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Alex Cavoulacos Founder @ The Muse
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acav··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)
The Muse (YC W12) - NYC - Full-time If you're interested in tech to make the career search process suck less for people, come talk to us.

Looking for a VP of Engineering - https://www.themuse.com/jobs/themuse/vp-of-engineering And a variety of engineering roles at all levels - https://www.themuse.com/jobs/themuse/engineering-team

If you're interested in learning more, check out themuse.com

acav··on The Muse's Successful Application to YC W12
When we applied to YC in 2011, we originally focused on professional women as that is where we saw the biggest need for our content, although 90% of our content was not gender-specific. Very quickly we watched our demographic grow to be 30+% men, and we made the decision to broaden our focus, while continuing to focus on our core: careers. One reason we made that decision is because one of the things we originally wanted to combat was women not feeling welcome in the workplace, so the idea of men not feeling welcome on The Muse (since they were actively using it "in secret" as they said) didn't feel in line with our principles.

More info on that change here: http://www.themuse.com/advice/join-our-new-journey-updates-f...

acav··on The Muse's Successful Application to YC W12
We've actually seen 30% UV growth from Jan to March - some of that growth has been search given, though there are other channels driving it as well. In Jan we merged thedailymuse.com into themuse.com (under http://themuse.com/advice) so all of our products would live in one place
acav··on Getting More - What You Should Know About Negotiating Start-up Job Offers
I find it hard to understand when people join startups where they don't have the conviction that the equity will be worth anything. Although there is always a high chance of failure, you should at least be playing with odds you believe in
acav··on Hiring Summer Interns? How to Make the Most of Them
Yup - these are the DOL guidelines with the 6 criteria to see if internships can be unpaid http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs71.htm
acav··on Check Out Facebook's Offices
Totally, though I like being able to hear the employees talk about what it's like there
acav··on [dead]
That's so cool...
acav··on Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
How about Pirates of Silicon Valley? Super 90s, but good...
acav··on Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
I'd also recommend Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte for when you're doing presentations (for fundraising or BD)
acav··on 88% there: "Don't Mess With The Internet" billboard in Lamar Smith's district
Love it - seriously awesome way to use crowdtilt