Ask HN: How to look for jobs in silicon valley , especially start ups

The best advice I can give, if you're looking to get hired, is to find a startup that is fixing a problem you're interested in. See if they have an API, and if they do, build something with it. If they don't reach out to them expressing interest in one, and take it from there.

Working on one. In the meantime, every 1st, they have a who's hiring thread here. There are a few other mailing lists and places that have startup jobs posted such as StartupDigest or GitHub jobs. There's a few more that escape me at the moment but they're around. Ultimately the list is long. Find areas you have interest in and research the market that way.

You can find a list of a few YC companies that are hiring by clicking on 'jobs' on this site. At the top of that page, you'll see that YC will be hosting a "work at a startup" event which you can sign up for that will feature many YC companies.

http://www.startupjobs.com/ maybe?

Look at the startups who've just closed VC rounds