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Lots of YC companies | Software engineers of all kinds | Everywhere, though mostly in the US | Mostly on-site, but some remote too | Full-time and intern A few
by snowmaker 9y ago
Lots of YC companies | Software engineers of all kinds | Everywhere, though mostly in the US | Mostly on-site, but some remote too | Full-time and intern
A few months ago, a team of us at Y Combinator started working on a "common app", so that people could apply to all Y Combinator companies at the same time. It seemed silly to us that even though so many companies are struggling to hire people, it still requires O(n) effort to apply to n companies.
So, we built workatastartup.com. It's a simple way to apply to all YC companies at the same time. It's only for software engineers & data scientists for now (we hope to open it more broadly later). If a company is interested, you'll get an email from them.
It seems to be working pretty well - many of the people who posted a profile have gotten more than a dozen company founders reaching out to them, and some people have gotten jobs through it already. We'd love if you filled out a profile and let us know what you think (workatastartup@ycombinator.com) : https://www.workatastartup.com https://www.workatastartup.com
- tsanzer 9y agoWhen are you adding designers?
- snowmaker 9y agoSoon! Thank you for the request.
- jimbob21 9y agoHow is it different than angellist
- mattlong 9y agoAngelList definitely has a great recruiting platform! One of the main differences right now is that Work at a Startup is a great way to get exposure to startups working on a vast array of problems in different industries. Right now we're working on making it more of a two-way marketplace where job-seekers will be able to browse all the YC companies that are currently hiring to find the ones who's goal/product really resonates with them. Stepping back a bit, hiring is the most ubiquitous problem our portfolio companies report to us in the years after going through YC. Given that, building a hiring platform for our companies that YC doesn't need to directly monetize can add a lot of value and accelerate their progress post-batch.
- ltwdm 9y agoI'm sorry I still doesn't get it, it would be helpful to provide a couple of bullet points
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- rk06 9y agocurrently, it looks more like Hired than angellist. as in you don't contact companies, they contact you,
- nojvek 9y agoApplied. Got zero responses though. Would be nice to show on the website, how many potential companies out there it’s going to reach.
- snowmaker 9y agoWhen did you apply? We have a couple of hundred companies using it now.
- in_the_sticks 9y agoI applied the day it was posted. My only communications from the site are a few emails from the site itself asking if I'm still looking for a job. It appears to be entirely useless if you're not in one of the hot spots so I've turned off notifications.
- snowmaker 9y agoThanks for letting us know. I had a look at your profile to see what the issue was. I think in your case that the biggest issue is location. Currently most of the roles are for people who either live in or are willing to move to one of the major tech cities. We do have some companies that are hiring for remote employees, but currently the supply/demand is imbalanced there. Sorry that it didn't work better for you.
- nojvek 9y agoSeattle is a major Tech hub with a ton of talented engineers so I’m really surprised.
- kika 9y agoIt doesn't work for me either. I had only one contact from your site. I'm in the Bay Area and response from Hired from local companies is an order of magnitude better than from Work@startup. Dunno why.
- bzuhair 9y ago