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Ask HN: Who needs a job?

96 points by d4ft ↗ HN
I'm always interested in the who's hiring threads, but often find it is hard to determine if I fit the bill. In that spirit, I figured we should have a "Who's looking for a job" thread, and let the employers reach out to whoever they might like. A brief summary might be ok, or a google doc resume, or whatever. I figure if there is one place this might work, this is it. Have at!

Edited to add (kudos to mrduncan):

Make it easy for employers by indicating where you're located, whether you'd be willing to move, if you'd prefer to telecommute, etc.

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clayturk
I am in SF and aggressively looking!! http://hireclayturk.wordpress.com
jeebusroxors
You've got a typo on your places page.

Below are a few of the sites I visit daily for news, entertainment and to education.

hugh3
Constructive criticism:

1. Not sure about the artfully-dishevelled glamour shot. Something is offputting about it, though I can't put my finger on what it is.

2. "I love being the smartest person in the room, but humbly accept when I am not and love to learn knew things" sounds a little egotistical. I would be concerned that a person who said that might be a little too eager to believe themselves to be the smartest person in the room, even when they're not.

3. You're very specific about what you can't do: "not a genius software engineer or computer science major... not able to program the next Facebook..." but very vague about what you can do. You claim that "I can give you ideas as to what should be implemented and understand why", but you don't demonstrate that your ideas about what should be implemented will actually be any good.

4. Convert your resume to html, it's too hard to read in the little scribd box.

5. * “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” W. Dyer* Again, seems a little egotistical; you're handing out platitudes to people whom you want to be your boss.

Anyway, mostly I'd recommend rejigging your website so it puts a bit more emphasis on things you actually have achieved, rather than assertions that you're full of good ideas. And while I'm not calling you egotistical, I do think that your site might give people the impression that you are.

bigmac
Also, "love to learn knew things" has a typo with the word new.
clayturk
I appreciate the valid points. Thanks for your time!
nonrecursive
A couple years ago I made a site to stay organized when looking for a job, http://www.happyjobsearch.com/ . I made it after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. I needed an efficient, systematic approach to looking at job listings and keeping track of what I needed to do for each opportunity. It's like GTD but just for job hunting.

It's free and it's quick to sign up. So I hope no one minds my posting it here. I know how much it sucks to be jobless and looking for work, so this site is my little helping hand to anyone in that position.

thinker
Pretty cool. I've basically been using an etherpad to keep track for my job search but this wouldve be so much better.
anonymousDan
I'm just amazed you did that whole site in one weekend.
mrduncan
Make it easy for employers by indicating where you're located, whether you'd be willing to move, if you'd prefer to telecommute, etc.
starkfist
I don't need a job, but if someone knows of a job where I can work from outside of Melbourne, Australia 3 months of the year, and the rest of the year in the USA, please post your hints here...
cheriot
If the part in the US can be in either SF or DC, then I'd wager my current place (opower.com) could make that work.

chris at opower dot com if you're interested in details.

westy
I'm semi-looking. Based in Annapolis, MD. Not willing to relocate.

Currently entering my last year of a JD/MBA program. Prior to grad school, wrote code professionally for 7+ years, mostly in startup orgs of one shape or another (some that were pre-launch, others that were post-IPO). These days, prefer Rails, but looking forward to Perl 6.

I don't have anything in particular in mind, I'm just curious to see who/what might be interested.

woodhull
We're hiring rubyists somewhat nearby at the Democratic National Committee in Washington, DC. techresume@dnc.org
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abraham
Perhaps you should submit your business as story instead of cluttering up the thread for hackers looking for jobs.
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Scriptor
If anyone in New York City/NYC is willing to hire an experienced web developer for a part-time position (I'm a student), I'd definitely be up for it.

My Github profile: http://github.com/scriptor/

Email: historium@gmail.com

Let me know if you'd like to see my resume.

undefinable
Looking for any kind freelancing jobs, just damn bored of the current job I am in. http://www.icarusone.com - the site and its product are what I made alone as side projects.
Kilimanjaro
I need a partner to create the next big thing.
[dead] mrfish
Wow. I'd be perfect! Can I also do it for free!
SandB0x
I'm in the UK, and interested in graphics, image processing and vision. If you're working in anything related, UK or not, I'd love to talk. Get in touch at my.hn.address at gmail.com
derefr
I'm definitely looking—though also still going to school (so I'm not looking to move, or take any full-time positions, just yet.)

I'm a web (and desktop) developer in Vancouver, BC, willing to freelance or work part-time. I mostly have experience in Ruby and PHP, but dabble in pretty much everything.

Here's a CV/portfolio, which goes on at much greater length: http://derefr.co.cc/work

kloncks
Not looking for a job, but looking for an Internship for the Winter or next Summer.

I'm a student studying Comp Sci and Econ, entering my third year now. A fan of PHP & Python, but am experienced with HTML/CSS, C, C++ and a little Javascript.

Email's in profile.

zarthon
Not looking for a job either but definitely looking for an internship for the coming winter or next summer. I am a student studying Information and Communication Technology, entering my third year. I have experience in working with C/C++, Python , Java, Qt4 bindings for python.

I have just started my blog: http://www.zarthon.wordpress.com

renwar
I'm looking - currently in SF bay area physics PhD program, working on computational condensed matter physics. Physics&Math degree, good CS background as well (mostly python, also C, C++, others in passing) as part of undergrad studies/current research/current side projects but no 'official' dev/work experience, if you get what I mean. Planning to take a year or more off from degree program to work on a startup or similar - I kind of imagine myself coming in somewhere between an intern and and engineer. Hoping to stay in SF area for now. I'd be happy to send a resume, too. email: renwar11@gmail.com
lutorm
I'm not really looking for a job currently, but I'm interested in who would find someone with my skill set useful: Ph.D. in astrophysics, 15yr research experience, lots of coding in C++ and Python (mostly numerical, Monte Carlo, parallel computation, radiation transfer stuff). In general a pretty all-round kind of guy.

If an opportunity came along, I would be interested in something where I could use my knowledge of physics and coding for something more "applied" and immediately useful to humanity than astrophysics. Ring any bells?

jacquesm
That's one hell of a resume.
lutorm
Lol. :)

Actually, I generally feel inferior in the coding discussions here, since I have very little experience with web/networking type stuff and that seems to be what's wanted/used.

jacquesm
I'm sorry I pretty much stopped working with employees and I'm half the world away but with that sort of background you'd almost want to create a thing around you that fits your skill-set.

Physics simulation is a world of its own, and as more and more of this software finds its way on to clusters you can't really avoid the networking portion of writing code (unless abstracted away in MPI or so, but then it still helps to know what's going on under the hood).

With what you already know it shouldn't be too hard to pick up the web bits & pieces but frankly I think your skills are more valuable to the right party than web skills are.

lutorm
Thanks, it's nice to know that someone thinks it's useful! I'm just wondering who the right party is... ;-)
jacquesm
I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics.

It's all forces and equilibria at that level.

Less so in the genetics department, that's much more string processing and image processing oriented.

hugh3
I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics.

I've thought about this, but if you set out to sell software to researchers it's very hard to find customers. Anyone working in this field already has some workable software, and your software would have to be an awful lot better in order to persuade them to switch... and the best-existing codes probably represent many man-years of work.

I've thought about starting a company in my own particular subfield (first-principles simulations on the atomic level) but have never quite got to the point where I come up with enough imaginary customers to make the effort worthwhile. And that's in my own field, which I already understand... catching up with computational biology from an astrophysics background would take a lot longer.

jacquesm
How about hiring yourself out to a company already active in that field ? At a discount initially, but in the longer term probably more lucrative.
hugh3
Could do eventually, but happy within the ivory tower for now. Would only be tempted out by the big face money.
lutorm
Somehow, if I'm going to write scientific software like I'm doing now, I think I prefer the academic freedom over (potentially) making more money. The reason for me to leave would be the "useful to humanity" angle.
larsendt
My dad started his own company that does physics simulations. Most of his customers are labs and universities. I don't think he's hiring (he's the only employee), but if you shoot him an email, he might be able to give you some advice.

His name is Jon. Email: larsen@casinc.com

Confusion
It sounds like Google might like to have you on board. Have you considered applying with them?
lutorm
Actually, I did, but the H1B quota thwarted that... When the next quota period started it was 2009 and they weren't hiring, so I ended up staying in academia and moving to Boston. (I just married an American, so the whole visa deal should soon be over.)
loganfrederick
This is slightly off topic, but I am an undergraduate student learning some of the subjects you mentioned in the parenthesis, and the curriculum/resources at my school are inadequate. Would you be open to a few questions? Please shoot me an email at loganfrederick@gmail.com!
HSO
Sounds like a finance quant to me... except the "immediately useful to humanity" part, maybe ;)
lutorm
Nope. I would hate my life, that's more like "actively harmful to humanity", in my mind...
DaniFong
We've started a company to make an energy storage system using compressed air that's 10x cheaper and 10x longer lasting than traditional batteries, while being as efficient.

We don't need someone with the skillset immediately, but we would have. Have you considered greentech?

lutorm
Yeah, that's one of the things I would be most interested in working with.
heliodor
anybody who has lots of data and would like to analyze it would find you extremely valuable. You just pick a domain that interests you.
amohr
I am a fun and outgoing guy looking for a strategist or community management type position. I've got some dev experience (LAMP, JS, ~python, working on jquery) and a minor in CS, but coding full-time gives me cabin fever of the brain.

I'm super curious, intellectually fearless, and willing to relocate (currently in Chicago; would prefer SF.) Contact info is in my profile.

cdr
BSCS grad looking for an entry-level backend webdevelopment type position. Main experience with python/django but willing to learn ruby/rails or even PHP for the right position. Willing to relocate to a major population center - not a fan of the middle of nowhere :)

Contact is in profile if you'd like my resume/site.

alexharrower
I'm looking for something interesting.

Me: just graduated from university; I'm good at engineering big things, backend development (python and some C/C#), data analytics, and predictive models. I like the type of challenges that keep you up thinking. I gained a fair bit of startup experience for the past few years in undergrad.

Feel free to shoot me a message: alex.harrower@hotmail.com. (no, thats not my real name. I just started f/t with a big company, so sorry for the anonymity. :)

joshwprinceton
GoodCrush is looking for top RoR devs as we gear up for our (re)launch. josh@goodcrush.com
jim_dot
I'm about 4 years out of school (no degree - 3 year diploma + some university). I'm a Canadian looking to go to SoCal preferably. I've been doing iPhone stuff for the past two years - mostly video/image post-processing with OpenGL. Starting on some Android stuff too. I'm more of a "guts" guy than a UI guy though, so I enjoy trying to push these devices to do cool new things. I like C, C++ is okay, Java I need to re-familiarize myself with (due to Android) and I'm getting comfortable with ARM Assembly but I'm still working on getting better at it.
inc
I'm looking for a full/part-time job either remote or on-site near SF or downtown LA ... or you can invest in my company and convince us to work on your projects. See my profile for more info.
tmsh
Based in Berkeley. http://p10q.com -- Feel free to ping me, esp. with interactive graphics work. That'd be ideal.
cschep
This is slightly random but I'll give it a shot.

I'm a developer with mostly .net experience, but I know and love ruby (rails, sinatra) and would love to use it professionally. I've also been studying iPhone development a bit and have an app, albeit simple, on the app store.

I'm looking for a way to work and live in Vienna, Austria starting in January 2011. Earlier could possibly work too! I don't speak German, but I'm currently studying it and would love a situation that helped/forced me to learn while still being able to get work done. I have about 3-4 years professional experience writing web software, I'm a third of the way through a masters in c.s., and am fun to hang out with to boot. Any one looking for remote help, or help in Austria? Long shot, but I figured I'd try it! My email is in my profile, and I'd be happy to talk about anything.

Thanks!