Post #954696

2026-04-06 08:09 UTC

I&#39;m #hiring again and I really do wish people would look me up more before they applied. I&#39;m not going to be impressed with your #google workplace skills, or your use of #canva, or any #socialmedia app. If one, just one applicant, mentioned their open source or #selfhosting skills, that would be a ticket to an immediate interview.

Replies (6)

@ncoca@social.coop 2026-04-06 13:02

As many people are asking, this is the job - it's not #tech focused, but journalism focused - https://nithincoca.com/journalism-publicist.html

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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-04-06 08:22

@ncoca@social.coop Every interview I've been in where a candidate mentions their work related home hobbies makes the interview very enjoyable and us always leading to that question, "when can you start?" That kind of energy is what we can use. Without that, interviews can be a struggle, "can this work out?"

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@XavCC@todon.eu 2026-04-06 08:28

@ncoca@social.coop You have my full attention. What's the job?

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@micr0@wetdry.world 2026-04-06 08:43

@ncoca@social.coop wowie and I'm looking for a job! I do quite a bit of open source stuff, mainly my own projects for fedi, but you should look at my github and see for yourself :3 https://github.com/micr0-dev https://micr0.dev Although it occurs to me that there is a good chance that this position is not online at all, but in that case oh well and I hope you find someone proper and cool locally!!

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@abhiyantrik@mastodon.social 2026-04-06 11:26

@ncoca@social.coop hi Nithin, I'm looking for a job. I do a lot of self-hosting as a hobby (I currently run some 30 services at home). I saw your work as a journalist. What kind of job profile are you looking at? Is it remote?

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@me_the_fl00f@cybre.club 2026-04-06 12:36

@ncoca@social.coop Wait, should I then apply using my blog :floof_peek:

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