Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)

I'm throwing this out there but maybe it'll catch someone's attention.

I'm not your usual coder. I've been programming since the age of 10. I'm 52. I've also worked in forestry, farming, construction and I'm a trained blacksmith. Currently I'm programming CNC and converting vans into campers.

I released a game last year on Steam after a break from programming: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2116950/Tiny_Solar_System...

I made #1 spot on Hacker News last year for this silly site: https://weighoff.net/ (my favourite question: https://www.weighoff.net/?option1=William%20Shatner&option2=...)

I'm releasing a new game this month: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2434510/Gravity_Waves/ built in just over a month. #solodev. I did everything but the music. While also working in non-IT full-time. Follow https://twitter.com/marsupial_pouch for updates.

I'm curious if there's interesting dev work out there that I might be suited for.

Thanks for your time.

Location: Dorset, UK Remote: only Willing to relocate: no Technologies: C#/Unity right now, also Java, Go, JS, SQL, etc etc, right back to 6502 assembler Résumé/CV: on request Email: My name is james (all lowercase) and I can be contacted at rootdev.com

piloto_ciego · 3 years ago

Honestly you just seem like a cool dude.

blueferret · 3 years ago

Props to you for your multifaceted skill set! I'm actually looking at camper vans right now...but I'm all the way across the pond.

mteam88 · 3 years ago

Awesome games!

UWaterloo CS grad. Want DBA work in query optimization/data layout, compiler related projects, other optimization related efforts, or try some devops (though I’m not as experienced with that)

I’ve achieved 40x improved table storage size with Postgres, placed top 5 in compiler code size optimization contest at school, love lisp macros and have led an optimization effort where we achieved 50% reduction in p50 graphQL performance across the board.

Love to teach people about the benefits of clustered data in databases. Really want to try pg_repack, I figure this could reduce costs of many transactional DBs by 30% due to using less memory and compute for similar QPS and only mildly more storage needs.

Contract or fill time is ok

Location: Waterloo ON

Remote: On-site or remote

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Postgres MySQL

Résumé/CV: https://linkedin.com/in/srcreigh

Email: shaneecy at gmail.com

srcreigh · 3 years ago

The table size optimization came from a wide keyed table with a single value as data. The proposed solution was simple (wide key, date, data). I showed that storing data as an array with start_date for indexing (one value per day in the array) reduces storage by 40x, and is also faster even with many years worth of data in the array.

The code size optimization used the standard dead code elimination, constant propagation and folding, peephole ASM optimizations. I also found that the hidden test suite had a defect where some valid code could be eliminated and it’s associated tests wouldn’t catch it, but forget the details. I informed them but they let me keep the savings.

I know how to send compiler errors in Racket IDEs using a macro (static code checks). I also made a macro which reads DB table column names and creates variables based on them, so the code would break based on typo checking against the actual table name.

The graphQL optimization came from suspiciously high serialization costs in python Apollo graphQL server. Something like 70% of time handling request in serialization. Someone else figured out a change to help here, it took some prodding them to keep looking for the right fix as 70% time in serialization seemed absolutely nuts.

last_one_in · 3 years ago

codeforafrica · 3 years ago

Contract, part-time employment or volunteer

Location: Africa

Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: yes, to any location in Africa, where i can get the necessary permission to live and work.

Technologies: Linux, Fullstack, System Administration.

Résumé/CV: on request (software development, CTO, mentoring, training, fluent in English and German)

Like this Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31518945], I am looking for similar work. I am a European software developer who has lived and worked on four continents. Now it's time to move on and so i am looking to relocate to Africa.

While i could find a job elsewhere i believe that the experience living in an area where my work is going to have an impact gives me a better understanding of the needs of the location i am serving. Whether it is through direct contact with clients and users or just by being part of a local community and learning about the reality of living there.

I have more than a decade of experience running a company, doing software development, support and training and mentoring adults and students, as well as working on educational projects, and i am willing to take on a mixture of roles as needed to support a project.

I am willing to consider a volunteer position if a visa can be arranged.

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quisquous · 3 years ago

  Location: Palo Alto, CA
  Remote: yes
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: software engineering leadership
  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbonds/
  Email: scott@ggr.com

Software engineering exec. 20 years of leading transformation and growth with both consumer facing and backend software.

Secret sauce:

1. deeply technical but also have experience leading product

2. know how to take UX to 11 from my time making video games

3. leadership nerd passionate about org health, teamwork, and culture

Bonus: led through the full journey from series A to profitable

Looking for:

1. B2C

2. team of 50-150

3. cares about profitability

4. cares about org health

5. not centered on trendy tech, i.e. not web3

zersiax · 3 years ago

Location: Europe, NL

Remote: Yes, please

Willing to relocate: no, but completely ok working US Eastern or even Pacific Timezones

Blurp:

First and foremost, I am an accessibility consultant. Next to that, I am a developer. A screenreader-using, fully blind one in fact. Why, I was featured on HN for that very thing several years ago: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8965048>.

I do my best work when I can somehow combine those three things. This spans from working with dev teams as a regular old dev, or an accessibility-focused one, all the way to training people on accessibility, auditing pages and helping with remediation.

I was unfortunately laid off recently and am therefore once more on the prowl for a position that would be suitable. Technologies include Php/Laravel, Python/Django, Ruby/Rails, backend JS, UNIX, Docker, Git, etc.

Skills outside of those obviously include HTML, WCAG, 30 years of accessibility experience given I live that life, screen reader proficiency and public speaking/teaching.

Resume/web: https://linkedin.com/in/florianbeijers, https://florianbeijers.xyz

email: florianbeijers [at] gmail [dot] com

POiNTx · 3 years ago

Location: Vancouver Canada, Remote

Remote: Yes (Remote only)

Technologies: Elixir, Phoenix, Svelte, Django, Python

Résumé/CV: Upon request

Email: hn@wout.space

GitHub: https://github.com/woutdp

Website: https://wout.space/

Current project: https://github.com/woutdp/live_svelte

Past project: https://geoquest.gg/ (made in SvelteKit)

Full-Stack Web Developer. Looking for Elixir/Phoenix work. 7+ years of professional experience working with various web technologies, mainly Python, Django and Svelte(Kit). Would be open for working with Python/Django/Svelte(Kit). Also open to work on frontend and/or backend only projects. Website refresh/new website projects is also something I'm interested in.

Availability: part-time, +- 25 hours per week or less