Ask HN: Is it worth it to post on the 'Who Wants To Be Hired' thread?

I got a job through a Who’s Hiring post that helped me move to Copenhagen, DK. I’ve gotten a few interviews through Who Wants To Be Hired, mostly interesting companies who then ask me to apply as if I was a regular candidate.

In one case, I got a very nice email from the CEO, I applied, but I was never told what kind of position I was interviewing for, so it was really tough to tailor my answers and focus.

2021-2023 were different times, now almost zero chances, if they receive thousands CVs.

I had luck with it. I was hired from the February 2022 HN post and enjoyed working there for three years before we were acquired. I posted last week in February 2025, hoping for similar results.

Undoubtedly some people get jobs this way. But even if none have so far, that doesn't mean you won't. As they say in the finance industry, "past performance is no guarantee of future performance." Given how easy it is to post your info, why the reluctance to do so?

I've had much better luck with Who's Hiring.

EDIT: Oh, it looks like a job from a few years back I thought I reached out for was actually them reaching out to me from Who Wants to Be Hired.

So apparently I had good luck after all. :)

For context, it was a security research position.

Yes. I posted in Feb of 2021, was hired and still at the same place.

I hired a designer from one.

How effective it is will be different for each person, since supply and demand is different for each job. Clojure CTO and React UI Developer aren’t vying for the same job, for example.

You end up getting what is basically spam from dickheads and their apologists.

And that's just the sociopath tech CEOs who're trying to "cast a wide net" wrt recruiting (i.e., lying in their email responses to you about how they "saw" your post and thought you might be "a good fit"). I still also get straight up junkmail sent to a single-use email address that I once posted in a "Who wants to be hired?" thread. Take appropriate precautions.

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while i do no tknow, this question is really great :)) ++1