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Ask HN: Have you transitioned from development to recruiting?
If so, how did it work out?
I'm considering alternatives to my career in software development for the simple reason that there is no such thing as a part-time programming job (consulting doesn't count). I'm not in a hurry to become a bike messenger, so I'm looking to see if there's a career where I could leverage my software background.
Recruiting is an obvious choice, since there's a dearth of recruiters who really understand the software industry. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
- iamdave 14y agoI did breifly, for a healthcare IT firm. It was maddening, but for purely anecdotal reasons. It did not turn me off at all to recruiting, because I think when done well, with the right approach and attitude it can be a great boon to other fields. That being said, I think focusing in on software recruiting and maybe delve a little deeper and zero in on language recruiting (for example South Carolina is on a full-out sprint to hire Java developers) you may have some luck. As for recommendations, I definitely suggest checking out ere.net. Not a bad recruiting site at all, up to date on all avenues of the industry.
- leeny 14y agoI am an engineer-turned-recruiter and currently head up tech recruiting at TrialPay in Palo Alto. There is definitely a dearth of recruiters out there who understand this industry, and if you're able to filter candidates, that is a huge asset. On the other hand, there is a lot more to recruiting than figuring out if a candidate can reverse a linked list etc -- you have to be able to consistently bring good people in, figure out how to promote your company's brand (if you're in-house), and keep working on ways to bridge the gap between recruiters and engineers, many of whom are jaded by several suboptimal recruiter interactions. If you'd like to chat, drop me a line: aline@alinelerner.com