were Craigslist. Next two were recruiters that approached me. I wasn’t looking.
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#85In all jobs over the last 15 years it's been executives/founders/etc representing the company saying "We need help and think you're the one to provide it."
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#86I've gotten all my jobs via a recruiter reaching out first. Cold applying to a job posting whether it be on LinkedIn or the company's site has always resulted in being ignored or getting swiftly rejected with a generic reason. Trying to use my network has gotten me to the interview stage, but from that point on it's no different from going through a recruiter - you get the typical leetcode interview. In my case, I've…
I also have a poor rate at typical leetcode interviews. All of the jobs I've gotten have used alternative interview methods and it's worked out every time. And by "worked out", I mean they get a good hire at a relatively cheap price.
Re: Ask HN: How did you find your current job?
#87In all jobs over the last 15 years it's been executives/founders/etc representing the company saying "We need help and think you're the one to provide it."
How do they find you?
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#88Combination of job board with my network... Looking idly at job listings on LinkedIn and found one that looked kind of interesting (using my platform of choice, in the healthcare market which I'd been contemplating a return to). I bookmarked it, then noticed later that a former colleague of mine worked there. I reached out to him to see how he liked it, and he gave it a positive review and connected me to the VP of Development. He and I hit it off on a call later that week, and it was a few days later that I went for onsite interviews, which were informative but not arduous (no l33tc0d3z!), and I was fairly well sold by that point. Negotiations and background check took another week and a half but I started soon thereafter and have been very happy with this gig.
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#89Network: co-worker left and invited me to join at the new place
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#90To be honest -- and this says plenty about the industry, but, yes, me as well -- I got a job at a large tech company by sleeping with the right engineer at Burning Man, got the referral, and then did well in the interviews and H1B lottery. #LeanIn.
In truth, industry referrals are themselves a part of the compensation package, as they give (generally male) more-senior engineers social leverage over anyone who wants a piece of the pie.
I played the game but I hate the game.
All the same, doing so tripled my income and moved to the USA.
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Postscriptum:
My recommendation to industry: abolish the referral system. It's shockingly close to the recruitment pattern used in MLM schemes -- in this case, my contact got a bonus from "helping" with my recruitment.
Imagine if surgeons were hired like this.