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Wow a job board just for VC jobs. Yet another clear sign that there’s so much free money sloshing around our economy just begging for a home. Anecdatum: These

Wow a job board just for VC jobs. Yet another clear sign that there’s so much free money sloshing around our economy just begging for a home. Anecdatum: These days I’m getting 5+ emails a week asking if I’m interested in joining XYZ early stage startup.

rexreed 5y ago
Joining in what capacity?
- NegativeLatency 5y ago
  Similar to OP I get many but not quite as many about eng roles at early and mid stage companies
onion2k 5y ago
5 emails a week is only 260 a year. That's fewer companies than a single YC intake. I don't think it'd be hard to write a LinkedIn profile that matches positions at most startups (a few popular languages, interests in trendy tech, open to remote or in a popular location, senior skillset with lower years experience maybe indicating good-but-cheap). That would get you lots of recruitment attention. It doesn't mean anything is odd in the startup market (but obviously it doesn't mean everything is fine either, it just isn't a strong signal either way).
- hackernewds 5y ago
  260 a year is a lot since a single there is a huge pool of candidates, and you really just need 1 of them to fill a position. in my experience, the pendulum has swung towards the candidates having leverage and ghosting. 2008 and even 2013 did not seem so.
  - mostertoaster 5y ago
    I both hate and love the startup market. It seems to be ruled by the mighty dollar, yet is like a force of crazy strength in its ability to naturally select out the strongest. Sometimes that strength is existing connections and money, though there are those rare times where a truly novel idea breaks free, a truly beautiful design, or something truly good is made. Is that worth the evil it does? I don’t know, let the capitalists and socialists fight it out. I for one will try and be like a hobbit.
ClumsyPilot 5y ago
'clear sign that there’s so much free money sloshing around our economy' Then we wonder gow come asset prices and house prices are so high. But for some reason this money cant be directed into infrastructure we need to deal with climate change?
- gumby 5y ago
  > But for some reason this money cant be directed into infrastructure we need to deal with climate change? I work in this area (climate repair) and eventually came to the realization that the work must proceed despite the opposition of the US. I just tune out when colleagues and peers talk about discussions and coordination with various US government agencies and programs. I’ve seen enough Lucy-and-the-football episodes. The most that will ever happen on that front is lip service.
- ebiester 5y ago
  The most valuable strategies may or may not be the most profitable. VC is about return on investment. This feels like square peg and round hole. It is going to take a lot of failure. Government turns failure into finger-pointing. VC is comfortable with failure but only understands profit. We have a structural gap.

rexreed 5y ago

Joining in what capacity?

NegativeLatency 5y ago
Similar to OP I get many but not quite as many about eng roles at early and mid stage companies

onion2k 5y ago

5 emails a week is only 260 a year. That's fewer companies than a single YC intake. I don't think it'd be hard to write a LinkedIn profile that matches positions at most startups (a few popular languages, interests in trendy tech, open to remote or in a popular location, senior skillset with lower years experience maybe indicating good-but-cheap). That would get you lots of recruitment attention. It doesn't mean anything is odd in the startup market (but obviously it doesn't mean everything is fine either, it just isn't a strong signal either way).

hackernewds 5y ago
260 a year is a lot since a single there is a huge pool of candidates, and you really just need 1 of them to fill a position. in my experience, the pendulum has swung towards the candidates having leverage and ghosting. 2008 and even 2013 did not seem so.
- mostertoaster 5y ago
  I both hate and love the startup market. It seems to be ruled by the mighty dollar, yet is like a force of crazy strength in its ability to naturally select out the strongest. Sometimes that strength is existing connections and money, though there are those rare times where a truly novel idea breaks free, a truly beautiful design, or something truly good is made. Is that worth the evil it does? I don’t know, let the capitalists and socialists fight it out. I for one will try and be like a hobbit.

ClumsyPilot 5y ago

'clear sign that there’s so much free money sloshing around our economy' Then we wonder gow come asset prices and house prices are so high. But for some reason this money cant be directed into infrastructure we need to deal with climate change?

gumby 5y ago
> But for some reason this money cant be directed into infrastructure we need to deal with climate change? I work in this area (climate repair) and eventually came to the realization that the work must proceed despite the opposition of the US. I just tune out when colleagues and peers talk about discussions and coordination with various US government agencies and programs. I’ve seen enough Lucy-and-the-football episodes. The most that will ever happen on that front is lip service.
ebiester 5y ago
The most valuable strategies may or may not be the most profitable. VC is about return on investment. This feels like square peg and round hole. It is going to take a lot of failure. Government turns failure into finger-pointing. VC is comfortable with failure but only understands profit. We have a structural gap.