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I live in Switzerland and I used to code for a living. As an external, I hire engineers for different startups in Zurich. As I got deeper into IT-recruiting, I
by s3nnyy 11y ago
I live in Switzerland and I used to code for a living. As an external, I hire engineers for different startups in Zurich.
As I got deeper into IT-recruiting, I realised that candidate filtering at the top of the funnel is fundamentally broken.
The market for software engineers is different from the market for - let's say - actors. Especially for senior developers there is way more demand than there is supply.
This has the very important implication that as a company you can not annoy candidates too much. Asking for tedious homework, too many coding challenges or references might be already overkill. Good people do not really need to work for you; they can also work for Google Zürich (biggest engineering office outside the US), or other cool tech-companies / ETH-spinoffs.
If you look for a tech-job in the most liveable city in the world, check out my story "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in IT" on https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-to-switzerland-to-work-in-it-c7ac18af4f90 https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t... or send me a mail to the mail-address in my HN-profile.
- madez 11y agoDon’t get me wrong, but your comment reads like an ad.
- s3nnyy 11y agoI am definitely biased: Besides coding, I source, screen, and interview software engineers that want to move to Switzerland.
- rorykoehler 11y agoNative advertising ... in the comments.
- s3nnyy 11y agoI sincerely believe that living and working in Switzerland is nicer than anywhere else in Europe. With my comments I raise awareness for my side-income but primarily I try adding value to HN discussions.
- rorykoehler 11y agoI was joking. You are entirely entitled to give your perspective and advertise your services as long as you are transparent about it, which you were. No apologies or explanations needed.
- V-2 11y ago"I heard that meat bought in Switzerland is from Switzerland but meat bought in Germany is often from Poland or from somewhere else. In any case, meat in Switzerland is tastier than meat in Germany" - Polish meat less tasty? : ) I didn't get that one
- s3nnyy 11y agoMh, that is confusing. I corrected it - thanks.
- ryandrake 11y ago> The market for software engineers is different from the market for - let's say - actors. Especially for senior developers there is way more demand than there is supply. The "undersupply of engineers" meme again! This is a simplification. Supply and demand are measured at a given price. There may be way more demand than supply at one price (salary), but supply and demand is balanced at a more appropriate salary.