The Programmer's Price: Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent
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HN comment orderI'm the lead engineer and founder of http://OfferLetter.io - We guide engineers (and designers and PMs) by helping them navigate the "last-mile" - that is, the offer selection/negotiation process - in exchange for a fee from the candidates. (We got brief shoutout in the article along with Dave and our friends at HackMatch) I want to specifically address 1) Sam Altman and 2) Chris Fry's respective points about the problems with regards to models that align with the candidate more…
Hi – I'm Max from the article (long haired guy). Happy to answer any questions about what's changed since 2014... Michael Solomon [1] still my agent, and 10x has stood by me throughout my career. While I've stopped doing consulting work for others through 10x, they still support my contracts related to art and speaking arrangements. I can't speak highly enough of how much they've done for me. I stopped doing contract work not because of 10x, but simply grew…
From 2014. Interesting discussion from back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8616952
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- Total points
- 451
- Total comments
- 288
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-17 | The Programmer's Price: Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agentFirst breakout · Best thread | eroo | 374 | 216 |
| 2014-11-19 | The Programmer’s Price – Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent | mgav | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-07-01 | The Programmer’s Price | Garbage | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-04-06 | The Programmer's Price (2014) | acdanger | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-05-08 | The Programmer’S Price (American Chronicles) (2014) | aaronchall | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-12-25 | The Programmer’s Price | putnam | 19 | 1 |
| 2020-10-11 | The Programmer's Price (2014)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | pieterr | 50 | 71 |