On the other hand, job-seekers who have been here for longer than a few months probably remember the hiring threads always happen on the 1st.
I think that's easier to remember than "1st of the month, unless that falls on a weekend, then it's the 1st business day following the 1st of the month"; which tends to get further conflated to include holidays.
I agree, much easier. I also always include the hiring threads in my weekly Hacker Newsletter (http://www.hackernewsletter.com) in case someone does miss it when it comes out.
I could be wrong, but I think Saturday is a great day for these threads. The work week is mainly relevant to people in 9-to-5 jobs. If I were looking for a job (I'm not) I would generally avoid doing the search during the week. Why? At least on Wall Street, people get fired if their bosses figure out that they're looking for jobs. Once you start searching, you've effectively quit as they see it.
That said, I'm coming to the conclusion that one should always be looking for jobs at least in a limited sense (networking, skill building). It's not disloyal. It's just smart. Jobs end, sometimes suddenly and involuntarily. It's a fact of life and people need to be prepared.
The work week is mainly relevant to people in 9-to-5 jobs
You mean like a hiring manager | HR person | future coworker who might post here? I could see arguments going either way about weekend posting. At least it should be at the top of the ask HN list for a while since it is a bit lower churn for people not wanting it to disappear because of the weekend post. etc.
Well... I really think that's a reason why having this on a weekend is good; I don't want to hear from a hiring manager or HR person. Those are the people that are already flooding my LinkedIn account with offers for soul-crushing positions. By contrast, the people that see these things on the weekend are people that are here because they're interested, in their spare time, to read about programming, because they actually like it. Those are the people I want as prospective employers.
That boss can only fire you so quickly once you start looking because he's already been looking. And he likes not only having that freedom, but that you do not.
They don't know what loyal means. Don't kill yourself trying to show them.
