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jriggs··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2025)

  Location: Cincinnati, OH
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No 
  Technologies: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, React, Vue.js, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, SASS
  Résumé/CV: https://joeriggs.com
  Email: joseph.a.riggs@gmail.com
Full-stack engineer with 15 years of experience building scalable systems and leading technical initiatives. Delivered $2M in annual savings through devops automation, cloud migrations, and data pipeline optimization. Experienced in solving complex technical problems, designing user interfaces, and mentoring development teams. Seeking a collaborative role that combines platform architecture with hands-on development.
jriggs··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)
wdym? i doubt this qualifies as a job posting
jriggs··on Show HN: Remove sponsored content in YouTube videos
Youtube knows what videos have promotional content. I'm seriously hoping for a search filter that natively removes them from results....plugins don't work for me since I watch primarily on a smart TV. For now I have resorted to blocking channels with promoted content, that's the great thing about yt, there's always another channel out there with similar content
jriggs··on How I successfully became a software engineer in 3 months
True. I have experience working as an instructor at a bootcamp. I've had the opportunity to learn more about bootcamps as an industry....The best bootcamps (highest placement rates) without fail offer a career services portion as well.

That gives you interview prep, LinkedIn support, resume building and most importantly networking with hiring partners. I have no doubt someone can become a dev in from no experience in 3 months, because I've seen it happen personally hundreds of times. But without the career services it is far more difficult to break in.

jriggs··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2022)
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Remote: Yes / Preferred

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full-Stack Developer, DevOps, Project Management, Agile. Also very skilled in presenting/demoing, and communicating with business stake holders. Currently on C#/.NET, Vue.js, MSSQL, WebAPI /stack but have a lot of previous open-source experience, and always learning something new :)

Résumé/CV: https://joe-riggs.com/resume

Email: josephariggs+hn@gmail.com

jriggs··on Senior devs. Is anyone else insulted by coding exams?
There seems to be a fair amount of hiring manager in this thread, so I wanted to ask a related question:

Is my current tech adjacent role preventing me from getting interviews as a developer?

I have been working in technology for over 15 years now. I am looking to switch but into software development and applying to roles that align very well with my past experiences and current ambitions. I've probably applied to 100 jobs and had 5 follow ups from companies! What could the issue be? My resume? Ageism? Current Role?

My current resume for context https://joe-riggs.com/resume/

jriggs··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2022)
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full-Stack Developer, DevOps, Project Management, Agilist. Also very skilled in presenting/demoing, and working directly across business domains. Currently on C# .NET, Vue, MSSQL, API / Microsoft stack but always learning something new :)

Résumé/CV: https://joe-riggs.com/resume

Email: josephariggs+hn@gmail.com

jriggs··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2022)
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full-Stack Developer, DevOps, Project Management, Agilist. Also very skilled in presenting/demoing, and working directly across business domains. Currently on Microsoft stack but can shift over to the best tool for the task at hand.

Résumé/CV: https://joeriggs.com/

Email: josephariggs+hn@gmail.com

jriggs··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2021)
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Full-Stack Developer, DevOps, Project Management, Agilist. Also very skilled in presenting/demoing, and working directly across business domains. Currently on Microsoft stack but can shift over to the best tool for the task at hand.

Résumé/CV: https://joeriggs.com/

Email: josephariggs+hn@gmail.com

jriggs··on Why reskilling won’t always guarantee you a new job
I think 3 months of full-time study is more that enough time to get the fundamentals of software development and land an entry level dev job. This is especially true when paired with a career preparation program.

Many bootcamps have 90+% verified placements rates after graduation

jriggs··on Walmart Prepares to Offer Low-Cost Checking Accounts
Nice analysis, as someone who is currently going through the same process, as there any reason you didn't include ally which actually pays interest on checking accounts and has some pretty nice perks?

http://www.ally.com/bank/interest-checking-account/

jriggs··on All the Western companies you’d have to combine to get something like Alibaba
Google is extremely invested in education, recently they announced Google Apps for eductation: http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/education/

They also contributed a pile of money to EdX. Those are 2 examples off the top of my head

jriggs··on Kickstarter Stats
My favorite part of the article was the little green scissors at the bottom