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I kinda think it is good that you would be discouraged. Think about it a lot more before you post. Are you willing to pay 150k or not? Do you really need two hi

I kinda think it is good that you would be discouraged. Think about it a lot more before you post. Are you willing to pay 150k or not? Do you really need two hires? Who will be the new hire's boss? You aren't ready to hire somebody yet.

freedomben 5y ago
Well is the person we hire a new grad, a junior, a senior, a principal? Do they have Kubernetes and Terraform experience and can help with devops work or is their experience breadth limited to app dev? Do they have experience in security, particularly OWASP rules and the like? Do they know linux or only macos? Every one of those combinations is gonna get a different offer. We have a set budget that is limited by donations and we need to cover all of those skillsets. It would be awesome and worth a lot more to us to find one jack-of-all-trades, but probably that wont' happen. It definitely won't happen if I post 4 different job descriptions as though it's set in stone that we hire 4 separate people.
- freeopinion 5y ago
  Like I said, you aren't ready to hire. You don't even know if you need a new grad, a junior, a senior, or a principal. You don't know if they need Kubernetes and/or Terraform experience. Here, let me help. You need a principal with Kubernetes, Terraform, security (particularly OWASP) experience on linux and macos. Salary: $500K. If you want one person, advertise for one person.
  - freedomben 5y ago
    Yep we tried that. The high number attracted a mountain of unqualified applicants that we had to sort through, none of whom were actually qualified. Also if this is one person todo all, they're gonna need a lot more than just k8s, terraform, security, and linux. this person will need to at least familiar with typescript, react, cloud infrastructure, and be a good shell scripter. Do you have experience in a hiring role? or is your advice purely theoretical?

freedomben 5y ago

Well is the person we hire a new grad, a junior, a senior, a principal? Do they have Kubernetes and Terraform experience and can help with devops work or is their experience breadth limited to app dev? Do they have experience in security, particularly OWASP rules and the like? Do they know linux or only macos? Every one of those combinations is gonna get a different offer. We have a set budget that is limited by donations and we need to cover all of those skillsets. It would be awesome and worth a lot more to us to find one jack-of-all-trades, but probably that wont' happen. It definitely won't happen if I post 4 different job descriptions as though it's set in stone that we hire 4 separate people.

freeopinion 5y ago
Like I said, you aren't ready to hire. You don't even know if you need a new grad, a junior, a senior, or a principal. You don't know if they need Kubernetes and/or Terraform experience. Here, let me help. You need a principal with Kubernetes, Terraform, security (particularly OWASP) experience on linux and macos. Salary: $500K. If you want one person, advertise for one person.
- freedomben 5y ago
  Yep we tried that. The high number attracted a mountain of unqualified applicants that we had to sort through, none of whom were actually qualified. Also if this is one person todo all, they're gonna need a lot more than just k8s, terraform, security, and linux. this person will need to at least familiar with typescript, react, cloud infrastructure, and be a good shell scripter. Do you have experience in a hiring role? or is your advice purely theoretical?