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Ask HN: Is Hacker News a good place to find a job in tech?

12 points by rrmdp 1y ago

I read somewhere that HN is not a good place to find a job in tech any longer. Do you use HN for job search? Any luck?

mtmail 1y ago
"Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198 is two years old. Maybe it changed indeed. It might add context it seems you run a directory website for job boards and in the past promoted various job boards on HN.
- rrmdp 1y ago
  I read it somewhere on LinkedIn, can't find it tho. The best way to know if by asking. BTW great post, maybe you could ask again?
halfi 1y ago
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snicky 1y ago
I've been hired 3 times after replying to "who is hiring" posts in the past which resulted in 8 years of employment total. Recently, I've been contacted by a couple of interesting startups after posting to "who wants to be hired" threads. I'd say it's still pretty good and definitely way better than other public channels.
- rrmdp 1y ago
  Thanks for sharing!
uyzstvqs 1y ago
There is no good place to find a job in tech in 2025. But HN "Who wants to be hired" is probably the best. You'll at least get some serious interviews (maybe, potentially, hypothetically), compared to none at all on LinkedIn or Indeed. At least in Western Europe, that is.
- trod1234 1y ago
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  - paulcole 1y ago
    > For real data, the average cold-submit of CV to interview ratio has been around 1:1200 for LI/Indeed. What's the source of this?
    - trod1234 1y ago
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- nxor 1y ago
  Yeah and speaking of LinkedIn, it continues to amaze me that people regard that site as worthwhile. Which sounds harsh, and I know people have gotten jobs there, but with how the rest of the site is, I am skeptical of it
anaaa12 1y ago
Who is hiring for a remote data engineer roles.
- AznHisoka 1y ago
  Fwiw, i send out a daily email of remote jobs and one of them is remote data engineering: https://bloomberry.com/blog/remote-jobs/ https://bloomberry.com/blog/remote-jobs/
brokegrammer 1y ago
I didn't get anything apart from a bunch of spam emails. I stopped putting my email address in the post, now I don't get any emails. Could also mean that I don't have the right skills though.
paulwilsonn 1y ago
HN can still work, but it’s niche. Most opportunities are for senior engineers, founders, or highly technical roles, not general job listings. The signal-to-noise ratio is high - you won’t see volume like LinkedIn, but the connections and leads you get here tend to be higher quality.

12 points by rrmdp 1y ago

I read somewhere that HN is not a good place to find a job in tech any longer. Do you use HN for job search? Any luck?

"Ask HN: Who got hired from HN?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198 is two years old. Maybe it changed indeed. It might add context it seems you run a directory website for job boards and in the past promoted various job boards on HN.

rrmdp 1y ago
I read it somewhere on LinkedIn, can't find it tho. The best way to know if by asking. BTW great post, maybe you could ask again?

halfi 1y ago

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snicky 1y ago

I've been hired 3 times after replying to "who is hiring" posts in the past which resulted in 8 years of employment total. Recently, I've been contacted by a couple of interesting startups after posting to "who wants to be hired" threads. I'd say it's still pretty good and definitely way better than other public channels.

rrmdp 1y ago
Thanks for sharing!

uyzstvqs 1y ago

There is no good place to find a job in tech in 2025. But HN "Who wants to be hired" is probably the best. You'll at least get some serious interviews (maybe, potentially, hypothetically), compared to none at all on LinkedIn or Indeed. At least in Western Europe, that is.

trod1234 1y ago
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- paulcole 1y ago
  > For real data, the average cold-submit of CV to interview ratio has been around 1:1200 for LI/Indeed. What's the source of this?
  - trod1234 1y ago
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nxor 1y ago
Yeah and speaking of LinkedIn, it continues to amaze me that people regard that site as worthwhile. Which sounds harsh, and I know people have gotten jobs there, but with how the rest of the site is, I am skeptical of it

anaaa12 1y ago

Who is hiring for a remote data engineer roles.

AznHisoka 1y ago
Fwiw, i send out a daily email of remote jobs and one of them is remote data engineering: https://bloomberry.com/blog/remote-jobs/ https://bloomberry.com/blog/remote-jobs/

brokegrammer 1y ago

I didn't get anything apart from a bunch of spam emails. I stopped putting my email address in the post, now I don't get any emails. Could also mean that I don't have the right skills though.

paulwilsonn 1y ago

HN can still work, but it’s niche. Most opportunities are for senior engineers, founders, or highly technical roles, not general job listings. The signal-to-noise ratio is high - you won’t see volume like LinkedIn, but the connections and leads you get here tend to be higher quality.