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Between this and the co-founders spreadsheet and the recurring 'Who's hiring?' threads, I think it's about time for a HackerJobs.com or something.
by wensing 17y ago
Between this and the co-founders spreadsheet and the recurring 'Who's hiring?' threads, I think it's about time for a HackerJobs.com or something.
- vaksel 17y agobad idea, it'll get spammed by recruiters and big companies...like all job boards are. I think the more personal "is anyone looking" is a much better idea.
- wensing 17y agoMaybe someone can solve that hard problem while they're at it? Leverage whatever's keeping HN relatively spam-free.
- pjharrin 17y agoWe could make it like doostang, so you need to have somebody invite you in order to make an account
- oneplusone 17y agoSeems to me putting a karma requirement on posting, and requiring X up-votes before it gets to the main job page would solve that problem.
- revorad 17y agoAnd create a new problem of more people trying to game the karma system. I think it's best to leave jobs (no pun intended) out of this place.
- steveplace 17y agoDoes a site do this? This sounds like a great approach to that sector.
- pjharrin 17y agoI'm not entirely sure if this is the right approach, but a job site that works as well as job postings on HN is definitely in demand
- nandemo 17y agoThe "is anyone looking" approach doesn't work well here. Unlike regular forum threads, HN posts will disappear from the front page very quickly even if people are still replying to it.
- benologist 17y agoI think job boards are pretty boring ... they seem to be the fallback business plan these days for any site where adsense doesn't make enough...
- dschobel 17y agoI agree but it seems clear that HN could use some way of letting its like-minded visitors connect. pg has built a singular and impressive user base, one which benefits from talking to and meeting each other. I do agree a traditional jobs board would a lame add-on which would exist orthogonally to the stories/comments. Very soon it would be filled by stale jobs (startups move fast), recruiters and people who come just for the jobs section. The current method of putting up a job post when it seems to be of most utility works, but just barely. I just don't know if there's any feature you can add which would not feel like a cheap add-on but rather work within the current user-centric community.
- smanek 17y agoHmm, would anyone object to another 'who's hiring' thread right now? It's been about 2.5 months since the last one ...
- rglullis 17y agoNot HackerJobs, but perhaps http://job4dev.com/jobs http://job4dev.com/jobs ? Free to post listings, as long as the there is information about the company that is hiring. People can browse companies and listings by tags. Just put a "ycombinator" or "startup" tag there, and I'll approve it quickly. Users that would like to get more details before applying can do so by registering and letting a comment on the listing page.
- krakensden 17y ago... you wouldn't happen to work on that, by any chance?
- rglullis 17y agoI do. What other disclaimer besides "I'll approve it quickly" would be needed?
- ramchip 17y agoYou could charge companies $350 per posting and $1000/month to search CVs and finance HN like this. Applicants would be rated by karma, and employers by the 'PG test', which would check whether they use Lisp, have source control, etc. It's a proven model! http://jobs.stackoverflow.com/default.asp?pg=pgEmployers http://jobs.stackoverflow.com/default.asp?pg=pgEmployers
- pjharrin 17y agoOr we can start a company and have have YC invest in it :D
- epall 17y agoIsn't that called Startuply.com?