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I don't doubt that companies are trying to get a piece of legislation passed that allows them to pay employees less. Increasing margins, that's what companies d

I don't doubt that companies are trying to get a piece of legislation passed that allows them to pay employees less. Increasing margins, that's what companies do. I do take issue with the idea that the talent shortage is a myth. I work for a company willing to pay a six figure starting salary plus good benefits in what's supposed to be a recession and we cannot fill our headcount. My team has been looking to fill 2 headcount positions for months and it's dry as hell. Our search includes the entire US since working remote is acceptable. Candidates often look good on paper but they can't whiteboard even simple problems. It seems every company with decent staff has made them happy and no one decent is jumping ship right now especially when trying to recruit from the larger companies. I'm getting sick of all the hyperbole on this site. I think I'll be uncommenting my hosts file entry to block it for a while.

nthj 13y ago
I know a good developer on the market as of 3 AM this morning. Looking for remote. My email is in my profile.
ximeng 13y ago
Why not advertise on hn whoishiring?
- jtbigwoo 13y ago
  The commenter may not want his or her posting history associated with his or her employer.
mixmastamyk 13y ago
> but they can't whiteboard even simple problems. Not sure how accurate that statement is, but as quality software is not written on whiteboards under pressure you may be looking at the wrong things. There's a guy here that frequently brings up the work-sample test, and some data exists confirming it to be a indicator.
- AznHisoka 13y ago
  Do you mean to suggest work-sample tests are superior to whiteboards?
  - mixmastamyk 13y ago
    In an coding interview situation, yes. Whiteboards can still be useful, as always it depends. I suppose the point is that not everyone responds well to the pressure and on-the-spot character of coding on a whiteboard. As real-world coding is never expected immediately in front of a powerful person, you can be selecting for less relevant qualities.
heresyforme 13y ago
Shoot, I'd be willing to give it go and if I'm behind I'd be willing to take a pay cut for the 3-4 weeks it would take me to get up to speed.
VLM 13y ago
I took a look at some of your past posts WRT this job search. Are you looking for a developer who is smart and experienced and can intelligently talk while whiteboarding stuff? Solve problems, figure out solutions, self teach continuously and knows how to use google search with a proven successful track record? Or are you looking for a Redhat admin who uses mac minis and codes sysadmin stuff in python and uses puppet for systems administration and the play framework under Java? I'm not looking for work, I'm cool where I'm at. Under criteria #1 I'd be be your dream candidate. Under criteria #2 I, along with 99.999999% of the tech population, would never make it past the HR filter... Lets see I've only got 15 years experience with Debian of which 11 is a Debian Developer, you and I know I could figure out Redhat almost instantly but HR will filter me out by keyword. I shut off my last mac mini last month although my wife still has one intel one running so that's probably not going to make my resume, you and I know that's not a huge issue but HR will filter me out for not having current mac experience (last booted 2 months ago or so). I mostly code little sysadmin scripts in Perl (CPAN, really) or just shell script and you and I know that a guy who understands Perl, Ruby, C, and a couple other languages will figure out how to use the tab key and a couple google searches later I'll be productive in python, but HR will filter me out. Shockingly enough we both use puppet so we'll get along famously and HR won't filter me out, at least for that, unless they do something stupid like filter on version number, I'm using 2.7 here at work so if you're still using 2.6 I'll get filtered out by HR. I've been fooling around with the Play framework but I've been using Scala, really as a tool to learn Scala, that and project euler puzzles in Scala, so you and I know that someone who knows Play can probably transition from Scala to Java with little effort, but HR will surely filter me out. By criteria #2 in this paragraph I'd be amazed if you find even one fully qualified applicant in the entire world, as you claim is happening. At my current job while talking to tech people I can say that any middle to high end LAMP jack of all trades guy with some DBA and some systems analyst background could do the majority of it, and/or figure out the rest on their own if they are smart and have google handy, just like I did. But you know HR would describe my job as an insane laundry list that virtually no human being in the world other than myself actually simultaneously knows. Or you might have pay issues. I don't live in a sand state so I don't make much compared to SV or Manhattan, but depending on if you use suburb, county, or state income I'm making somewhere around 90th to 95th percentile family income and expect to continue to be rewarded at a similar level. I talked to an employer in Mountain View who offered substantially more money, unfortunately not enough as that would literally mean moving my family from a (small) landed estate in the 2nd wealthiest suburb in the region to, unfortunately, something like chef boyardee every day in a cardboard box under an overpass in silicon valley. So its possible you might have salary issues. If no one applies maybe you're offering $15K for a $150K job. There's a local network admin position that hasn't been filled for years advertising $60K for a CCIE, which means they're paying a H1B $50K/yr and using the non-response to the ad to "prove" they have to import. That doesn't mean there's a shortage of network administrators in the area.
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nthj 13y ago

I know a good developer on the market as of 3 AM this morning. Looking for remote. My email is in my profile.

ximeng 13y ago

Why not advertise on hn whoishiring?

jtbigwoo 13y ago
The commenter may not want his or her posting history associated with his or her employer.

mixmastamyk 13y ago

> but they can't whiteboard even simple problems. Not sure how accurate that statement is, but as quality software is not written on whiteboards under pressure you may be looking at the wrong things. There's a guy here that frequently brings up the work-sample test, and some data exists confirming it to be a indicator.

AznHisoka 13y ago
Do you mean to suggest work-sample tests are superior to whiteboards?
- mixmastamyk 13y ago
  In an coding interview situation, yes. Whiteboards can still be useful, as always it depends. I suppose the point is that not everyone responds well to the pressure and on-the-spot character of coding on a whiteboard. As real-world coding is never expected immediately in front of a powerful person, you can be selecting for less relevant qualities.

heresyforme 13y ago

Shoot, I'd be willing to give it go and if I'm behind I'd be willing to take a pay cut for the 3-4 weeks it would take me to get up to speed.

VLM 13y ago

I took a look at some of your past posts WRT this job search. Are you looking for a developer who is smart and experienced and can intelligently talk while whiteboarding stuff? Solve problems, figure out solutions, self teach continuously and knows how to use google search with a proven successful track record? Or are you looking for a Redhat admin who uses mac minis and codes sysadmin stuff in python and uses puppet for systems administration and the play framework under Java? I'm not looking for work, I'm cool where I'm at. Under criteria #1 I'd be be your dream candidate. Under criteria #2 I, along with 99.999999% of the tech population, would never make it past the HR filter... Lets see I've only got 15 years experience with Debian of which 11 is a Debian Developer, you and I know I could figure out Redhat almost instantly but HR will filter me out by keyword. I shut off my last mac mini last month although my wife still has one intel one running so that's probably not going to make my resume, you and I know that's not a huge issue but HR will filter me out for not having current mac experience (last booted 2 months ago or so). I mostly code little sysadmin scripts in Perl (CPAN, really) or just shell script and you and I know that a guy who understands Perl, Ruby, C, and a couple other languages will figure out how to use the tab key and a couple google searches later I'll be productive in python, but HR will filter me out. Shockingly enough we both use puppet so we'll get along famously and HR won't filter me out, at least for that, unless they do something stupid like filter on version number, I'm using 2.7 here at work so if you're still using 2.6 I'll get filtered out by HR. I've been fooling around with the Play framework but I've been using Scala, really as a tool to learn Scala, that and project euler puzzles in Scala, so you and I know that someone who knows Play can probably transition from Scala to Java with little effort, but HR will surely filter me out. By criteria #2 in this paragraph I'd be amazed if you find even one fully qualified applicant in the entire world, as you claim is happening. At my current job while talking to tech people I can say that any middle to high end LAMP jack of all trades guy with some DBA and some systems analyst background could do the majority of it, and/or figure out the rest on their own if they are smart and have google handy, just like I did. But you know HR would describe my job as an insane laundry list that virtually no human being in the world other than myself actually simultaneously knows. Or you might have pay issues. I don't live in a sand state so I don't make much compared to SV or Manhattan, but depending on if you use suburb, county, or state income I'm making somewhere around 90th to 95th percentile family income and expect to continue to be rewarded at a similar level. I talked to an employer in Mountain View who offered substantially more money, unfortunately not enough as that would literally mean moving my family from a (small) landed estate in the 2nd wealthiest suburb in the region to, unfortunately, something like chef boyardee every day in a cardboard box under an overpass in silicon valley. So its possible you might have salary issues. If no one applies maybe you're offering $15K for a $150K job. There's a local network admin position that hasn't been filled for years advertising $60K for a CCIE, which means they're paying a H1B $50K/yr and using the non-response to the ad to "prove" they have to import. That doesn't mean there's a shortage of network administrators in the area.

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