4kimov

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Comment · 2 years ago

> Every time a maintainer finds a way to get paid, it’s a win.

Amen. It's becoming more common, and there's lots to celebrate [0]

[0] https://fossfox.com/

Comment · 2 years ago

I see. Thanks for the input.

Ask HN: Is there a reason Google does not like my domain?

4 4kimov 2 years ago 3 comments

Comment · 2 years ago

Good points. Those pages also contain links to old implementations (Hashids), because a lot of projects still use those and want to be able to find them.

Comment · 2 years ago

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Show HN: Sqids (formerly Hashids) – Generate short unique IDs from numbers sqids.org

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Comment · 3 years ago

Having moved from React to Svelte, it was always a breath of fresh air to write less and have it just work. Feels strange seeing state/props/effect again, almost like I'm back to React.

Comment · 3 years ago

Besides all the already mentioned, solid responses about looking for new opportunities (personal network, consistent daily applications, etc), it's worth noting this one too:

Become a regular contributor to specific open-source projects (esp if it's a growing and/or funded startup).

This approach might work better for those that are already comfortable w/ OSS and don't yet have connections. When applying to that company a bit later, obviously mention all the merged PRs.

For example, here's Posthog [0] showing you what you could help with thru a job post. You can find more companies like this one at Fossfox [1], shameless plug: I maintain that index rn.

[0] https://posthog.com/careers/full-stack-engineer-growth#typic...

[1] https://fossfox.com/

Comment · 3 years ago

Thank you. Yes you're right, location/remote has to be adjusted for better experience. And I'll see what I can do regarding the email '+', thanks for the heads up.

Comment · 3 years ago

Oh I like that. It would include people that enjoy working at open-source companies, but their role might not be directly foss-related on the daily (eg: devops, website, etc). Thank you for pointing that out.

Comment · 3 years ago

Good point. The code used to have a "work directly on open-source" checkbox per job, but it's hidden for now because I wasn't sure about the edge cases: people can be asked to switch projects later, some companies have their main product as open-source but the position is not directly related (eg: devops), etc. Perhaps I should bring it back and see how it does. Thank you for the feedback.

Comment · 3 years ago

Indeed. Some companies limit to countries, some to timezones (+/- a few hours), some to regions like you mentioned, and others might have a language requirement. I've been trying to figure out how to surface that properly without making it too complicating for either the poster or the viewer, and I'm honestly not sure yet.