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Hi Everyone. Maker of https://OldGeekJobs.com https://OldGeekJobs.com here. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a redundant comment but the text post won't rend
by johnwheeler 10y ago
Hi Everyone. Maker of https://OldGeekJobs.com https://OldGeekJobs.com here. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a redundant comment but the text post won't render links.
1. Last Wednesday, I read Tim Bray's post "Old Geek" and it resonated with me because of experiences I've had.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2016/09/14/Old-Geek https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2016/09/14/Old-Geek
2. I immediately created an MVP with a static site and Google Form.
http://imgur.com/a/kTJK9 http://imgur.com/a/kTJK9
3. It made HackerNews and got a tremendous response:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12506232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12506232
4. Over the next 2 days, I built out a more robust version of the site with Flask and Postgres.
Quartz then picked up the story:
5. http://qz.com/784118/someone-created-a-tech-job-board-for-people-over-30/ http://qz.com/784118/someone-created-a-tech-job-board-for-pe...
and now Inc.
6. http://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/how-to-get-a-tech-job-when-youre-really-old-like-35.html http://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/how-to-get-a-tech-job-when-...
Now I'm iterating on PMF. I'd love to know what you think of the idea and how I can keep the momentum going.