Thank You, Hacker News
I was just browsing through the "Who got hired?" thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198) and it caused me to think about all of the things that happened in my real life due to HN. In 2012 I was hired from a post in the "Who's Hiring" thread that turned out to be a complete life and career transformation. It was at a very famous company that everyone here has heard of and used. They were pre-IPO and I got to be a "part" of that IPO. It exposed me to people smarter than I had ever met, and allowed me to learn from them. It allowed me a path into "big tech" that I…
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Thank You, Hacker News" is a personal account documenting how the Hacker News job boards transformed the author's career. The post describes being hired through the "Who's Hiring" thread in 2012 at a pre-IPO tech company, which led to exposure to exceptional talent and entry into major technology firms. The author also shares experiences hiring three other candidates from the same threads into positions with strong compensation and supportive teams. The piece serves as a testimonial to the job boards' impact on career trajectories within the tech industry.
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I was just browsing through the "Who got hired?" thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160198) and it caused me to think about all of the things that happened in my real life due to HN. In 2012 I was hired from a post in the "Who's Hiring" thread that turned out to be a complete life and career transformation. It was at a very famous company that everyone here has heard of and used. They were pre-IPO and I got to be a "part" of that IPO. It exposed me to people smarter than I had ever met, and allowed me to learn from them. It allowed me a path into "big tech" that I did not otherwise have, and has made a rather enormous difference in my net worth over the last decade+. And also, I have hired 3 other people from those threads into a great company with great pay, great support, great people...and they've all been wonderful hires. And also, HN is the reason I live in the house I do today. My wife and I bought a fixer-upper in our dream neighborhood that turned out to be a teardown. I was getting ready to walk away and sell at a loss, but via HN ended up meeting a custom home builder in my area who turned out to be amazing and built us our home, which we moved into in 2020. Anyway, just a shoutout and a thanks to this site and this community. It's more than just an online forum for me :)
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