How I found two jobs using Twitter (hireart.com)

Haha, I love the story about getting the job at Shoptiques! It's brilliant. Just show up and meet the CEO...Nice.

Good! Pretty simple and pretty real!

Twitter (and GitHub) is how I, and many of my teammates, got our jobs at the company we work for. We've been hiring developers like this for years and it works.

I think it depends a lot on the company. I'm currently trying to get into an IT Ops position at Tesla Motors in Europe. I put my app through their HR workflow on their website, but I also found the hiring manager and other people I'd be working with on LinkedIn. Sent a personal message to them, etc, and was told I'd hear back from someone shortly. That was a week ago.

Researching the company, the people around the position, these are extremely helpful ways to get into an org. Its not always going to work though.

My buddy got an internship directly under Gary Vaynerchuck by tweeting. It can definitely work!