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Found my position at CollegeHumor through techcrunch (crunchboard) about 4 years ago. We are hiring... http://www.crunchboard.com/opening/detailjob.php?jid=8209

Found my position at CollegeHumor through techcrunch (crunchboard) about 4 years ago. We are hiring... http://www.crunchboard.com/opening/detailjob.php?jid=8209 http://www.crunchboard.com/opening/detailjob.php?jid=8209 My personal experience has been primarily through introduction in my network. The majority of my network I met at meetups and events. I have tried getting work through recruiters, but never actually excepted a job they set me up with. Most of the companies they sent me to were uninteresting and very generic. I think the best way to find a job is the reverse approach. Don't wait for listings that 2000 other people are applying to. Put together a list of the companies you like/want to work for and start contacting the right people there. Take apart company directories, break email codes and get your resume to the right people. Even if its the wrong person they will often forward it to the right person (or ask them to). (Edited)

vrikhter 16y ago
So do you think a service that helps you narrow down the list of companies for you to work would be helpful?
- agotterer 16y ago
  Possibly. As a developer who wants to make a difference and work on interesting projects. I have to go to a number of different sites to get all the current job posts. That doesn't bother me, plus you have companies like indeed that aggregate it all together for you. My problem is lack of good companies/positions and information being posted to begin with. "Hot" startups usually don't need to blast their job post all over the boards, I bet they get plenty of traffic to their /jobs page or people who send in their resume at random. My second issue is that most job postings are by recruiters on tech boards. That means all these "great" sounding listings have no company name to go with it and you have to then deal with a recruiter who doesn't care where you work as long as he places you quickly and takes their cut. So I'm not positive what a service that narrows down the listings would do? I'm unhappy because job boards are fundamentally broken to begin with.

vrikhter 16y ago

So do you think a service that helps you narrow down the list of companies for you to work would be helpful?

agotterer 16y ago
Possibly. As a developer who wants to make a difference and work on interesting projects. I have to go to a number of different sites to get all the current job posts. That doesn't bother me, plus you have companies like indeed that aggregate it all together for you. My problem is lack of good companies/positions and information being posted to begin with. "Hot" startups usually don't need to blast their job post all over the boards, I bet they get plenty of traffic to their /jobs page or people who send in their resume at random. My second issue is that most job postings are by recruiters on tech boards. That means all these "great" sounding listings have no company name to go with it and you have to then deal with a recruiter who doesn't care where you work as long as he places you quickly and takes their cut. So I'm not positive what a service that narrows down the listings would do? I'm unhappy because job boards are fundamentally broken to begin with.