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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2014) on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @09:43AM (#7970552)
StackAdapt - Toronto, ON

We're a young, bootstrapped, and profitable startup in the Native Advertising space. You'll be joining a fun, hard-working team with plenty of room for career growth as we expand.

We're hiring Account Executives, Senior Software Engineers, Growth Hackers, and a Controller.

More details at http://www.stackadapt.com/careers

It seems like you can give native advertising a try. I'm the cofounder of http://www.stackadapt.com and you can load our ad tag through ajax. You can also define ad formats using your site's HTML, so the ads are completely native and responsive to your site.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014) on Thursday May 01, 2014 @07:14PM (#7683242)
StackAdapt - Toronto, ON

We're hiring Full Stack Software Engineers and Account Executives

We're a young startup doing cool things in online advertising. We're bootstrapped, profitable since day one, and growing quickly. This is a unique opportunity for those who want to join an all-star team with unlimited growth and potential.

http://jobs.startupnorth.ca/job/full-stack-software-engineer...

Re:Mark Karpeles' blog hacked on Sunday March 09, 2014 @05:07PM (#7369970)
It's more likely the other way around. The same hackers dumping it to put the blame on Mark and deflect it from themselves.
Re:Mark Karpeles' blog hacked on Sunday March 09, 2014 @01:55PM (#7369199)
It's just a database dump. This doesn't mean that these values are backed by their wallets.

It's possible the bitcoin could be stolen and not reflected in the data.

Re:My Tech Cofounder Quit on Saturday March 01, 2014 @10:47PM (#7327616)
I hope you have a vesting agreement with your co-founder, so you have equity to find a replacement. The product looks almost ready and pretty decent, so I'm sure there are willing candidates to finish it up.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014) on Saturday March 01, 2014 @12:00PM (#7324991)
StackAdapt - Toronto,ON http://www.stackadapt.com

StackAdapt is the world's first programmatic native advertising platform.

We're a small team based in downtown Toronto looking for our first Software Engineering hire. We're only 6 months old, boot-strapped, profitable, and looking to grow quickly.

This is a great opportunity if you want to work at a real startup where you'll be a key member of the team with room for growth, decision making opportunities, and unlimited upside potential.

Please contact me directly at [email protected]

Re:MakeGamesWithUs gives young developers a home on Monday July 29, 2013 @10:43PM (#6125112)
I couldn't disagree more. It's very difficult for younger and inexperienced people to know where to start and learn something as difficult as making a game. I know adults who don't even know where to get started with web development.

In fact I would say the opposite is true. Kids should go out and enjoy a collaborate learning environment like this, instead of being isolated in their homes trying to figure things out on their own.

Re:Show HN: OpenHacker, a weekly competition for hackers on Thursday July 25, 2013 @01:12PM (#6103525)
that's my first thought also. competitions that happen too often get diluted in perceived value. cool idea though
Re:Apple Dev Center outage on Friday July 19, 2013 @05:49PM (#6073185)
Anyone else getting strange emails to Reset Apple ID Password? I received two today
Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:28PM (#6035322)
Dogs also take more time to take care of than cats, which means their owners are less likely the type to go out on dates all the time. I barely know any single men who own dogs, unless they live with their parents, or are involved already. I don't think it directly has anything to do with having a cat or a dog in your photo..
Re:The Next Facebook — Musings About Text Boxes on Monday May 20, 2013 @05:58PM (#5740361)
Thank you, that's great to hear! We've just launched and started to see promising results. Hope to make it more mainstream some day!
Re:The Next Facebook — Musings About Text Boxes on Monday May 20, 2013 @05:47PM (#5740281)
Interesting. The problem you addressed about interacting with new people in a comfortable way is a problem we're trying to tackle at Uni+ http://uniplus.me

Right now we automatically match users similar to Facebook Graph, but we do it specifically on things people care about - people nearby who share your interests, hometown, classes, industry, etc. Our app is also university-only at the moment to filter out the creeps. We've also recently experimented with a location-based group chat feature in order to promote local interaction.

I wouldn't categorize this issue in the same domain as Facebook though. Facebook is about two things -- sharing and friends. There's a mental divide between the friends and strangers, so users would never use it to meet new people. There's already platform to share things between strangers (reddit), but a platform to "interact" with strangers (which is what facebook used to do, but with friends) still has yet to emerge.

Re:Why I Haven’t Hired a Single Developer in Canada on Saturday April 13, 2013 @03:11PM (#5544274)
No. read what I wrote -- "cheaper talent" is worse.
Re:Why I Haven’t Hired a Single Developer in Canada on Friday April 12, 2013 @05:32PM (#5541168)
This guy's an outsourcing company.. of course he's going to look for cheaper talent in other continents. He also has little understanding or appreciation of quality of code and scalability, because he really doesn't have to worry about it. He's building Facebook apps that probably aren't vey complicated.

The salary of software developers in Canada is also substantially lower than the US. A $70k developer salary in Canada is approximate to a $90-100k salary in New York, Silicon Valley.

Not sure what the purpose of that article was, since a lot of us are building tech companies, not outsourcing agencies.. I guess this is why I don't read techvibes.