Hacker News Reader

dash488on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)

How do we contact about the role? The website has no open opportunities.

dash488on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)

Auto rejected next day with zero feedback or contact. Same copy and paste from last month. Buyer beware.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024)

Worked in tech for 10+ years as a Systems Administrator and now DevOps for startups and established companies. Recently took a few years off to help family but eager to get back. My last role I was the sole DevOps where I transformed the whole stack from static resources to containerized development lifecycle and built a team around IT and development resources. I am capable to do anything I put my mind to.

Location: Long Beach, CA Remote: Preferable Willing to relocate: Under the right circumstances. Technologies: DevOps, Cloud, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md Email: sean@ulation.com

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2024)

Worked in tech for 10+ years as a Systems Administrator and now DevOps for startups and established companies. Recently took a few years off to help aging family but eager to get back to work work to solve problems.

My last role I was the sole DevOps where I transformed the whole stack from static resources to containerized development lifecycle and built a team around IT and development resources. I am capable to do anything I put my mind to.

Location: Long Beach, CA Remote: Preferable Willing to relocate: Under the right circumstances. Technologies: DevOps, Cloud, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md Email: sean@ulation.com

dash488on DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it

My comment was around the wording as advertised. It will also be my 11th DEF CON next year, never been to Blackhat. We should grab a beer.

I have personally worried after seeing Cesars transform after the events at the Mandalay Bay with the new addition of their own paramilitary group (the SRTs) and their actions during DEF CON. Just check out their job descriptions: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/security-officer-srt-i-fu...

Before the SRTs, I personally know from knowing the staff who run the conference that they have helped Cesars Entertainment in previous years strengthen and work with them hand-in-hand to secure their networks and train their staff. Even work with the goons to make sure people didn't get trespassed over shenanigans. I honestly think the mid level management is sad we are gone.

The other side is the Okta was just a taste of what could go wrong. Seeing MGM totally shut down and loosing millions was scary for upper management. Auditors weren't comparing Blackhat to DEF CON but that the listing on the spreadsheet was not "boat show" but "hacking con" and they deemed that was too much risk for the level of coverage Cesars Entertainment wanted.

Never the less, we all hated Cesars and I am personally excited to see what this next year will look like.

dash488on DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it

The bomb threat last year is a funny story that I cant share here. It was very much a nothing burger but their security doing what they are paid to do.

dash488on DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it

After the impact of the MGM hack this year Cesars probably revisited their insurance on getting compromised. After the auditors and lawyers looked at all the risks they came across DEF CON and said no because of the wording of how DEF CON is marketed. Their choice was probably to drop them or loose coverage.

DEF CON is listed as a "hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada." where Blackhat is "Black Hat is an internationally recognized cybersecurity event series providing the most technical and relevant information security..."

I imagine places like the convention center cant afford or care about insurance at this level.

dash488on Testing how hard it is to cheat with ChatGPT in interviews

I asked this same question in an interview to an ex Redhat employee interviewing for a Linux Admin role and their answer was that they didn't know what SystemD was.

I think overall this is a great question to sus out if someone is qualified for a role.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, SRE

Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8+ years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance.

I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, SRE

Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8+ years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, SRE

Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8+ years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred, USA Willing to relocate: No Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, SRE

Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8+ years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred, USA Willing to relocate: No

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, SRE

Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8+ years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred, USA Willing to relocate: No Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, DCOS, Containerization. Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8 years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2023)

Location: Los Angeles, CA Remote: Preferred, USA Willing to relocate: No

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/

Email: sean@ulation.com

Position Types: Lead DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager

Systems engineer doing DevOps for the last 8 years. I have an eclectic background working with small and large stacks. Mostly focusing on CI/CD, cost analysis, SOC2/Compliance and working hands on with developers to solve complex problems. I am interested in a mission driven company looking to develop DevOps methodologies with the potential of building a team.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2022)

Location: Los Angeles Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: DevOps, Linux, AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md Email: sean@ulation.com

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2022)

  Location: Los Angeles
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: For the right role.
  Technologies: DevOps, Operations, Systems Administration, AWS, GCP, Cloud, Security, Compliance
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/devoopes/resume/blob/master/resume.md
  Email: sean (at) ulation.com

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2022)

  Location: Los Angeles, CA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Not at this time
  Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, DCOS, Containerization. 
  Résumé/CV: Please email
  Email: sean@ulation.com

Sysadmin and now DevOps of 10+ years. Experience with Cloud scaling, budgeting, and hybrid solutions.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?

I have been looking for similar like minded focuses. I spend a lot of time in the DevOps space while always expanding to other areas. Please do reach out, sean (at) ulation (dot) com

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2022)

  Location: Los Angeles
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate:
  Technologies: DevOps AWS Terraform etc
  Résumé/CV: https://github.com/SeanLeftBelow/resume
  Email: sean@ulation.com

Sysadmin and now DevOps of 10+ years. Experience with Cloud scaling, budgeting, and hybrid solutions.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2021)

  Location: Los Angeles, CA
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Not at this time
  Technologies: DevOps / Solutions Architecture / Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) / CI/CD, Kubernetes, DCOS, Containerization. 
  Résumé/CV: Please email
  Email: sean@ulation.com

Sysadmin and now DevOps of 10+ years. Experience with Cloud scaling, budgeting, and hybrid solutions.

dash488on Roku tells customers it is unable to strike a deal with YouTube

Roku and AndroidTV aside, has someone come up with an opensource alternative to either of these spammy services?

Im in neither camp as I have had both functionalities preinstalled on a TV. Recently with my newer Android TV it is riddled with ADs and is noisy on my network with telemetry data, even when not in use. When I just want to turn it on and play PS4, it takes time to load the latest on Amazon Prime, Netflix and whatever other streaming service they are shilling, none which I pay for. When most of my media is on Plex or a gaming system. I just want my TV to be dumb again.

dash488on The 'Fuck You' Pattern

Twitters new-ish feed refresh with out ask on mobile is a good example of this. While reading a tweet your feed will refresh shoving you anywhere between 10 and 100 tweets up on your feed. If I really wanted to see what I am reading I have to scroll back down through my already witnessed feed.

dash488on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2019)

Location: Los Angeles Remote: No Willing to relocate: Not at this time. Technologies: DevOps, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, DCOS, Mesos, Jenkins, Ansible, SaltStack. Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmccabe/ GitHub: https://github.com/SeanLeftBelow/ Email: sean@ulation.com

dash488on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)

The Black Tux | Los Angeles, CA (Santa Monica) | https://theblacktux.com/

The Black Tux is rethinking the way traditional suit and tuxedo rental is done. Making renting a tuxedo the convenient, enjoyable, and stylish experience it should be.

We’re currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer | 6+ years experience; heavy emphasis on Python, Javascript; will work with micro-services, graffQL and eCommerce order models | https://jobs.lever.co/theblacktux/3d9be859-ebba-49da-8704-f8...

Email lauren@theblacktux.com with questions.

dash488on Amazon recruiters lying about hiring managers so they can trick candidates

I have had a lot of calls that go like this.

But usually I wont waste my time past the first call if they can't put a name on the hiring manager.