Ask HN: Why do some YC companies keep posting the same job bi-weekly? I noticed a pattern in the job posting section where some YC startups are posting the same job every two weeks. When you apply, you don't receive a return. Have you had the same experience? What are the odds of companies using job sections for advertising? |
I've been meaning to look at the data to see what needs to be tightened or cleaned up there. Currently the rule is that active YC companies can have an ad at most once per two weeks (as you saw), with the caveat that priority is always given to the company that has waited the longest since their last ad or have never posted one before.
We don't monitor the accuracy of the ad content nor how the companies respond to applicants—not that those things aren't important, but we don't have the resources to check them.
Maybe they should be required to re-word it once a month or once every 6 months. After awhile I start to be put off by the company's name just because of the perpetual noticing.
The idea is that if someone spectacular comes on the market they can either replace an existing dev, or create a new role for that person.
TIL Algolia supports the job tag (it's not in the docs).
# Using https://gabrielsroka.github.io/webpages/pith.html
u = '//hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=job'
jobs = []
for p in range(50)
? 'Fetching page', p
s = await getJson(u + '&page=' + p)
s.hits.forEach(j => j.name = j.title.match(/(.*?) \(/)?.[1] ?? j.title)
jobs = jobs.concat(s.hits)
debug.clear()
jobs.sort((j1, j2) => (j1.name + j1.created_at).localeCompare(j2.name + j2.created_at))
? jobs.map(j => j.created_at + ': ' + j.name).join('\n')
v = jobs.map(j => j.name).reduce((o, n) => (o[n] = o[n] + 1 || 1, o), {})
v = Object.entries(v).sort((v1, v2) => v2[1] - v1[1])
| Name | Count
for [n, c] in v
+ n >> cOtherwise, I can't imagine that the benefits from visibility outweigh the reputation damage from posting jobs that are not open.
First post for founding engineer #3 was back in June 2022.
You might think that the people on HN are all super brilliant engineers with patience and social grace in spades, but I doubt it.
Especially since this forum is frequented by techies, having a job post will get eyes on their product from their target customers as well
Haven't checked if a person with email nota[particularAnimal]@gmail.com is still posting the same job.
I got over two dozen applications to my "who's hiring" thread post. (People want to work in Rust and AI/film/gaming, which might skew our numbers.)
That's not to say hundred of qualified applications, just applications in general, unqualified and qualified.
Sonara*1, LazyApply*2, and others allow job seekers to create an incredible amount of noise with virtually zero effort.
*1 "We send out job applications on your behalf, while you watch the interview requests roll in."
*2 "Automatically apply for 1000's of jobs in a single click. LazyApply will auto fill job applications and apply to all of the jobs..."
If I learned this happened after getting hired, I'd also be sure to always be interviewing for new positions