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Hacker Fair 3

54 points by bluehat 14y ago

jmathes 14y ago
Reversing the format of Job Fair is a great idea, because the bay area job market is backwards; employers have to chase potential employees. It's refreshing to finally see a(ny) traditional institution updated to meet a changing context.
- bluehat 14y ago
  The hope is more to get rid of resumes. They're kinda bullshit, especially for anybody who makes things for a living. You need to see and feel the quality of their work.
nbm 14y ago
The last Hacker Fair was pretty awesome as a potential recruiter - a bunch of bright people showing off stuff they're proud of (some of them slightly jetlagged, which can be amusing), really engaged in an informal environment where power isn't perceived to be on the recruiting side. If the same group of companies attend as last time, it would be a no-brainer to attend if you're interested in a job at one of them. In many ways, I found the questions asked by the candidates about the companies to be a lot closer to what I think people generally want to know, and it was great to watch two companies both trying hard in front of each other to impress the candidates.
zopticity 14y ago
I love the hacker dojo. Every time I come here, I meet great people. Not only are the people awesome to hang out with, it is very worthwhile to get out of your "cave" and share your opinions and thoughts about the programming world. Who knows, you might even get lucky meeting someone that may be your next cofounder!
bluehat 14y ago
Hey HN, getting pretty sick of having all my titles edited when they hit front page. What's with that?
- waitwhat 14y ago
  From the Guidelines link at the bottom of every page: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."
  - bluehat 14y ago
    Thank you good sir, and apologies for being derp
    - catch23 14y ago
      Yeah, unlike reddit with their "catchy" titles. This place tries hard not to be another reddit. Your post titles would get edits by a moderator if it seems a little "too" catchy.
wilfra 14y ago
Anybody have good ideas for a booth? I'd like to get hired as a front-end developer/UI designer. Outside of just bringing my iMac down there to show off stuff I've built, I'm drawing a blank.
- bluehat 14y ago
  1) You can make a big board behind you which looks like a website visually and explains why you're a good hire 2) You can bring a big monitor (and a power strip) to place behind you which shows screenshots of your work on rotation 3) If you do logos, print them out and stick them on stuff 4) Make fun of a little-kid's science fair tri-fold board and print out areas that say "methodology" "data" and shit. Show a UI experiment and your results in this light. 5) Show a project you've done at various stages, pointing out how things changed over time, and why you did it. 6) Show a before and after for a project revision, showing what you changed and why
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54 points by bluehat 14y ago

Reversing the format of Job Fair is a great idea, because the bay area job market is backwards; employers have to chase potential employees. It's refreshing to finally see a(ny) traditional institution updated to meet a changing context.

bluehat 14y ago
The hope is more to get rid of resumes. They're kinda bullshit, especially for anybody who makes things for a living. You need to see and feel the quality of their work.

nbm 14y ago

The last Hacker Fair was pretty awesome as a potential recruiter - a bunch of bright people showing off stuff they're proud of (some of them slightly jetlagged, which can be amusing), really engaged in an informal environment where power isn't perceived to be on the recruiting side. If the same group of companies attend as last time, it would be a no-brainer to attend if you're interested in a job at one of them. In many ways, I found the questions asked by the candidates about the companies to be a lot closer to what I think people generally want to know, and it was great to watch two companies both trying hard in front of each other to impress the candidates.

zopticity 14y ago

I love the hacker dojo. Every time I come here, I meet great people. Not only are the people awesome to hang out with, it is very worthwhile to get out of your "cave" and share your opinions and thoughts about the programming world. Who knows, you might even get lucky meeting someone that may be your next cofounder!

bluehat 14y ago

Hey HN, getting pretty sick of having all my titles edited when they hit front page. What's with that?

waitwhat 14y ago
From the Guidelines link at the bottom of every page: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."
- bluehat 14y ago
  Thank you good sir, and apologies for being derp
  - catch23 14y ago
    Yeah, unlike reddit with their "catchy" titles. This place tries hard not to be another reddit. Your post titles would get edits by a moderator if it seems a little "too" catchy.

wilfra 14y ago

Anybody have good ideas for a booth? I'd like to get hired as a front-end developer/UI designer. Outside of just bringing my iMac down there to show off stuff I've built, I'm drawing a blank.

bluehat 14y ago
1) You can make a big board behind you which looks like a website visually and explains why you're a good hire 2) You can bring a big monitor (and a power strip) to place behind you which shows screenshots of your work on rotation 3) If you do logos, print them out and stick them on stuff 4) Make fun of a little-kid's science fair tri-fold board and print out areas that say "methodology" "data" and shit. Show a UI experiment and your results in this light. 5) Show a project you've done at various stages, pointing out how things changed over time, and why you did it. 6) Show a before and after for a project revision, showing what you changed and why

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