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Try https://www.turing.com/ https://www.turing.com/ I heard that they have some good opportunities.

by abstracted 5y ago

v1l 5y ago
hmm, account created 15 mins ago to post this.
- abstracted 5y ago
  haha, I can see how it came across, no ties with turing.com, I interviewed with them recently. I have been a daily user of hacker news for the last decade, never contributed anything on hacker news. I misunderstood that the OP was looking for a gig, and tried to help. In my head, I was thinking what better way to contribute to the discussion than helping someone find a job :D
- biztos 5y ago
  But they only hire the top 1%, easily trumping Toptal's top 3%!
  - v1l 5y ago
    Who wants to build something that hires only the top 0.1%??
biztos 5y ago
Thank you, but I didn't Ask HN for a job, I Asked HN for opinions on why the agent model isn't common in our industry.
- abstracted 5y ago
  I am sorry, my bad, I misunderstood that you are looking for your next gig. Here is my take, 1. Contract work varies very widely from say few weeks to years. Agent model won't scale here because you as a contract employee can get fired for numerous reasons, and which is pretty common in the industry. If an agent has to make commission, long term reliability is a must. 2. Continuous cut for the duration of the project with the contract employees keeps cash flowing for these consulting companies. Why risk the cash flow when you can earn bi-weekly :)
  - biztos 5y ago
    I guess you can get fired, but isn't that a differentiator for the agents? Like: Agent Amy has awesome people who don't get fired, Agent Bob has so-so people who get fired sometimes, and thus if you want Amy to be your agent you have to convince her of your quality. Juniors get Bob, and that's OK, after a while maybe they get Amy if they're really good. > 2. Continuous cut for the duration of the project This is also how the film/TV agent model works. My agent would get 10% of any business initiated when I am contracted to them.

Try https://www.turing.com/ https://www.turing.com/ I heard that they have some good opportunities.

v1l 5y ago

hmm, account created 15 mins ago to post this.

abstracted 5y ago
haha, I can see how it came across, no ties with turing.com, I interviewed with them recently. I have been a daily user of hacker news for the last decade, never contributed anything on hacker news. I misunderstood that the OP was looking for a gig, and tried to help. In my head, I was thinking what better way to contribute to the discussion than helping someone find a job :D
biztos 5y ago
But they only hire the top 1%, easily trumping Toptal's top 3%!
- v1l 5y ago
  Who wants to build something that hires only the top 0.1%??

biztos 5y ago

Thank you, but I didn't Ask HN for a job, I Asked HN for opinions on why the agent model isn't common in our industry.

abstracted 5y ago
I am sorry, my bad, I misunderstood that you are looking for your next gig. Here is my take, 1. Contract work varies very widely from say few weeks to years. Agent model won't scale here because you as a contract employee can get fired for numerous reasons, and which is pretty common in the industry. If an agent has to make commission, long term reliability is a must. 2. Continuous cut for the duration of the project with the contract employees keeps cash flowing for these consulting companies. Why risk the cash flow when you can earn bi-weekly :)
- biztos 5y ago
  I guess you can get fired, but isn't that a differentiator for the agents? Like: Agent Amy has awesome people who don't get fired, Agent Bob has so-so people who get fired sometimes, and thus if you want Amy to be your agent you have to convince her of your quality. Juniors get Bob, and that's OK, after a while maybe they get Amy if they're really good. > 2. Continuous cut for the duration of the project This is also how the film/TV agent model works. My agent would get 10% of any business initiated when I am contracted to them.