Dear Rand, if you get a software engineer from this submission, I expect a check for $12k at my doorstep. Your friend, Ross.<p>Seriously, though, good luck. The SEO (and hopefully Hacker News) community wishes you success in this recruitment.
I love that they list participation in 4chan as a plus, under "participation in the social web" (<a href="http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qw49Vfwo&page=Job%20Description&j=oBXDVfwQ" rel="nofollow">http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qw49Vfwo&...</a>).
This is a smart idea. A lot of the best startups are using recruiters (who can get $30k or more per hire). The noise level will be a LOT higher than a recruiter, but it might be worth it. Hopefully Rand will write a post-mortem on this.
Here at Atlassian, we have a refer-a-mate scheme. If you refer someone, you get a free flight to Sydney, Amsterdam or San Fransisco (or $2000):<p><a href="http://www.atlassian.com/about/careers/refer-a-mate.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlassian.com/about/careers/refer-a-mate.jsp</a><p>You can also refer someone for a graduate position for $750:<p><a href="http://www.atlassian.com/about/careers/refer-a-grad.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.atlassian.com/about/careers/refer-a-grad.jsp</a>
Here's a link to the actual posting: <a href="http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qw49Vfwo&page=Job%20Description&j=oBXDVfwQ" rel="nofollow">http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qw49Vfwo&...</a><p>And on a related note, their job requirements are refreshing. They tell you what they're using, and that they want some related experience, but don't make a huge deal of 'AT LEAST 5 years in our language and framework combination'.
Good luck with this. I am especially interested in the noise ratio. Reminds me of a great "about hiring" article from Joel Spolsky: <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDevelopers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FindingGreatDeveloper...</a>