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your problem was picking the wrong title for the position...noone knows what you mean by a user acquisition hacker. Should have called it VP of Business Develop
by vaksel 16y ago
your problem was picking the wrong title for the position...noone knows what you mean by a user acquisition hacker. Should have called it VP of Business Development or VP of Marketing.
It really sounds like a position for a business guy, not a hacker guy. The fact that you require hacking skills probably turned away anyone who could do what you actually needed.
- krschultz 16y agoAbsolutely true. I know this becuase my girlfriend just went through a long search for a marketing position relatively similar to this one. Never once did we think of putting the word "hacker" in her title even though she will end up doing a lot of web development work. The ad might mean something to them, but it really means nothing to the people looking for jobs outside of those that read HN a lot and/or read pg's essays on redefining the term hacker. That is narrowing your search to a section of the echo chamber, which is even worse than the echo chamber.