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Triplebyte Now in Seattle and Los Angeles

by Harj on 10/3/18, 3:49 PM with 66 comments

  • by Harj on 10/3/18, 3:53 PM

    In addition to already seeing an increasing number of engineers from both Seattle and Los Angeles applying to Triplebyte, two other trends drove our decision to open up in these two locations.

    First we've seen a continual drop in the number of Seattle based engineers who are willing to relocate to the Bay Area. It's dropped by over half since the start of the year and it's the first sustained drop we've seen since starting Triplebyte in 2015.

    Second, we've seen an increasing number of Bay Area engineers interested in moving to Los Angeles even as the average software engineer salaries in the Bay Area continue to grow.

    As someone who moved halfway across the world and left family/friends to move to the Bay Area, it makes me sad to see how it's becoming increasingly difficult for people to move here. I believe this is the biggest threat to Silicon Valley's dominance as the center of the technology industry.

  • by michaco33 on 10/3/18, 5:44 PM

    ARGH! Now it all makes a bit more sense. Triplebyte is a YC alumni, and that's why they're allowed to spam HN.

    I got downvoted in the comments of another spam post of theirs because I made a snarky remark. I think they have mod access here -- they can delete your comment, make it invisible, etc. I think they're deleting comments in this very thread right here.

    I'm just tired of seeing your ads everywhere, Triplebyte. You're right, I am an engineer. You have found me. But, I have a job that I plan on staying at for years. May I please, please be excused from the endless barrage of triplebyte "stories"? (not "spam", guys, OK? that word is not to be used anymore in 2018)

  • by VonGuard on 10/3/18, 4:21 PM

    Ya'll sure spend a lot on Reddit ads, even my wife sees them, and she's not your target audience. Is this effective? honestly curious.

  • by ronilan on 10/3/18, 6:04 PM

    > We're offering new companies in both Seattle and LA a special $15,000 fee on your first hire.

    That is an insane amount of money in the world of education and skill training.

    For an industry that prides itself on being “efficient” and “productive”, it is kind of amazing to see how institutionalized the gatekeeper business has become.

  • by driverdan on 10/3/18, 4:37 PM

    Why does location matter? Triplebyte's process is location independent. Is this an SEO play?

  • by jorblumesea on 10/3/18, 6:44 PM

    Anyone else feel Triplebyte is one huge candidate data collection scheme? It really feels like this is a "you're the product, not the consumer" situation. I can see a scenario where a big 4 company would pay for this data and match it to a direct hire application to weed out candidates beforehand.

  • by tzs on 10/3/18, 9:58 PM

    I have a question about Triplebyte.

    Suppose I'm not looking for a job, but take your quiz for fun (which your site says is OK). I'd probably take the quiz in some area I'm not good in, such as front end web [1], because that might provide some guidance as to what I should be looking at if I want to get better in that field.

    There is, of course, a good chance I'll do terrible on that (but have a lot of fun).

    Then let's say that months or a year or so later, I've had a chance to actually get good in that area, and I'm looking for a job. Will that botched for fun quiz in that area sink me if I try to use Triplebyte seriously in that job hunt?

    [1] I've only had to do simple web stuff--simple PHP generated pages with simple framework free JavaScript now and them.

  • by berbec on 10/3/18, 8:28 PM

    I passed my triple byte exam with "very high scores" (I'm sure that's BS), but I don't know any of the languages they were testing me on. What should I teach myself before I schedule the interview? Rust? Go? Php? A framework instead?

  • by billyggruff on 10/3/18, 5:01 PM

    Best of luck with your wifi deployments.

    In all seriousness, I had an interesting dealing with triplebyte regarding an internal job posting.

    Took an assesment, was sent a message of acceptance, followed shortly by a rejection.

    Felt 'weird'.

  • by tudelo on 10/3/18, 4:25 PM

    Does anyone have experience with Vettery? Seems to be a somewhat similar service and they will absolutely not stop contacting me.

  • by paul7986 on 10/3/18, 6:34 PM

    What salaries does TripleByte offer for Sr. Devs in these high cost of living cities?

    $200k and above?