Tell HN: Always have a way to reach you in your profile
I was browsing around this evening when I came across a thread looking for freelancers. Being a freelancer(or trying to anyway) I clicked and saw several companies that were looking, but nothing that matched my skill set. There was one post though I saw that piqued my interest. It was a New Orleans based developer looking for work. I'd seen another "who's hiring" thread yesterday offering a great position to people willing to relocate to New Orleans. So I figured "why not pay it forward?" and I copied the link to the original post, with the intent of forwarding it to this person. They have no way to be reached on their profile page. So let that be a lesson to you. Always have an email or other way to reach you in your HN profile. You never know when someone offering 20% equity and a founding position in a funded startup will come your way.