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by Peroni 13y ago
I've had the pleasure of meeting Mike a few times and I promise you, he's painfully accurate in his description of the tech scene in London. London's loss is SF's gain.
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by Peroni 13y ago
I'm one of the organisers. My contact info is in my profile. Email me with your suggestion and we'll have a chat.
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by Peroni 13y ago
...unless they have everything in their CV listed on a job specification sent from a lead developer then they won't be passed through to them to review the CV... Your job as a recruiter is to overcome that pretty basic obstacle. If t
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by Peroni 13y ago
Exact same story here. Free £25 voucher for facebook advertising. Targeted a very specific niche in the London region. Got a few likes, the vast majority (more than 98%) were people way outside the demographic I targeted and it had zero imp
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by Peroni 13y ago
Former agency recruiter, currently an in-house recruiter for a large dev team. The biggest pain point by a very long way is attracting what we call 'passive candidates'. Passive candidates are skilled and experienced people who wo
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by Peroni 13y ago
And so Facebook encroaches upon the physical world to anchor itself Not sure if you intended to sound so pessimistic but surely that's only a good thing? From a business perspective, this is an incredibly clever service. From a users
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Facebook Hit With Lawsuit: Could This Spell The End Of The Social Giant?(linkedin.com)
1 points by Peroni 13y ago|2 comments
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by Peroni 13y ago
There will most likely be periods during which networking is not your highest-value activity. That same statement could apply to almost anything in life. Networking, particularly in our industry, certainly isn't overrated. I honestly
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by Peroni 13y ago
The odds on becoming wealthy from online poker are roughly the same as the odds on founding a startup that makes you a millionaire and requires the same level of dedication.
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by Peroni 13y ago
Money no longer motivates me, what problems should I work on... What does motivate you? The answer to that will inevitably lead to the answer to what you should work on next.
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by Peroni 13y ago
Personally, I think the 'impact' question is completely valid and not even remotely cocky. It's important to avoid structuring the question in a way that sounds like "what's the impact of not hiring me " and m
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by Peroni 13y ago
I wrote a blogpost on this exact topic last year: http://hackerjobs.co.uk/blog/2012/5/16/assessing-a-company-q... If you want me to elaborate on anything, just say the word.
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Open Sourced: Ruby CFMX Compat algorithm(globaldev.co.uk)
1 points by Peroni 13y ago|0 comments
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by Peroni 13y ago
There's a lot of context missing from this article. Unemployment remains stubbornly high—a recent 12.8%—providing companies a large labor pool to pick from. Whilst the percentage is accurate, the final statement isn't if you are
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by Peroni 13y ago
In a lot of circumstances it can be that simple however I don't think this is one of those circumstances. Both options require a compromise. In this case it's a choice between achieving non-work life goals or achieving work life g
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by Peroni 13y ago
Former agency recruiter here. Feel free to ignore them. The vast majority of emails sent by recruiters go ignored. If they want to speak to you really badly because they've actually done their research properly, they will find a way to
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Programming Deliberately(r.eali.st)
2 points by Peroni 13y ago|0 comments
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by Peroni 13y ago
Recruiters don't. Recruitment companies do. Companies that are notoriously slow adopters. They rarely shell out for niche services.
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by Peroni 13y ago
That concept only works if the majority if tech professionals use the service.
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by Peroni 13y ago
I sincerely can't see anyone paying for this service. Sure you're solving a problem for tech people but you're not solving any problem for recruiters, the people you want to actually pay for the service.
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by Peroni 13y ago
Her talk at Hacker News London is also well worth a watch https://vimeo.com/37306611
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by Peroni 13y ago
I'm an experienced poker player however I'm an absolute chess novice. Aside from the obvious "just practice" advice, what are the best resources to fall back on in terms of books, videos etc if I wanted to learn the game
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by Peroni 13y ago
If your decision on whether to pursue a candidate or not does not include a discussion with the candidate about their available code, you are missing an integral piece of the puzzle. You are absolutely right. I can honestly only ever thin
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by Peroni 13y ago
It's genuinely very straightforward. If you don't have much of an online presence (github, twitter, blog, etc) then the only way I'm likely to find you is if a mutual contact tells me about you. Now, referrals are one of the
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by Peroni 13y ago
Ashe Dryden's original post has merit, I'm not contesting that. James' post however, is wrong on so many levels. It's worth noting that James is a UK based developer. Most of his points may be completely valid in the US
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by Peroni 13y ago
I can't speak for the US but some of the top 'mens' magazines in the UK are disgraceful. FHM, Loaded, Nuts, et al. You mention how the top womens magazines "reinforce an incredibly old fashioned female stereotype",
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Yahoo's Latest HR Disaster: Ranking Workers on a Curve(businessweek.com)
3 points by Peroni 13y ago|0 comments
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by Peroni 13y ago
I think it's reasonable to forgive the Monopolist because of the Philanthropist.
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by Peroni 13y ago
We have to be out of the venue no later than 10PM. We're usually out by 9.30PM if that helps.
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by Peroni 13y ago
Sanderson's highly unlikely to be hosting this month as he's insanely busy promoting his Sunday Assembly. Not to worry though, Andrea did a great job in his absence and if she's not free, we'll find someone else equally

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