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I once got a job from a post on my blog that hit the front page. So the value to me was enormous.
by modeless 1y ago
I once got a job from a post on my blog that hit the front page. So the value to me was enormous.
- jader201 1y agoRelevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7833251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7833251 That was over 11 years ago. I still work there.
- leeoniya 1y agosame. except was an oss lib on github.
- andreabergia 1y agoSame here! I am now actually working in compilers, which is one thing I'm really passionate about, but not something I was doing professionaly. I managed to turn a toy project and some blog posts into an actual job at almost 40, so, thank you HN!
- saagarjha 1y agoIf I might ask what does you employer need compiler experience for?
- andreabergia 1y agoI work at ServiceNow, which sells an enterprise platform and a ton of products built on top of it. Internal teams and customers can extend the platform by writing JavaScript, hence we have a JS runtime in the platform (the venerable https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/ https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/), which our team works on.
- saagarjha 1y agoHuh, interesting. Thanks!
- anonyfox 1y agoSame here. And same day from posting to interviewing even.
- mooreds 1y agoThat's amazing! Can you share more? Did they reach out to you? What was the interview like? Was the post adjacent or directly related to the job tasks?