Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wondering what to do about it

Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by drunkenmagician on Monday June 20, 2022 @11:02PM (#31819360)

I'm with you on this. If you don't have a repo you can share, then a take home exercise seems like a reasonable alternative. Its about being respectful on peoples time, while still recognising the need to 'validate' claims of experience.

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Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi... by scarface74 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @12:17AM (#31819803)

I didn’t have any open source work from 1996-2020. What I did have was the an active network and the ability to dig deep when asked about my prior projects/accomplishments.

If I ever pivoted back to pure software development and wanted to get a comparably compensated position at a large tech company would a jump through the DS&A grind - yes. But to work for a startup that offered meh compensation and meaningless “equity” - no.

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