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Ask HN: what's the best place to find devs in NYC?
We're hiring frontend and backend engineers for Minus.com and are having some trouble finding the right candidates in the NYC area that can commit fulltime and have the experience we're looking for.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Cheers !
- gharbad 15y agorecent grads from the midwest..? I suppose that depends on what you're looking for with regards to experience. You could always use a headhunter.
- mindotus 15y agoCan you be more specific ? Thanks !
- gharbad 15y agoThe midwest is home to several excellent computer science programs. Many of the students in those programs desire to move towards the coast (east or west) upon graduation. You may not realize this, but to recent grads (outside of new york) your location could be considered one of the primary reasons to take a job, given a livable salary.
- profquail 15y agoYou should find Meetup groups (based in NYC) for whatever technology stack you work with and ask around there. It'd be even better if you attended some of the meetings, but you could get away with posting a job offer to the mailing list. BE WARNED though, some groups have "official" rules that must be followed to post job offers, otherwise they'll just be deleted (because they get a lot of spam from headhunters).
- mindotus 15y agothanks, appreciate it !
- rdouble 15y agoMoney talks in NYC. It's hard to hire because well capitalized startups pay as well as finance.
- mindotus 15y agoThat's true
- four 15y ago1. Offer something they can't get elsewhere if another job comes along. Great leadership, great tools, lots of acknowledgement. 2. Don't skimp on pay. I 2nd Rdouble's thesis. 3. Go on foot looking at IxDA, BarCamp, APLN-NYC, etc.