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Ask HN: Hiring software engineers in '16 vs. prior years?

by lscore720 on 4/20/16, 3:37 PM with 7 comments

Hiring Managers:

I'm curious to hear how your experience has been finding software engineers over the last 6-12 months. How's the length of time from job opening-to-hire versus recent years? Any metrics to support whether it's been more difficult or easier recently?

Thanks for your input.

  • by iends on 4/20/16, 6:13 PM

    I can't speak to 2016 as we've only recruited one person this year. However, towards the middle and end of 2015 it was very hard to find good developers in Raleigh, NC. It seems like everybody noticed, too, and as a result salaries seemed to have jumped up a bit. I know a number of senior engineers who were able to get 20% or so raises by jumping to a different company.

  • by sheepmullet on 4/22/16, 9:47 AM

    Lots of talent available and no issue hiring but then we pay 30% over market.

    If you pay market rates then you only get the people actively looking for work or your company is so obviously amazing that devs will take a risk on you.

  • by throweway on 4/21/16, 10:23 AM

    Any Australia anecdotes would be heartily appreciated. A falling AU dollar and stagnent dev wages make the US look so well paid. Almost to the point i could get paid more with a remote US job let alone an onsite one.