Re:I'm Begging for Work
by xentronium on Thursday September 10, 2015 @04:02AM
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The "being unable to get a reply from startups when applying for their remote positions" part is 100% true. I'm in such a position now and it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers and at the same time don't do a basic courtesy of responding to their candidates.
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> it's amazing how many companies complain about there being not enough good programmers
I've heard this complaint before; it's absolutely ridiculous. You can get plenty of developers for nearly any technology as long as you stop offering pathetic wages. It's a seller's market, deal with it.
It hits close to home, too, because you'll see YC-funded startups posting the same job ad on HN for months. One I saw repeatedly was even for a "founding" engineer or something similar. Literally what are you doing on a daily basis if you don't have your initial engineer(s)?