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by matheist
3732 days ago
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I finished the levels during beta. I had already been in communication with Patrick via email (giving beta feedback), and after I finished the last level I sent him a note saying that I was actively looking for work. We had a chat over skype, talked about my experience and what I was looking for. He very quickly lined me up an interview with a very well-known company (well-known, in this case, can be interpreted as "thousands of search results on HN"). I had a 15-minute non-technical phone call with an internal recruiter, and then we scheduled an onsite interview straightaway. I ended up not getting an offer. Not sure whether that's due to my having an off day, or them picking up on legitimate qualities they didn't want, or merely the tendency towards avoiding false positives at the expense of false negatives. In any case, I have since found a job I'm very excited about (starting soon), to which I was connected through Triplebyte. Triplebyte's model for recruiting is slightly different from Starfighters and won't appeal to everyone (though they are probably closer to one another than to any other player in their field). Triplebyte does have an advantage in that they got started a bit earlier, and, importantly, have more clients. (Though only YC companies currently, I think.) They used this advantage concretely by lining me up with several interviews at once. I don't think that that's something that Starfighters has done; I think they've been connecting candidates with companies in serial. |
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Literally changing on a day-to-day basis as I try things out.
Congratulations on the new adventure! (And pip pip for Triplebyte.)