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The Minimum Working Thing(blog.workforpie.com)
5 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Free is Good. Work for Pie is Good. Work for Pie is Free.(blog.workforpie.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Do Cool Startup Perks Work as Intended? It Depends.(blog.workforpie.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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Recruiting with Open Source(blog.workforpie.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Pieworks is a new service we've recently announced. Our goal is to help great companies recruit in a way that's genuine. It's a relationship, not a transaction. Look forward to questions and discussion.
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Recruiting: The Most Important Thing Startups Don’t Have Time For(workforpie.wordpress.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|1 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
This is happening in Memphis (our hometown) in a few weeks. Would love to know who's coming to town!
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The Everywhereelse.co Conference - A Conference for Startups Everywhere Else(everywhereelse.co)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|1 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
I take issue with that last point. While it's true that good developers aren't currently unemployed--especially these days--that doesn't mean they're not looking for something new, especially if what you have to offer (better fit and someth
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Perhaps the title should be: "how to hire a hacker, assuming that there are tons of them to choose from." Your premise is that there's a compromise required. If I'm a Ruby shop, then ideally I'd want to hire someone who loves Ruby, loves wh
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Small Accelerators More Likely to Produce Groundbreaking Innovation? Maybe.(nibletz.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
There are definitely good ones out there. And those that take the time to learn to write a little code have a much better chance of being on that list. We know a few good ones too. Few and far between, but clearly possible. One thing I didn
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
The rise of internal recruiting teams is definitely promising. We work with a lot of companies that are smaller and/or growing at a slower rate and therefore can't justify a full time equivalent for recruiting. They're hiring maybe three or
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Why Recruiters Exist (and what to do about it)(chiefpieguy.tumblr.com)
27 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|34 comments
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The non-developer’s guide to hiring software developers(thenextweb.com)
2 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Can you also elaborate on how you find the companies that fit those criteria?
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Recruiting for Fit in Your Startup(chiefpieguy.tumblr.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
There have certainly been worse offenders in the annals of job posts on HN than Streak, but I see the point here (mostly). However, job boards are classified ads, and oftentimes the controversial ones get the most eyeballs. Think about it f
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A "No Coast" Startup's Guide to TechCrunch Disrupt(workforpie.posterous.com)
1 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
We (Work for Pie the company, not me as an individual) started tipping folks recently. It's as easy as setting up a github profile for your company and signing up. Our aim is to tip folks who have built and/or contributed to software that w
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Ha! Good point. Wanted to take the emphasis off of us for a bit, but I understand the confusion. Work for Pie is a community for software developers--and especially for developers who contribute to open source software. Joining gets you two
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
fwiw I tend to look at it as a "thank you" and a no-strings "keep up the good work." Same way an actual tip works. That's clearly not the way everyone looks at it though. Still, donating to an individual for their contributions, rather
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Why We're Supporting Gittip(workforpie.posterous.com)
34 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|20 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
So I think you have to look at why external recruiters are successful: (The following refers to most, but certainly not all) They're generally loathed by developers for a multitude of reasons, they charge ridiculous rates, they come back
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Bring Me the Head of Philip K. Dick - The Loss of an Android Superstar(memphisflyer.com)
4 points by cliftonmckinney 14y ago|0 comments
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by cliftonmckinney 14y ago
Possibly. The cache of Harvard/MIT definitely puts it in good shape to be the victor. But, increasingly, and especially in technical fields, degrees are being supplanted by other talent or qualification indicators. Open source work is a g
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
I agree with Danny here. In fact, part of the reason we built Work for Pie is to address this issue. I also agree with some of the other comments - Github certainly isn't the end all be all. But, we're all trending away from traditional e
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by cliftonmckinney 15y ago
We've had a similar project live for a little while now. It's opt-in only though. http://www.workforpie.com/
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Ask HN: This whole "change the world" mantra. What recent startups qualify?
8 points by cliftonmckinney 15y ago|4 comments
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Work for Pie's Developer Chat Series Features Open Source Developers(work-for-pie-dev-chat-series.posterous.com)
3 points by cliftonmckinney 15y ago|0 comments

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