As a job-seeker, I've applied to a few posts in HN: Who's Hiring threads, but I haven't managed to land anything (thought it's not like I've applied to hundreds

As a job-seeker, I've applied to a few posts in HN: Who's Hiring threads, but I haven't managed to land anything (thought it's not like I've applied to hundreds of posts, because most of them are not in my area). Guess my karma can't be cashed in for a job. ;-)