Re:Ask HN: Where do you find software engineering jobs?
by loumf on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @01:08PM
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If you are actively looking, I'd try hired.com.
For passive (just being out there), SO inbound is way higher quality than LinkedIn. LI is spammy for me.
The last time I did a massive search (2006), I really liked indeed.com for aggregating. I made an RSS to a very specific search term. It took months to even get one hit, but I worked there for 7 years.
I have about 6 years of experience. I'm a senior team lead at a bay area startup.
I'm really looking for what areas to 'focus' on.
1. I don't think SO career profile is worth maintaining. You're right, the job selection/application process is nice and simple. 2. Resume/cover letters are still very important and need to be maintained/tailored to each job. 3. LinkedIn seems like a good networking/reference tool so should probably be maintained. 4. Dice.com? Doesn't seem worth maintaining to me.
It seems to me directly applying for positions with a nice resume/cover letter are still #1. A decent LinkedIn seems to help showcase recommendations/network, but isn't super important.
As for tech, I feel I am comfortable with anything from C/C++ to Ruby/Python/Go to JavaScript. I have experience on mobile, desktop and web development. I'm open to all opportunities but hoping for mobile/desktop or backend work.
I only have 6-ish years of professional experience but I've written code from a young age and have a number of open source projects as well as contributions to major projects like Vim, Homebrew, etc.