The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by allangrant » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 9:45 PM UTC

The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent
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Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by allinzen » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 9:50 PM UTC

Too true. The trouble is not enough people are trying to address the underlying problem - the lack of education in our public schools needed to become a desperately desired rails programmer! Computer programming should count as learning another language!

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by VeejayRampay » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 9:54 PM UTC

In the meantime in France, we can't get past that PHP/Enterprise Java illness that's been afflicting the dynamism of our net ecomomy for a decade now. Sad.

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by JimboOmega » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 9:55 PM UTC

And here I am, a rails developer trying to move to SF, and I only get maybe a few nibbles a week.

I must not be on the right job boards. Or something. Is the meetup.com ruby list the place to go? Someone also suggested changing my location on LinkedIn to SF - however, I am hoping to relocate, but haven't done so yet, so that seems dishonest.

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by jquery » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:04 PM UTC

s/Rails dev/dev/g

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by mmanfrin » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:07 PM UTC

JimboOmega wrote: post #4

And here I am, a rails developer trying to move to SF, and I only get maybe a few nibbles a week. I must not be on the right job boards. Or something. Is the meetup.com ruby list the place to go? Someone also suggested changing my location on LinkedIn to SF - however, I am hoping to relocate, but haven't done so yet, so that seems dishonest.

Send me your resume, manfrin@gmail.com.

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by cheyne » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:07 PM UTC

^^ Jimbo, Change your LinkedIn profile to say you live in San Francisco. I just moved here a few months back and I get dozens of emails. I have a job, and dont respond to them, but its generally the same pitch ... "VC backed company, wants ruby/rails people, descent money, benefits, yada yada" ..

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by doktrin » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:09 PM UTC

JimboOmega wrote: post #4

And here I am, a rails developer trying to move to SF, and I only get maybe a few nibbles a week. I must not be on the right job boards. Or something. Is the meetup.com ruby list the place to go? Someone also suggested changing my location on LinkedIn to SF - however, I am hoping to relocate, but haven't done so yet, so that seems dishonest.

When I was in the market, I never saw the kind of rabid attention the OP is describing. Sure, occasional recruiter spam, but no more or less than anyone else.

I can't argue with the OP's experience, but I would take all claims of "super massive talent shortage oh em gee" with a good pinch of salt.

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:13 PM UTC

VeejayRampay wrote: post #3

In the meantime in France, we can't get past that PHP/Enterprise Java illness that's been afflicting the dynamism of our net ecomomy for a decade now. Sad.

Not my experience: I'm in France doing Ruby/Rails since 2004/2005, and I'm most likely booked until end of 2014...

So it's more a matter of niches and networks I believe.

Re: The Bloodthirsty Battle For Tech Talent

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Post by andrewf » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 10:15 PM UTC

JimboOmega wrote: post #4

And here I am, a rails developer trying to move to SF, and I only get maybe a few nibbles a week. I must not be on the right job boards. Or something. Is the meetup.com ruby list the place to go? Someone also suggested changing my location on LinkedIn to SF - however, I am hoping to relocate, but haven't done so yet, so that seems dishonest.

If you're serious about moving it's not dishonest - people looking for candidates for a S.F. role want you to appear in their search results! Maybe mention your plans to move, and your willingness/ability to interview onsite or remotely via Skype, in your profile summary.