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That's the case for Factual. We have perma-openings for software engineers and are always trying to find additional great people to work with. I've been postin
by lpolovets 15y ago
That's the case for Factual. We have perma-openings for software engineers and are always trying to find additional great people to work with.
I've been posting to HN monthly for about a year. I get responses from 2-10 HNers each month and several have been hired at Factual. About 20% of our technical hires in 2011 were people who came from HN.
I wondered about whether a similar post each month would be useful. I've been surprised in two ways: 1) The number of applicants has generally gone up each month, not down and 2) almost every month, one or two of the people responding say something like "I've seen your post several times now and have been meaning to reply. Today, I finally decided to do it."
I guess what I'm saying is that my experience with posting jobs to HN has been great, and posting (almost) the same content each month seems effective.
- myenergy 15y agoOur experience at MyEnergy has been nearly identical in both absolute numbers and proportions. Folks who frequent HN tend to be "our kind of people," so I make it a priority that somebody from the team posts the latest every first of the month.
- aninteger 15y agoAvenue of the stars seems like a really bad location to me. Poor access via public transit and awful commute times.
- lpolovets 15y agoThat location has a lot of upsides for us: most of the employees live within 3-4 miles of there, rent is affordable, and our building is next door to a large mall with lots of lunch options. For those who live further away, commutes are made easier by letting people set their working hours and work from home as necessary. Public transit in LA is poor, so can't disagree with you there.