Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow profile/activity?

Posted by codegeek on Sunday March 09, 2014 @12:50PM
from the ask-hn dept.

We all know the power of SO and its relevance to hackers. For those of you who are very active and possibly leaders in certain areas, do you get contacted often for work based on your SO profile/activity ? I mean it should make sense that SO should generate a lot of leads even if you are not really looking.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow pro... by stevekemp on Sunday March 09, 2014 @03:06PM (#7369499)

No, though I have had contract/job offers via github, and even once via Hacker News.

(Both of which ironically I couldn't accept because they wanted onsite workers in London and New-York respectively; me? I've worked remotely for 8 years now, and have no intention of leaving Edinburgh._

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow pro... by justinlloyd on Monday March 17, 2014 @04:04PM (#7417698)

Yes, but nothing that has ever been worth pursuing because they don't pay enough or have stupidly small vacation policies or require me to show up in person.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow pro... by tpae on Sunday March 09, 2014 @02:01PM (#7369224)

Yes.

I get a lot of freelance/contract offers too. Depends on the question I answer, if it's a good and quality answer, I will get more inquiries.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow pro... by ploureiro on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @08:23PM (#7432941)

I got approached twice. One of them was for YPlan. Would have loved it but wasn't ready to leave the current company by then...

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Re:Ask HN: Do you get work offers via your StackOverflow pro... by dylanhassinger on Sunday March 09, 2014 @12:53PM (#7368914)

once i got cold called because of my SO profile.

definitely helped me in other interviews.

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