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Snaptalent Launches (YC Winter 08)

77 points by jamiequint 19y ago

pavs 19y ago
Great idea and everything and a job well done. But considering the fact that approx 50% of the web still use IE your website loads funky under IE but works good under firefox. Here how it looks under IE: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2330400291_26417f384f_o.png http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2330400291_26417f384f_o.... I am a freelance website developer and have this obsession with checking new updtarts for browser compatibility. :)
- jamiequint 19y ago
  Thanks pavs, we're going to be sure to fix that up over the next few days. ~Jamie (Co-Founder, Snaptalent)
- raganwald 19y ago
  Obligatory tweaks-love-firefox comment: At the moment, Snaptalent has start ups advertising for hackers. Do 50% of the people they want to hire use IE? Of course, when they make some sales to BigCo, they ought to be 100% IE compliant.
nkohari 19y ago
Brilliant! I love the idea. Congratulations and good luck.
pg 19y ago
You can see a Snaptalent widget on the jobs page: http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
- optimal 19y ago
  Couldn't see it at first, then enabled via NoScript. Might be something to consider if targeting technical markets!
rms 19y ago
Congrats guys!
ivankirigin 19y ago
Awesome!
garbowza 19y ago
Fantastic, I've been watching these guys execute for awhile and I have no doubt Snaptalent will be big!
sharpshoot 19y ago
Hey Guys - Please Digg http://digg.com/tech_news/Snaptalent_Targets_Job_Candidates_Where_They_Work_and_Spen http://digg.com/tech_news/Snaptalent_Targets_Job_Candidates_...
- earle 19y ago
  done :)
arasakik 19y ago
Congrats! These guys are going to be huge!
madmotive 19y ago
Really impressed by how quickly you've launched and the approach is brilliant. Makes perfect sense! Particularly happy to see two YC start-ups this week launching products so useable that they're being used on Hacker News... and with British origins too! :D
aston 19y ago
Congrats, guys. I digg.
mattculbreth 19y ago
This is the single best YC idea I've seen in quite a while. Nice work!
chris 19y ago
Congrats! Product looks great!
- anewaccountname 19y ago
  But I hate your commercial!
earle 19y ago
as the co-founding cto of hotjobs, i have to say, this is an excellent solution. well done folks.
- sharpshoot 19y ago
  earle - would love to speak to you. shoot me a line: sumon@snaptalent.com
  - earle 19y ago
    email sent.
    - fendistealther 19y ago
      mobiledreamers@gmail.com
      - fendistealther 19y ago
        earle we d love to talk to u
luxiou 19y ago
This is awesome.
vlad 19y ago
Congrats! +1 also goes out to everybody on Hacker.News for being positive about new startups mentioned on this site.
PStamatiou 19y ago
Great job guys. I've been working with Sumon, Jamie and Tim and getting snaptalent setup on my site over the last 2 weeks. I like advertising jobs over the crap adsense shows. example of snaptalent on the top of my site: http://paulstamatiou.com http://paulstamatiou.com
myoung8 19y ago
You guys should also create a centralized listing of all jobs on SnapTalent on your destination site so that people can browse through more than those that appear on a given blog.
jgrahamc 19y ago
Any thoughts on when you'll be available for non-US jobs? I'm currently working at a start-up in Germany and would love to be able to use the service to find people here.
whacked_new 19y ago
Wow, well done; good judgment YC.
raganwald 19y ago
Loving it so far. I tried Google a few years back and discarded it within weeks. I would write an article critical of some programming language X and especially critical of trying to program in X without experience, and the ads would be for "Learn X in 21 days." I dropped it quickly. Even though Google ads produced clicks and revenue, they clashed with my weblog's basic philosophies. But in the trial so far, the Snaptalent ads are for the kinds of companies that seem to fit with my weblog's direction. Congratulations, everyone! http://weblog.raganwald.com http://weblog.raganwald.com (ads appear for individual articles, such as http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/11/i-think-it-funny-that-aspects-were.html http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/11/i-think-it-funny-that-as...)
Prrometheus 19y ago
Brilliant. And revenue-producing.
nose 19y ago
I'm really impressed by their customer service. I got a 404 from the site when applying to a company (they were probably overloaded). A day later the cofounder contacted me apologizing and offering to send my resume directly. Awesome site.
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77 points by jamiequint 19y ago

pavs 19y ago

Great idea and everything and a job well done. But considering the fact that approx 50% of the web still use IE your website loads funky under IE but works good under firefox. Here how it looks under IE: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2330400291_26417f384f_o.png http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2330400291_26417f384f_o.... I am a freelance website developer and have this obsession with checking new updtarts for browser compatibility. :)

jamiequint 19y ago
Thanks pavs, we're going to be sure to fix that up over the next few days. ~Jamie (Co-Founder, Snaptalent)
raganwald 19y ago
Obligatory tweaks-love-firefox comment: At the moment, Snaptalent has start ups advertising for hackers. Do 50% of the people they want to hire use IE? Of course, when they make some sales to BigCo, they ought to be 100% IE compliant.

nkohari 19y ago

Brilliant! I love the idea. Congratulations and good luck.

pg 19y ago

You can see a Snaptalent widget on the jobs page: http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

optimal 19y ago
Couldn't see it at first, then enabled via NoScript. Might be something to consider if targeting technical markets!

rms 19y ago

Congrats guys!

ivankirigin 19y ago

Awesome!

garbowza 19y ago

Fantastic, I've been watching these guys execute for awhile and I have no doubt Snaptalent will be big!

sharpshoot 19y ago

Hey Guys - Please Digg http://digg.com/tech_news/Snaptalent_Targets_Job_Candidates_Where_They_Work_and_Spen http://digg.com/tech_news/Snaptalent_Targets_Job_Candidates_...

earle 19y ago
done :)

arasakik 19y ago

Congrats! These guys are going to be huge!

madmotive 19y ago

Really impressed by how quickly you've launched and the approach is brilliant. Makes perfect sense! Particularly happy to see two YC start-ups this week launching products so useable that they're being used on Hacker News... and with British origins too! :D

aston 19y ago

Congrats, guys. I digg.

mattculbreth 19y ago

This is the single best YC idea I've seen in quite a while. Nice work!

chris 19y ago

Congrats! Product looks great!

anewaccountname 19y ago
But I hate your commercial!

earle 19y ago

as the co-founding cto of hotjobs, i have to say, this is an excellent solution. well done folks.

sharpshoot 19y ago
earle - would love to speak to you. shoot me a line: sumon@snaptalent.com
- earle 19y ago
  email sent.
  - fendistealther 19y ago
    mobiledreamers@gmail.com
    - fendistealther 19y ago
      earle we d love to talk to u

luxiou 19y ago

This is awesome.

vlad 19y ago

Congrats! +1 also goes out to everybody on Hacker.News for being positive about new startups mentioned on this site.

PStamatiou 19y ago

Great job guys. I've been working with Sumon, Jamie and Tim and getting snaptalent setup on my site over the last 2 weeks. I like advertising jobs over the crap adsense shows. example of snaptalent on the top of my site: http://paulstamatiou.com http://paulstamatiou.com

myoung8 19y ago

You guys should also create a centralized listing of all jobs on SnapTalent on your destination site so that people can browse through more than those that appear on a given blog.

jgrahamc 19y ago

Any thoughts on when you'll be available for non-US jobs? I'm currently working at a start-up in Germany and would love to be able to use the service to find people here.

whacked_new 19y ago

Wow, well done; good judgment YC.

raganwald 19y ago

Loving it so far. I tried Google a few years back and discarded it within weeks. I would write an article critical of some programming language X and especially critical of trying to program in X without experience, and the ads would be for "Learn X in 21 days." I dropped it quickly. Even though Google ads produced clicks and revenue, they clashed with my weblog's basic philosophies. But in the trial so far, the Snaptalent ads are for the kinds of companies that seem to fit with my weblog's direction. Congratulations, everyone! http://weblog.raganwald.com http://weblog.raganwald.com (ads appear for individual articles, such as http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/11/i-think-it-funny-that-aspects-were.html http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/11/i-think-it-funny-that-as...)

Prrometheus 19y ago

Brilliant. And revenue-producing.

nose 19y ago

I'm really impressed by their customer service. I got a 404 from the site when applying to a company (they were probably overloaded). A day later the cofounder contacted me apologizing and offering to send my resume directly. Awesome site.

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